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Depression Megathread
Depression Megathread
Depression - Related to stress response. (We want to lower cortisol as deppression is asocciated
with stress response.)
The pleasure pathway: Releases norephinephrine. Dopamine works on the pleasure pathway.
Increase serotonin signaling diminishes deppression.
Pain = Increased amounts of Substance P. (Emotional Pain = Physical pain in the brain)
What do we want?
Reduce Cortisol.
Increasing Dopamine.
Increasing Norephinephrine.
Increasing Serotonin.
Deppresion.
Cortex creating stress response on the rest of the brain. Sad toughts created by the cortex.
If cortex creates Good thoughts then it can signal to the brain the opposite.
No Thyroid hormones makes you fall into deep depression. (20% of depres people have
hypothiroidism)
Psychology of depression.