The Function of Serotonin
What is the function of serotonin and how does it work to regulate our moods? Serotonin directly effects the way we move, feel, behave and even think.
Serotonin sustains your interest in and energy for emotional, cognitive and behavioral processes. SSRI stands for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. The function of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor is to increase the available level of serotonin in the brain. Serotonin reuptake happens when serotonin is removed from the synapse of a nerve cell by being taken back up into the axon terminals from where it initially came. Too much reuptake means that enough serotonin is no longer available to cross over the nerve synapse. Therefore, if you prevent the axons from taking up or absorbing serotonin, you will increase the function of serotonin.
Here are some drugs that function as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: Celexa Side-effects may include: low sex drive or an inability to have an orgasm, but you can improve your libido after your off the medication. Dizziness, headaches, nausea right after a dose, insomnia and feeling jittery are also common. Wellbutrin Side effects may include weight loss, decreased appetite, restlessness, insomnia, anxiety, constipation, dry mouth, diarrhea, dizziness. Wellbutrin is often the anti-depressant doctors choose for patients who explicitly state they have weight gain issues, or eating disorders. It’s also less likely to diminish libido. Effexor These drugs increase the levels of the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain. Side-effects may include drowsiness, blurred vision, lightheadedness, strange dreams, constipation, fever/chills, headache, increased or decreased appetite, tremor, dry mouth, nausea. Remeron can be sedating. Cymbalta can cause abnormal sweating, increased blood pressure and or fatigue. TricyclicsTricyclic antidepressants inhibit reuptake of dopamine as well as serotonin and norepinepherin. When depression medicine inhibits reuptake it means an increase in the available levels of the neurotransmitter. Anti depressant medication causes more deaths by overdose than any other drug in the county.Tricyclics (TCA’s) Anafranil Side effects include; Dry mouth, blurred vision, increased fatigue and sleepiness, weight gain, muscle twitching (tremors), constipation, bladder problems such as urine retention, dizziness, daytime drowsiness, increased heart rate, sexual problems. SSNRI'sSSNRI's are selective serotonin norepinephren reuptake inhibitors. They are used because it is thought norepinephrine affects energy for and the amount of interest in certain activities more than serotonin.The SSNRI’s include:Venlafaxine, generic for Effexor,
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