ptsd

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    High Cortisol / Testosterone Ratio As A Likely Cause Of PTSD

    As the study below says the role of cortisol (C) in mood disorders has been known for more than 30 years. Cortisol's role in depression, schizophrenia, bipolar, and eating disorders is well known even in mainstream psychiatry and many of the new drugs in pharma pipeline are aimed at suppressing...
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    Red Light Treats PTSD By Upregulating Cytochrome C And Brain Oxygenation

    The US military has been pouring a lot of money into PTSD research, and especially non-chemical treatments. The official estimates, which are likely downsized due to political concerns, are that about 25% - 30% of combat veterans suffer from some stage of PTSD. The prescribed SSRI drugs are...
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    Shellshock Now Recognized As Neurological Damage Caused By Stress

    Ray discussed this issue in one of the recent KMUD interviews and how it relates to brain exhaustion/damage caused by extreme stress. he said that once stress is over "the brain starts to massive regenerate itself" so I am wondering why recovery does not occur in some people. I guess either...
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    Serotonin Is Involved In The Formation Of Traumatic Memories

    The study makes several points. First, serotonin is involved in the formation of traumatic memories when under shock / stress. Second, memories do not appear to be stored in the synapses, which implies that in theory lost memories (like in patients with Alzheimers or concussions) can be restored...
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    Improving mitochondrial function may treat PTSD

    The study actually does not say that directly, but I am making the prediction based on other information I have learned over the years, and I am posting the studies that back it up. Here is the study that talks about blood pressure drugs in the categories ACE and ARB help PTSD...
  6. Amazigh

    Anxiety/PTSD/OCD: Prozac's Mechanism Of Action Is Normalization Of Allpregnanolone In The Brain

    This is in response to an email I sent to RP regarding someone that I'm with complicated health issues (had childhood cancer, has PTSD, OCD, high blood pressure, constipation, ED, muscle wasting). Something really interesting mentioned in the studies is the mechanism of action behind Prozac...
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