Anti-Depressant: Apathy and Neurotransmitter Depletion

Know someone on SSRIs?  Get them off now.

Anti-Depressants Kill Curiosity, and cause depression and autism.

Curiosity is a neurological process driven by spikes in the pleasure transmitters  serotonin, dopamine, opioids .  Spikes in pleasure transmitters occur while learning, and this creates a reward system that drives curiosity.

SSRIs create a constant increase in Serotonin levels by inhibiting the neuron's re-uptake function.

This constant increase causes depletion of serotonin levels, preventing major spikes which drive learning

The overuse of serotonin diminishes the effectiveness of serotonin / dopamine based reward systems

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/333128/antidepressant_apathy_syndrome/

>Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been reported to induce an amotivational or apathy syndrome in both children and adults.  Despite detrimental social and financial consequences, AAS often goes unreported and undetected.

Anti-Depressants deplete Neurotransmitter levels

http://www.drkaslow.com/html/neurotransmitter_depletion.html

>As the level of intersynaptic neurotransmitters increase, the Monoamine Oxidase (MAO) system is stimulated and increases the breakdown of neurotransmitters. If you do not increase the nutritional intake of serotonin and norepinephrine precursors in patients that are being treated with antidepressants, the net effect is further depletion over time.

Neurotransmitter spikes associated with learning breed Curiosity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity

>This idea of reward is defined as the positive reinforcement of an action that encourages a particular behavior by using the emotional sensations of relief, pleasure, and satisfaction that correlate with happiness. Many areas in the brain are used to process reward and come together form what is called the reward pathway. In this pathway many neurotransmitters play a role in the activation of the reward sensation- including dopamine, serotonin and opioid chemicals

>Dopamine is linked to the process of curiosity, as it is responsible for assigning and retaining reward values of information gained. Research suggests higher amounts of dopamine is released when the reward is unknown and the stimulus is unfamiliar, compared to activation of dopamine when stimulus is familiar.

>The nucleus accumbens is a formation of neurons and is important in reward pathway activation. As previously mentioned, the reward pathway is an integral part in the induction of curiosity. The release of dopamine in investigating response to novel or exciting stimuli. The fast dopamine release observed during childhood and adolescence is important in development, as curiosity and exploratory behavior are the largest facilitators of learning during early years.

SSRIs don't work and cause neurological problems in children

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/child-in-mind/201605/what-happens-when-we-give-antidepressants-girls

>A significant unintended consequence of over-reliance on psychiatric medication for children was brought to light in a recent study showing that children exposed to SSRIs (selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors- a class of psychiatric medication used to treat anxiety and depression) during pregnancy were diagnosed with depression by age 14 at more than four times the rate of children whose mothers were diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder but did not take the medication. This study follows on the heels of another showing a significant increase in risk of autism in children whose mothers took SSRI’s during the second and third trimester of pregnancy.

http://jeffreydachmd.com/2014/06/ssri-antidepressants-better-placebo-says-jama/

>A study published in JAMA Jan 5, 2010 reported that SSRI antidepressants are no better than placebo for most cases of depression. The authors reviewed 30 years of data and concluded that “the benefit of antidepressant medication compared with placebo may be minimal or nonexistent in patients with mild or moderate symptoms”.

http://www.salon.com/2013/12/13/new_developments_may_help_those_with_depression_partner/

>Serotonin deficiency may not cause depression after all… Even the faggots at salon are saying it.