I don't believe anti depressants are placebo in my case.

From what I understand anything that significantly increases serotonin in the brain is going to be good for battling addiction.

Ironically SSRI anti depressants don't actually cause the gut or brain to produce more serotonin. They block the reuptake of serotonin. So they stop serotonin being sucked out synapses in the brain.

The synapse is where everything happens. If you have adequate levels of serotonin in synapses in the brain then this will likely improve mood and other mental health problems. See someone could actually have normal leves of serotonin in their body and brain, but not much serotonin in the synapse.

Things like 5htp ext actually cause the gut and brain to produce more serotonin. But like I said SSRI antidepressants don't actually cause the gut or brain to produce more serotonin, but they literally block serotonin from being sucked out the synapse.

This causes serotonin to be high in the brain in synapses in the brain basically all the time.

This is likely much more effective than just taking something that increases serotonin.

So yes logically when you think about it SSRI antidepressants are stopping normal brain function. But then again so are pain killers and many other legal and illegal drugs.

 

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