Jan's questions/serotonin symptoms

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Glitter i didn't know there were 400 more neurotransmitters. I'm

Yep!! And they all act synergistically and perform various functions. Serotonin is critical in food digestion and 95% of all serotonin is in your gut, not your brain. It is ONLY A THEORY (!!!!!!!!) that serotonin is responsible for low mood.

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indeed. When my dad died emory hospital got his brain and um. well, did whatever they do to them to measure that kind of stuff. He had severe parkinsons and had had the fetal tissue implants. I wonder if there was any way i could find out what they found.

susan

-----Original Message-----From: glitterari@... Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 10:01 AMTo: Withdrawal_and_Recovery Subject: Re: Jan's questions/serotonin symptoms

The book Brainstorms (written by a psychiatrist in layman's terms), was a very good research book for me because later in the book he describes typical symptoms related to each of what he calls the primary neurotransmitters: dopamine, seratonin, and norepenephrineOkaaaaaay, already this makes me suspicious. How did he arrive at these conclusions? What tests did he perform? It sounds all glossy and everything, but it is simply IMPOSSIBLE to measure these neurotransmitters WHILE SOMEONE IS ALIVE!!!!! Even a spinal tap has its limitations. And while I am sure you are doing your clients a service by helping them eliminate the obvious "toxins" that will cause all kinds of havoc, I'm just not ready to believe that what you describe has anything at all to do with neurotransmitter levels. This is akin to saying you can tell that someone has low red blood cells just by looking at them, without actually performing a CBC. This is a very slippery slope . . . the very thought that someone could talk to me, look at me, and then say oh, you have low dopamine, or serotonin, or low any one of the other FOUR HUNDRED neurotransmitters is just too big a leap for me, and it's this kind of "scientific evidence" that got a lot of us on these drugs in the first place.

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Yes -- ask for a hard copy of the autopsy report. A daughter should be able to get it from the doctor ... especially if you word it that you are very interested in the results for any hereditary factors. That's how I worded my request "as a daughter-in-law" and was successful in having the doctor who performed the autopsy give me the results, over the phone, that I was after. I never requested a hard copy so I have no idea if my relationship would have allowed a hard copy or not. But at least I got the information I was after!!!!! It's all in your wording.......... however, I would think a daughter can legally receive a written copy. If your Mom is alive, perhaps you could get a copy through or from her.

Just me.... Jan

P.S. It's time to change the subject line of these on-going posts folks !!!!! It's no longer about MY stuff......

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On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 23:37:14 -0400 "susan brady" writes:

indeed. When my dad died emory hospital got his brain and um. well, did whatever they do to them to measure that kind of stuff. He had severe parkinsons and had had the fetal tissue implants. I wonder if there was any way i could find out what they found.

susan

-----Original Message-----From: glitterari@... Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 10:01 AMTo: Withdrawal_and_Recovery Subject: Re: Jan's questions/serotonin symptoms

The book Brainstorms (written by a psychiatrist in layman's terms), was a very good research book for me because later in the book he describes typical symptoms related to each of what he calls the primary neurotransmitters: dopamine, seratonin, and norepenephrineOkaaaaaay, already this makes me suspicious. How did he arrive at these conclusions? What tests did he perform? It sounds all glossy and everything, but it is simply IMPOSSIBLE to measure these neurotransmitters WHILE SOMEONE IS ALIVE!!!!! Even a spinal tap has its limitations. And while I am sure you are doing your clients a service by helping them eliminate the obvious "toxins" that will cause all kinds of havoc, I'm just not ready to believe that what you describe has anything at all to do with neurotransmitter levels. This is akin to saying you can tell that someone has low red blood cells just by looking at them, without actually performing a CBC. This is a very slippery slope . . . the very thought that someone could talk to me, look at me, and then say oh, you have low dopamine, or serotonin, or low any one of the other FOUR HUNDRED neurotransmitters is just too big a leap for me, and it's this kind of "scientific evidence" that got a lot of us on these drugs in the first place.