Guest guest Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 Message: 66788 From: Idol Received: Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:05 AM Subject: Re: crohn''s disease >Irene- > >It's fashionable nowadays to treat gut problems with >antidepressants. Crazy but true. > >- , I just had to add that as crazy as it sounds, the gut responds to the same chemicals as the brain does. One source I read mentioned how the gut is sometimes referred to as the 2nd brain, not literally of course, but the similarities in reaction to those neuro compounds can be striking. Darrell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Hi Darrell, > , I just had to add that as crazy as it sounds, the gut > responds to the same chemicals as the brain does. One > source I read mentioned how the gut is sometimes referred > to as the 2nd brain, not literally of course, but the similarities > in reaction to those neuro compounds can be striking. > Nicely said! I had been skimming this thread and there was something nagging in the back of my mind that I couldn't quite grab ahold of. There it is. This secondary nerve nexus that enervates the gut seems to be a real key to a lot of things that have yet to be discovered. If that model is correct it makes complete sense that anti-depressants would alter gut function in a big way. Come to think of it -- isn't Jordan Rubin one of the guys who discusses the " gut brain " quite a bit? Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Darrell- >, I just had to add that as crazy as it sounds, the gut >responds to the same chemicals as the brain does. One >source I read mentioned how the gut is sometimes referred >to as the 2nd brain, not literally of course, but the similarities >in reaction to those neuro compounds can be striking. I guess I should've responded at greater length. Yes, there are lots of neurotransmitters in the gut, the gut has certain similarities to the brain, there's something called " the gut brain " , etc. That doesn't alter the fact that (a) antidepressants are very harmful and ( prescribing them for bowel problems is applying a bandaid to the symptoms while not addressing the root problem, which can then continue getting worse. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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