Re: Antidepressants and estrogen receptors

[Guest guest]

Sui,

Very interesting idea, since many antidepressants currently described

ar Selective Seratonin Re-uptake Inhibitors, or SSRIs, and what they

do is fit into nerve ending receptors in your brain to increase the

amount of seratonin floating freely. Could they also increase the

amount of estrogen floating freely?

Janet

> Estrogens may also be accumulated in the brain or liver because

they both

> have estrogen receptors.

>

> I read this sentence in an article I found under

www.sensiblehealth.com about

> fibroids.

>

> Could it not be that the antidepressants drugs who work on the

brain block

> some estrogens receptors and for that we have too much estrogen in

the body

> and the blood and therefore have an hormon imbalance which could

make the

> fibroids grow?

>

> Just my 2 cents.

>

> Sui

[Guest guest]

Sui,

Very interesting idea, since many antidepressants currently described

ar Selective Seratonin Re-uptake Inhibitors, or SSRIs, and what they

do is fit into nerve ending receptors in your brain to increase the

amount of seratonin floating freely. Could they also increase the

amount of estrogen floating freely?

Janet

> Estrogens may also be accumulated in the brain or liver because

they both

> have estrogen receptors.

>

> I read this sentence in an article I found under

www.sensiblehealth.com about

> fibroids.

>

> Could it not be that the antidepressants drugs who work on the

brain block

> some estrogens receptors and for that we have too much estrogen in

the body

> and the blood and therefore have an hormon imbalance which could

make the

> fibroids grow?

>

> Just my 2 cents.

>

> Sui

[Guest guest]

Could they also increase the

amount of estrogen floating freely?

Well, if they block the receptors of estrogen in the brain there could

certainly increase the amount of estrogen running freely in the body. This

just seems logic, because that is how it works if estrogen receptors get

blocked.

The same with the phytoestrogens like soja they block the estrogen receptors

and therefore one has more estrogen in the body. That is why it is prescibed

to women in the menopause who have naturally less estrogen.

Sui

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/7/2003 8:19:25 AM Eastern Standard Time,

crystal802us@... writes:

> Okay, this sounds very interesting, maybe we should take a poll of those on

> this list that have taken depression medication...I for one have....Crystal

>

>

I haven't.

[Guest guest]

Antidepressants. Yes!

[Guest guest]

Okay, this sounds very interesting, maybe we should take a poll of those on this

list that have taken depression medication...I for one have....Crystal

jsuleski wrote:Sui,

Very interesting idea, since many antidepressants currently described

ar Selective Seratonin Re-uptake Inhibitors, or SSRIs, and what they

do is fit into nerve ending receptors in your brain to increase the

amount of seratonin floating freely. Could they also increase the

amount of estrogen floating freely?

Janet

[Guest guest]

I haven't taken AD, but I HAVE indulged in a high fat diet.......

oke

[Guest guest]

Sui,

> Very interesting idea, since many antidepressants currently

described

> ar Selective Seratonin Re-uptake Inhibitors, or SSRIs, and what

they

> do is fit into nerve ending receptors in your brain to increase the

> amount of seratonin floating freely. Could they also increase the

> amount of estrogen floating freely?

Very interesting indeed! I was prescribed Wellbutrin SR in January

for depression (apparently caused by severe anemia). I just stopped

taking them on Thursday because I experienced breast tenderness for a

full month, and that's the ONLY change I've had in my life in months.