Early on I was put on a depression med, an SSRI. In retrospect, that medication did more than stop a current behavior. I took one during the course of my brain injury, Celexa. Here's my comment on another site: http://twextra.com/ajbk1z
On Twitter there was a Tweet on neurogenesis/depression that got me thinking. When I 1st came out of coma, I couldn't do anything but open my eyes (prolly only my lt eye). A while later (maybe a month) I could move my head. I couldn't talk. It had been explained to me the AVM was still in my head. It had only "leaked." It couldn't be removed due to size n where it was. When able to move my head, I started shaking it. Doctors knew what I was trying to do-I was gonna make it bleed so it would kill me. They put me on Celexa, an SSRI or anti-depressant. I must have stopped shaking my head soon after cuz I don't remember doing that anymore. That was the beginning of 2003, and I was weaned off (can you believe I was the psych consult?) in 2005/6.
If I hadn't been given that medication would I be able to write this?
There are reports of SSRIs increasing cognition: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656299/; http://hddrugworks.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=203&Itemid=119; http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100201171523.htm I could go on. There are so many reports.
This document would just be an example of an SSRI's effect other than the immediate reduction of depressive behavior.
On Twitter there was a Tweet on neurogenesis/depression that got me thinking. When I 1st came out of coma, I couldn't do anything but open my eyes (prolly only my lt eye). A while later (maybe a month) I could move my head. I couldn't talk. It had been explained to me the AVM was still in my head. It had only "leaked." It couldn't be removed due to size n where it was. When able to move my head, I started shaking it. Doctors knew what I was trying to do-I was gonna make it bleed so it would kill me. They put me on Celexa, an SSRI or anti-depressant. I must have stopped shaking my head soon after cuz I don't remember doing that anymore. That was the beginning of 2003, and I was weaned off (can you believe I was the psych consult?) in 2005/6.
If I hadn't been given that medication would I be able to write this?
There are reports of SSRIs increasing cognition: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656299/; http://hddrugworks.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=203&Itemid=119; http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100201171523.htm I could go on. There are so many reports.
This document would just be an example of an SSRI's effect other than the immediate reduction of depressive behavior.
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