Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

Serotonin, also known as 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), is a neurotransmitter synthesized by enzymes from the amino acid tryptophan. This neurotransmitter is produced and released by serotonergic neurons in the brain and intestines, and it can also be found in the bowels and blood platelets. Researchers believe that it’s contributing to our mood, self-confidence, sleep, sexual activity, emotions and appetite. (1) The role of serotonin on the mood of depressed patients is not fully understood. Studies

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder other known as OCD is an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated thoughts, feelings, ideas, sensations and obsessions, or behaviors that make them feel driven to do something compulsive. Obsessions are repetitive, unproductive thoughts that almost all of us have experienced from time to time in our everyday life. It is a very serious disorder that not many people take into consideration and there is so many outcomes to the disorder that affect the

Sleep deprivation and postpartum depression are different diagnoses, however, they have similar symptoms and one can often cause onset of the other. The most typical occurrence that we see happening is sleep deprivation due to postpartum depression. The following paper will discuss the diagnoses and symptoms of both sleep deprivation and postpartum depression, as well as explain how postpartum depression can cause the onset of sleep deprivation, and vise versa. Postpartum depression is the most

Future medications Introduction This chapter deals with the newer drugs available in all classes of psychiatric disorders. Anxiety (Social Phobia) Anxiety disorders affect more than 40 million adults in the U.S., with about 15 million of those suffering from acute social phobia, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. The drug, which has a unique mechanism of action, is administered in an intranasal spray and acts with rapid-onset on peripheral receptors from nasal chemosensory neurons

brain called serotonin. Low levels of serotonin are perhaps the most well-established link between the brain and OCD. Serotonin is a chemical neurotransmitter that transmits information from one nerve to another throughout the brain. It is released by one synapse (nerve ending), crosses a gap, and is picked up by another synapse. After a message is sent, enzymes in the brain clean serotonin out of the synapses. Drugs used to treat OCD, known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), increase

theories look at the a person’s environment, genetics, and even the chemical balances of their brain. Neurotransmitters, chemicals used by neurons to transmit signals, may have a significant impact on a person’s mood. One of these neurotransmitters, Serotonin, has been linked with depression. A neurotransmitter, or NT, is “a substance produced in and released from a neuron to affect some aspect of neuronal function without being transported in the blood” (Webster 2002). Neurons are cells that make up

The topic that I would like to discuss is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), this topic is very close to me since was a member of the armed forces and suffer from aggressive stress. Our text defines PTSD as a “disorder that occurs following an extreme event, in which a person re-experiences the event, avoids reminders of the trauma, and exhibits persistent increased arousal” (Hooley, p. 622) It isn’t common knowledge that PTSD isn’t limited to war trauma’s, it can be brought on by childhood

(Halter, Varcarolis’, 2014). Zoloft belongs to a class of drugs knows as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). Zoloft helps to restore the balance of serotonin to the brain. Serotonin is a chemical messenger (neurotransmitters) that carry signals between brain cells. Zoloft affects chemicals in the brain that maybe unbalanced and works by blocking the reuptake of serotonin to the brain and doing so makes more serotonin

Another requirement is that these symptoms not be a direct effect of a medical condition or medication. Additional symptoms can include irritability and anxiety. Because some of the neurotransmitters linked to depression, like norepinephrine and serotonin also influence pain as well as mood, physical symptoms like appetite loss, headaches, cramps and digestive problems are also common. Not all patients suffering from

Physical therapy o Hypnosis o Relaxation techniques  Medication: Pain medication is ineffective and may be harmful overtime. Classification Med Name Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) (often start with SSRI’s) fluoxetine (Prozac) paroxetine (Paxil, Pexeva) sertraline (Zoloft) citalopram (Celexa) escitalopram (Lexapro) Serotonin-norepinephrine