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Comment by SpodGaju

You want to see funny? You said:

> One of the main theories on the action of MDMA involves the sudden serotonin release inhibiting the amygdala and thus reducing fear response. Prozac certainly does not do this.

{cough}

Fluoxetine Facilitates Fear Extinction Through Amygdala Endocannabinoids

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4832021/

Chronic fluoxetine prevents fear memory generalization and enhances subsequent extinction by remodeling hippocampal dendritic spines and slowing down systems consolidation

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-019-0371-3

Serotonin-2C receptors in the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala mediate the anxiogenic effect of acute imipramine and fluoxetine administration

https://academic.oup.com/ijnp/article/15/3/389/720875?login=...

You read some articles. That is not enough. You are being duped by more pharmaceutical company propaganda.

Have you ever ask yourself why they don’t investigate the reason people are not producing enough serotonin? Or white people lack serotonin?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5337390/

parent SpodGaju 4 years ago

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