antidepressant drugs


More : tinyurl.com Antidepressant drugs, particularly of the SSRI type are used for much more than depression these days. From uses as disparate as treating migraines and stopping smoking, to pre-menstrual pains, and and weight loss, the list goes on and on. It seems that just about anything that affects the mind, the first course of treatment that many doctors recommend is to try an SSRI. Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the use or over-use of antidepressants, many would like to know; just how do SSRI antidepressants work? In this article I give a brief overview of the theory underlying SSRI antidepressants and what the process they actually undertake in the brain.