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Do a lot of people out there have a serotonin deficiency? how common is this?
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Nobody has one: "Low serotonin" hypothesis of depression was debuked 15 years ago. There is a lag between scientific advancement and widespread clinician recognition. Old hypothesis was assumption based due to serendipitous success with the first anti-depressants then backtracking on mechanism. Science has shown much stronger link to modulation of G proteins, 2nd messenger systems, and gene expression (CREB, etc)
Answered 6/25/2014
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