#cycle and doctors dont seem concerned. i think i figured out why. the abilify is blocking the dopamine receptors that inhibit prolactin
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Thr thing abt me is that I want to know exactly how psychiatric medications work. I don't want the simplified version. Dont give me the "I'm talking to the public" answers. I want the specific mechanisms and how exactly it causes its side effects.
#but i dont wanna read the papers lol. i just find it fascinating#g protein coupled receptors my beloved#i got like 5hrs sleep which provided ample time to talk my self into and out of stopping medication bc its been giving me internal#restlessness. muscle weakness. and heart palpations. which the heart thing was freaking me out but i also get them linked with my#cycle and doctors dont seem concerned. i think i figured out why. the abilify is blocking the dopamine receptors that inhibit prolactin#production. which is making my estrogen levels drop which is y i get heart palpitations sometimes. science. ans it makes me feel better#abt staying on the meds. but i got side tracked#trying to understand how abilify is proscribed for major depression#i assume it must hold dopamine at a certain level but idk#part of thr problem is that its really complicated and no one entriely understands how it works#but i took thr meds this morning ;-]#unrelated
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