• Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    🤓 depression drugs aren’t serotonin, they just stop your nerves from re-absorbing it so quicky.

    Hence, serotonin reputake inhibitors.

    Wait, what’s the extra s?

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      funnily enough my brain does not vibe with that. oh anxiety meds? curious, guess we gotta make more anxiety :) how on earth does lsd help me more than actual doctor prescribed drugs, infuriating

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    Erm… serotonin works while in the body and stops working when meeting a receptor. Which is weird because the meds work immediately but the effect occurs after weeks.