Tag: Effexor

  • Pitfalls in Adolescent Psychiatry

      In his article Thyroid, Insomnia, and the Insanities: Commonalities in Disease, Dr. Raymond Peat, PhD talks about the chronology of mental illness: “Stress damages the energy producing systems of cells, especially the aerobic mitochondria, in many ways, and this damage can often be repaired. The insanities that are most often called schizophrenia tend to occur…

  • Mirtazapine Lowers Cortisol and Blocks the Stress Response

    Mirtazapine lowers cortisol and serotonin, responsible for its benefits in autism-spectrum disorder (ASD), major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Mirtazapine lowers cortisol: “…in all subjects, the cortisol (COR) concentrations were remarkably lower after mirtazapine compared to placebo…” “Mirtazapine lowered afternoon cortisol from week 1 to 4.” “Mirtazapine has been…