New research has found a specific change in brain chemistry due to trauma. An article on Medscape.com says:
“Lower serotonin 1B levels were also strongly associated with age at first trauma. The earlier the trauma exposure, the greater the brain alterations and the greater the severity of PTSD symptoms, and the greater the risk of developing comorbidities,” senior author Alexander Neumeister, MD, associate professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, told Medscape Medical News.
“These findings establish that trauma at a young age causes long-lasting neurobiological and psychological effects in survivors with PTSD. In other words, early-life trauma can interfere with normal brain development,” he said.
The article is somewhat technical, but lay readers like us can pretty much follow what is being discussed. To read the story, you need to register for Medscape.com, which is free.
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ErinBrock
EWWWW HENS…….
Does that include hairy too?
MoonDancer
deluted
KatyDid
Hens
When my daughter was real little, the babysitter told her that earthquakes happened when the land burped. One time she tooted when she was on the loo. And she said, uh oh mommy. My bottom burped.
So after your earthquakes, if it smells funny outside, you know why. Sumthun burped.
katy, who hoped Hens isn’t rubbing any hairy big bear tummies lately b/c it’s not the rubbing that dangerous, it’s the STOPPING. grrrrr.
soimnotthecrazee1
EB,
Yes…I was D deficient, folic acid deficient, calcium deficient, b12 deficient…. high cholesterol, high blood pressure and a slow thyroid. No wonder I wasn’t feeling good. OH throw menopause on top of it! and add the spath to it!!!
I am on all kinds of supplements and meds too. I have never been so unhealthy before in my life!
My D is back up! Yippeee!!
The thyroid meds are making me so sick!!! It’s almost like a chemo/posioning feeling. I know it will get better.
KatyDid
I’m okay EB. It’s just “that time” of year. My funny bone is broken. Trying to get it started agin.
KatyDid
NotCrazee. On a serious note, I am SO tired. NO energy. SO angry at myself for my laziness. Had thought it was b/c of depression. I don’t have the money for all those tests. Which would you recommend is the most important test? Is there a cheap way to discover if a person is nutrient deficient?
ErinBrock
Have a piece of CHOCOLATE CAKE……and laugh about it!!!!!
Or at least rub it on your funny bone…..I hear it has healing properties….BIG TIME! 🙂
MoonDancer
Katy That was cute, kid’s say the funniest things..when my son was little he fell off the porch on his butt, he started crying and said he broke his butt, I said Let me look – “”No it’s not broke it just has a big crack in it”” I said .we laughed – we still laugh about that..
ErinBrock
Katy….DO NOT get on yourself for ‘lazyness’…..I used to also.
Getting down on yourself only triggers other emotions…..and being harder on yourself.
I’ve learned…..when I just can’t get myself going….I lay on the couch and sleep…..all day, several days if that’s what it takes……I did it the last two days….and today I woke up and was ready to ‘move’ and get some things done!
It takes time…..but getting down on yourself only makes it worse…..give in…..it should only take a few days. The emotional drain is so HARD on our bodies…..don’t make it worse….YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF THAT!!!!!
I say get Thyroid checked……AND VIT D levels. at least.
If you can find county or non profit assistance, you can get it for cheap!
I am on a plan (nonprofit) and my bloodword is $5 a test.
KatyDid
do nut haf peec of choc cake. 🙁
didn’t make one. too much cake. too little will power.