Wow Popa…Ok I’m back because of your foolish comment. Saying depression causes there to be less serotonin (or whichever chemical neurotransmitter is involved; they’re not positive it’s always serotonin) is like saying that having a cut on your arm is CAUSED by feeling pain. Depression consists of the symptoms AFTER there is a biological chemical imbalance. Again in layman’s terms – if your brain is chock full of the chemicals that make you feel happy, you probably will not be feeling depressed because…oh right – you feel happy! Think of anesthesia – they can be doing a surgery with local anesthesia (laughing gas or whatever) where you’re wide awake for the surgery and they can be cutting a part of your body open, but you will feel happy (sort of) and on another planet – because they give you the chemical that can alter what your brain feels. Saying that depression causes a chemical imbalance in your brain makes absolutely no sense, whatsoever. Again, that’s like saying feeling pain causes a cut to appear on your arm, instead of the obvious reverse.
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