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  • There is a natural equilibrium between free-floating serotonin, and serotonin that has been reuptaken by individual nerve cells.

    Blogging About Anti-Anxiety Meds Candid Engineer 2008

  • Anxiety and depression occur when too much serotonin is reuptaken and spends its time hiding in the nerve cells.

    Blogging About Anti-Anxiety Meds Candid Engineer 2008

  • Serotonin reuptake inhibitors work by doing just that - they prevent serotonin from being reuptaken into the nerve cells, which leaves a higher concentration of free serotonin in the brain to make us feel good.

    Blogging About Anti-Anxiety Meds Candid Engineer 2008

  • SSRI based crazymed stops serotonin being reuptaken and therefore your neurons wallow for longer in it.

    Autism Hub 2009

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