The Science Behind Anti-Depressants May Be Completely ‘Backwards’

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/28/how-anti-depressants-work_n_6707272.html

Andrews surveyed 50 years’ worth of research supporting the serotonin theory of depression, which suggests that the disease is caused by low levels of the “happiness” neurotransmitter, serotonin. But Andrews argues that depression may actually be caused by elevated levels of serotonin…

Good Night, Snow

Hang Ten

Hang Ten In Black And White

Cottonwoods In The Parking Lot

Parking Lot Reflections

Really Long Red Lights

Must Get Butter

Photo taken today around 4pm.

Polar Bear Day

https://insanitybytes2.wordpress.com/2015/02/27/polar-bear-day/

ColorStorm said:

hey tom

when shooting bear film, do you use POLARoids?

https://painkills2.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/alaskans-loves-polar-bears-except-senator-murkowski/

Buried

“I want to be buried with a mobile phone, just in case I’m not dead.”  Amanda Holden

“I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.”  Phyllis Diller

Kids Playing In Da Snow

Where Are The Adults Playing In Da Snow?

I’m Out Of Butter And It Won’t Stop Snowing

It Won’t Stop Snowing

Coffee May Protect Against MS

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology

“Caffeine could be an attractive compound given its apparent benefit in protecting against Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases,” Mowry said in an email to MedPage Today. “The exact mechanism by which it does so in those diseases is unclear, and if caffeine is confirmed to be protective in MS, it may still be acting via a different mechanism.”

Fibromyalgia: Need to Nap Increases as Symptoms Worsen

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/Fibromyalgia/50126

“People with fibromyalgia use daytime napping as a coping strategy for managing symptoms against clinical advice even though there is no evidence to suggest whether daytime napping is beneficial or detrimental for people with fibromyalgia,” Alice Theadom, PhD, of the National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neuroscience at the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, and colleagues write in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.

“Given the common use of daytime napping in people with fibromyalgia, evidence-based guidelines on the use of daytime napping in people with chronic pain are urgently needed.” …

A large proportion of the sample were taking some sort of medication to relieve symptoms of fibromyalgia including opioids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories, and tricyclic antidepressants.

Subjects also reported a high rate of comorbidities, the most frequent of which were arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, and asthma.

A small proportion of about 5% of participants reported having a psychiatric condition, and about 11% reported that they had been diagnosed with depression…