Fluoxetine hydrochloride inhibits the enzymes that break down serotonin so that more serotonin stays circulating in the brain. After all, serotonin and dopamine are the two neurotransmitters that mediate mood. We may have observed the destructive effects of cocaine use in someone close to us. Still active cocaine users can fill us in on what's wrong with artificially and permanently elevated dopamine levels. No one draws a salary or derives a financial benefit from this site.
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These antidepressants work by creating a sense of detachment in the people who take them, and this in turn walls off their capacity for interpersonal relations. They stop caring about their husbands or wives or children. They stop caring about life and God. Along with the loss of interest in other people goes, not surprisingly, a reduction in sex drive. These antidepressant drugs also produce akathisia, a condition of constant agitation, not in the sense of fussing and fretting, but more a manic and speed-like state.