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Originally posted by Strange Famous
E works in the same way, on the same part of the brain, as prozac... or so I always understood anyway.
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I'm not an expert, but I do know a little. Prozac is an ssri, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. There are little molecules in the synapse, the space between neurons, that grab hold of serotonin, a molecule that is used by neurons to pass signals, and these molecules take the serotonin back to the neuron that released them after they have been received, i think, by the other neuron. Sometimes these molecules grab the serotonin before it has time to reach the other neuron, and if not enough is getting to the other neuron it can lead to mood problems. Drugs like prozac stop these molecules from getting the serotonin and taking it back, they inhibit reuptake. I don't think anyone knows how E works, but one idea is that it reverses the reuptake process, so that the molecules that take the serotonin back to the neuron that released it, instead dump it at the recieving neuron, resulting in extremely intense signals being passed constantly throughout the serotonin system. Basic it supercharges your brain, and then leaves it dead afterwards.