News Ghrelin, A Stress-induced Hormone, Primes The Brain For Ptsd

[MyPTSD]

Study finds that ghrelin, produced during stressful situations, primes the brain for post-traumatic stress disorder.

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[Hashi]

MyPTSD, I suppose there isn't a forum rule (that I know of) against linking to an article without making any comment of your own about it, but since at a glance you seem to have just done this about half a dozen times, it's making me wonder why you're doing it so much. Where are you in all your posts?

 

[therapybankrupt]

Hi and welcome! This explains allot! Thanks for sharing @pstd.

 

[JarHed]

There is no doubt that there are many chemicals present in the brain during trauma that aren't there or are there in lesser quantities when the person is not under stress. One traumatic event can physically alter the amygdala which controls our emotional responses. It, of course, acts in concert with other areas of the brain as well.

If a so called 'vaccine' were or could be developed to prevent the pre-disposition of combat PTSD, in my opinion it would only make it more difficult for veterans with combat PTSD to get the treatment that they need. Both the military and VA's would use it as an excuse to refuse claims for combat PTSD based on the fact that people were 'vaccinated' against it.

There are those, no doubt, that have a pre-disposition for mental conditions of all kinds including PTSD and combat PTSD. I don't think that you can give anyone a drug and send them to war with the hope that after experiencing what you do in combat that they wouldn't be changed forever. I'm a combat vet and I can tell you that you can not look upon the face of war and not be changed by it.

I agree with Anthony in that it's not called Big Pharma for nothing.

 

[Hashi]

Hi, me again.

Why are you posting all these articles and nothing else? Do you have an agenda here?