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I took a pharmacology course awhile ago so bare with me. Also a little hammered. Any med fags that want to chime in and correct me where I'm wrong, please chime in.
I think the whole situation pertains to this. But again I could be thinking of a different theory so please chime in if I'm wrong:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opponent-process_theory
If it's not that, then I'm not sure. But I remember a theory where if you're put into a situation that causes you to produce a neurochemical, it follows a state where you don't have as much/can't produce more. Like for example, taking a final exam you've been studying for. You produce a lot of cortisol during the exam which causes anxiety, but feel relieved sometimes even knowing that you bombed it because you can't produce it anymore.
So with SSRI's they prevent the re-uptake of serotonin, which causes it to float around between synapases and transmit between axions/dendrites more readily. (SSRI don't make you happy, they just keep you from doing impulsive things. It's really a way for psychiatrists to cover their ass because it looks bad if you're patients randomly jump off from the roof of a 10 story building.) But if you take that ability away abruptly, then you have crazy behavior because you're used to the crutch/not used to producing the normal amounts on your own. That's why psychiatrists tend ween people of these things. It's also probably why younger kids who are troubled do tragic things, they just forget to take the pills, can't afford it, whatever and all of a sudden they become impulsive and do stupid, impulsive things.