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Nov. 9 2009 - 11:02 pm | 0 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments

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Really interesting – maybe this is in the paper, but I’d be interested to know how the popular antidepressant SSRI – selective seratonin reuptake inhibitors – affect these genes.

Because they cause your cells not to reuptake, the seratonin sits around longer, allowing your neurons to bathe in it a little more and enjoy (at least, this is what my husband, who’s a nurse, tells me). So it seems like it could help depression and tame some spending habits too.

Not that I’m advocating that debt is a disease. But maybe just a useful side effect?

Megan Cottrell

On: Overspending: Blame It on Your Debt Gene?


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