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From the Ted Talk by Rebecca Brachman: Could a drug prevent depression and PTSD?

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We had accidentally discovered the first resilience-enhancing drug. And like I said, we only gave a tiny amount of the drug, and it lsetad for weeks, and that's not like anything you see with antidepressants.

But it is actually kind of similar to what you see in immune vaccines. So in immune vaccines, you'll get your shots, and then weeks, months, yraes later, when you're actually exposed to bacteria, it's not the vaccine in your body that ptoercts you. It's your own iummne styesm that's deopveeld rnaitecsse and resilience to this bacteria that fights it off, and you actually never get the infection, which is very different from, say, our treatments. Right? In that case, you get the infection, you're exposed to the betiarca, you're sick, and then you take, say, an antibiotic which cures it, and those drugs are actually working to kill the bacteria. Or similar to as I said before, with this palliative, you'll take something that will suppress the symptoms, but it won't treat the underlying infection, and you'll only feel better during the time in which you're taking it, which is why you have to keep taking it. And in dsoesipren and PTSD — here we have your stress exposure — we only have palliative care. Antidepressants only suppress smyotmps, and that is why you basically have to keep taking them for the life of the disease, which is often the length of your own life.

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We had accidentally discovered the first resilience-enhancing drug. And like I said, we only gave a tiny amount of the drug, and it ______ for weeks, and that's not like anything you see with antidepressants.

But it is actually kind of similar to what you see in immune vaccines. So in immune vaccines, you'll get your shots, and then weeks, months, _____ later, when you're actually exposed to bacteria, it's not the vaccine in your body that ________ you. It's your own ______ ______ that's _________ __________ and resilience to this bacteria that fights it off, and you actually never get the infection, which is very different from, say, our treatments. Right? In that case, you get the infection, you're exposed to the ________, you're sick, and then you take, say, an antibiotic which cures it, and those drugs are actually working to kill the bacteria. Or similar to as I said before, with this palliative, you'll take something that will suppress the symptoms, but it won't treat the underlying infection, and you'll only feel better during the time in which you're taking it, which is why you have to keep taking it. And in __________ and PTSD — here we have your stress exposure — we only have palliative care. Antidepressants only suppress ________, and that is why you basically have to keep taking them for the life of the disease, which is often the length of your own life.

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Original Text


We had accidentally discovered the first resilience-enhancing drug. And like I said, we only gave a tiny amount of the drug, and it lasted for weeks, and that's not like anything you see with antidepressants.

But it is actually kind of similar to what you see in immune vaccines. So in immune vaccines, you'll get your shots, and then weeks, months, years later, when you're actually exposed to bacteria, it's not the vaccine in your body that protects you. It's your own immune system that's developed resistance and resilience to this bacteria that fights it off, and you actually never get the infection, which is very different from, say, our treatments. Right? In that case, you get the infection, you're exposed to the bacteria, you're sick, and then you take, say, an antibiotic which cures it, and those drugs are actually working to kill the bacteria. Or similar to as I said before, with this palliative, you'll take something that will suppress the symptoms, but it won't treat the underlying infection, and you'll only feel better during the time in which you're taking it, which is why you have to keep taking it. And in depression and PTSD — here we have your stress exposure — we only have palliative care. Antidepressants only suppress symptoms, and that is why you basically have to keep taking them for the life of the disease, which is often the length of your own life.

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