Molecules of Emotion: Why you feel the way you feel by Candace B Pert

AZ: "As a graduate student in 1972, the author was part of the team that discovered the brain's opiate receptors. In this text, she provides an in-depth look at the science that led to this and other findings, such as the fact that similar receptors exist in the glands, spleen, bone marrow and other organs, which convey information in both directions via "neuropeptides" to all parts of the body. The author argues that this complex communications network invalidates the distinctions between mind and body"

Brilliant, I understood a little about neurotransmitters and thought I understood that SSRIs inhibit retaike because that is where most bodily communicatin takes place, but Pert's discovery that neurotransmitters and other bodily drugs dock bodywide affecting vastly separated organs and systems was a revelation. It helped me make sense of the need for a holistic approach to bodily health and makes me more determined than ever to find a balance.