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http://www.livescience.com/50813-low-oxygen-increase-depression.html http://www.livescience.com/50813-low-oxygen-increase-depress... High altitutes can increas
by ChrisNorstrom 10y ago
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High altitutes can increase suicide and depression in certain people. While in others, they get a sense of feeling "at home".
- jhayward 10y agoAltitude apparently shows up both as an increase in depression and a decrease in ADHD. One researcher hypothesizes that altitude affects both serotonin and dopamine production, decreasing serotonin and increasing dopamine. https://mic.com/articles/104096/there-s-a-suicide-epidemic-in-utah-and-one-neuroscientist-thinks-he-knows-why https://mic.com/articles/104096/there-s-a-suicide-epidemic-i...