Posted by Mr. Scott on January 31, 2002, at 21:17:59
In reply to Re: For some alcohol is medicine...How to sort it out?, posted by PattyG on January 31, 2002, at 6:22:01
> > > Interesting...Mine thinks that alcohol causes me miniature withdrawals that are "proconvuslant" and therefore
> > > cause dysphoria since he believes I already have a seizure type mood disorder?
> > >
> > > Anyways, thanks for posting. I appreciate your insight and sharing.
> > >
> > > Scott
> > >
> > > ////A seizure type mood disorder? And what is its name? No disrespect intended, but am quite interested to know.
> > > Thank you,
> > > PattyG
> >
> > Hello Patty,
> >
> > I wish I knew exactly where he was coming from on this one. I think he suspects some kind of temporal lobe epiliepsy. Perhaps its his own invention?!
> > Scott
>
> ////I sure wish you'd ask him for clarification so the rest of us can learn something! I was wondering, also, if he meant that if you *quit* drinking (let's say your regular amount - if this is applicable) if then you have the potential for seizures because of a withdrawal effect? I'm just really interested to know how he's made the determination that you have the propensity for seizure activity. Have you had any scans, etc. for this purpose?
> PattyGI will ask him when I see him on Monday & I'll report back. I will inquire as to what exactly he sees in my symptoms and largely also response to medicine.
But here is his theory in a nut shell as far as I understand it.
He sees my symptom cluster of dysphoria, negativity, with ADD symptoms with learning disability and impulsive behavior (largely of the past) as a neurologic syndrome. And my inability to tolerate AD's without worsening anxiety and dysphoria due to "scratching the seizure threshold". He thinks I like benzos not because of the anxiolytic portion but because of the Anticonvulsant portion. And the truth is I also like Depakote and Neurontin just as much. AD's make some things worse and some things better for me, and he says If I could tolerate enough I would be okay but that the lowered seizure threshold which is caused by most AD's (Not Nardil apparently) makes my response go haywire. I did have an EEG as a child and it was normal. But this doctor says it wasn't done conclusively to pick out what he's talking about. I think it is mostly just his theory.
Scott
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