Posted by SLS on April 19, 2011, at 19:41:32
In reply to Re: the only way out, posted by morgan miller on April 19, 2011, at 12:46:02
> > > Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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> > > When I was a kid I was quite frightened, but not badly so, just kind of obviously so. It would have been better for me to be offered TCM formulations than Valium in the 70s. It does the same thing in a more gentle way (at receptor sites), but it didn't really exist here then.
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> > > If parents can be persuaded to do what is necessary to stop tormenting their children, that might be effective too.
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> > Unfortunately, this is true. Most people don't appreciate the unhealthy changes that can occur in a maturing brain when it is subject to unhealthy surroundings. This is especially true when chronic psychosocial stress is present. Of course, some people are wired to be less resilient than others. It is true that depression runs in families. However, so are pathological behaviors. They are often learned and passed on from generation to generation. If the rate of biological predisposition to depression is 10%, perhaps only 1% would develop the illness if everyone were raised in a low-stress, nurturing environment. 1% is probably an exaggeration, but it serves to make the point. The 10% is probably accurate.
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> > - Scott
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> Wow Scott we are totally on the same page. I got the impression that when I first joined this site we differed in our beliefs when it came to some topics like nurture versus nature. Maybe I just did not interpret what you were saying accurately. You did direct me to your blog, but I was too impaired at the time to really read it and break it down.
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> Are you still doing better on the current regimen?
Yes I am. Thanks. I would say that I am about 35% improved. Since adding lithium, my mood is less variable. I am hoping that I will be 50% by the end of summer. I should be able to go back to work with such an improvement. I remain encouraged by the progress I have made since last August. It took about four months for the addition of Nardil to kick in. I am still looking into using vitamins and supplements to provide the building blocks and enzymes to encourage brain tissue growth and functional remodulation.Fish oil and phosphatidylserine are the first two substances I might add. Later, I might try adding N-acetylcysteine, Co-Q10, and other mitochondrial-sparing antioxidants. A bit of magnesium might not be a bad idea.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.
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