Posted by Cam W. on April 3, 2000, at 14:03:00
In reply to SSRI's: maybe cause dumbness?, posted by Gertrude on April 3, 2000, at 0:54:06
Gertrude - Increasing your intelligence via chemical means is impossible, so far. Although, I did feel like Einstein at a Grateful Dead concert about 20 years ago, but we won't go there or I will never be president. Some cognitive enhancers (eg Gingko biloba) may increase cognition in those with decreased brain perfusion (eg Alzheimer's).There are at least 7 different types of intelligence and to have even most of them would probably drive you insane. Wayne Gretzky, Stan Kutcher, Aristotle, Plato, Isaac Newton, Leonard Da Vinci, Marie Curie and Albert Einstein have or had great intelligence. They see or saw their respective occupations at a level far above or far more widely than anyone else in their field, but all of these people have or had different types of intelligence. They could see the big picture, where we only see small portions of it at a time.
SSRIs do not decrease intelligence, but may initially dull cognition as your body adjust to the drug. This is not losing intelligence, though. It is more of the side effects distracting you from what you are to be focusing on.
I wish that Wellbutrin made one more smart. Just because it gives you a little activation does not mean that it increases your intelligence. If this were the case, then all of the methadrine addicts would be working on cures for AIDS and cancer (and a "smart pill") rather than robbing my local gas station (and not in a very bright way, either. Rule #1 when robbing a gas station - Do not smile into the camera if you are a local in a small town).
I hope what I say next does not offend you, but it is something I am working on myself. I too, have feelings of inadequacy in my job sometimes. I should know more or I should have seen that coming. This has more to do with personality than with actually doing or being less than your colleagues. Everyone has these feelings and we must learn to overcome them and not take failures personally, but see them as a learning experience and proceed, rather than give up. This is easy to say, but hard to put into practice. We have to shed these feelings of inadequacy, because that is what they are, just feelings.
Just my $0.02 - Cam W.
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