Posted by Zo on July 6, 2001, at 0:41:25
In reply to Re: no more silly arguments :-) » Zo, posted by Elizabeth on July 5, 2001, at 23:12:31
> Say, is any of your writing on the web? (Besides psycho-babble posts, of course < g >) If so, I'd love to read it.
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Know any web designers? Am trying to put a site up.
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> > Seizures sure come under the CFS umbrella, more than people want to admit, or know. . .
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> Well, CFS is probably a condition that can have a number of different etiologies (like other phenomenologically-defined disorders). But I'd imagine that interictal symptoms could include chronic fatigue.
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> > In my case both nature and "nurture," family dopaminergic vulnerability, probably that genetric glitch discovered on the dopamine receptor site, lots of ADD and genius. . .hard to separate from DDT exposures in childhood, later pesticide exposures which triggered full-scale CFS and other environmental factors.
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> That's interesting. How old are you (if it's not too personal :-) ), and how did you come to be exposed to pesticides to an extent that it could cause serious sequelae?Lived in the country.
> Does epilepsy run in your family? What about other, possibly related conditions? (My family history is loaded not only with depression, but also other conditions which might be related, notably migraine and cardiovascular disease; I'm interested in the common predisposing factors.)
>Loaded with conditions. . .this is so long, we gotta take this offlist!
Especially the part about NPDs and meds. . my two favorite subjects. Not that we'll ever find out what works for the disorder, *the* subset Least Likely To Seek Help. LOL.
Zo
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