Posted by crepuscular on April 12, 2002, at 12:03:38
In reply to Re: Zyprexa Questions » crepuscular, posted by BlueJay Bird on April 12, 2002, at 1:31:26
was talkin'bout seroquel.
the fog: i read and article about depression which noted *overactivity* in various circuits of the right side of the brain for some people. they had some nice SPECT scans along with the article.
prior to this, i had always associated depression with a lack of neural activity - which is certainly is - but never thought about the possible presence of overactivity as a source of ruminating symptoms, brain fog, and olfactory hallucinations. but it does make sense if you consider this mental state - for me - as akin to a slow seizure of some sort.
brain fogs for me are like living in a creepy tunnel. everything seems distant, foggy, and i can't focus. the world literally *looks* wrong to me, like a cartoon. usually i have an odd smell in my nose (and i've been to several ENT to check out sinus sources) and the episodes last about 10 days. sometimes there is a strong mood component, but these events have also happened without strong changes in mood. they started in 7th grade.
i've told every p-doc & neurologist i've had about this and they don't really know what to make of it. my conclusion is that my brain is vulnerable to destabilizations of various sorts, including depressions, manias, and other states which are more along the lines of temporal lobe epilepsy that explode over the period of two weeks rather than two minutes!
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