Posted by Ritch on April 21, 2002, at 14:59:52
In reply to We need to donate our LIVING brains to science » Ritch, posted by IsoM on April 21, 2002, at 13:10:37
> Wouldn't it be nice to be a very well treated lab human as they ran batteries of interesting, NON-INVASIVE tests on us with only the occasional vial of blood drawn.
>
> Conversstion:
> "So - what do you do for work?"
> "I'm a science experiment."
> "What? Do they keep you in a cage along with the other lab rats?"
> "Of course not. I have a 20 room place with cook, butler, & cleaning staff. They want me in an unruffled mood prior to tests so I also have my own massage therapist & an indoor heating swimming pool."
> "Did they tell you that tomorrow you're to be dissected & slices of your brain are being scanned?"
> "...uh, excuse me while I quickly pack...."
Hey, I would volunteer to be a part of some type of research, especially that SPECT stuff (while taking certain meds). There was a pregabalin trial that came up a while back and I almost tried to get in that one. I would like to get a 24-hr ambulatory EEG, an MRI, and a polysomnogram (sleep-study) done just to rule anything out. The neuro I saw a couple of years back wanted to follow up standard EEG with all of that-but I didn't want to spend the $$$, and I figured it probably is all just bipolar crap anyhow.Oh, I've got to tell you that SAMe does help, BTW. I ran out of it at the same time I ran out of dexedrine over a week ago. I took a little of a nosedive for a couple of days and haven't felt quite right since (esp. extreme short bouts of fatigue during the day). Yesterday I came close to having a panic attack-not situational a free-floating one. I started scanning over my mood chart and noticed that I had ran out of SAMe at the same time as the dex., so I went and got a fresh bottle of it and took one tab yesterday afternoon and then took another tab this morning and I do feel a lot better. Also, while I was in the mood chart I noticed that I nearly successfully got off Celexa while I was on the dex+SAMe. You are right about possibly using a stimulant to withdraw from SSRI. However, when I ran out of dex., I have had to restart the Celexa and take a tiny bit every day since. So, I don't know what help it would be...?
Mitch
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