Posted by neuroman on October 31, 2005, at 21:41:08
In reply to FINDING MORE DR. JAY A. GOLDSTEIN READING MATERIAL » neuroman, posted by iforgotmypassword on October 31, 2005, at 18:12:25
Hi,
> whew. i'm starting to feel that i'm completely alone on this. :(
I know the feeling. But take some comfort in the fact that there's at least one other walking disaster out there who's in the same boat. (That would be me.)
> i want to find more reading material from him or of his methods... i have the most recent book of his. but some medications that have been becoming more popular (like verapamil and nimotop) aren't discussed in as much detail as neurotin or ketamine.
Dr. Goldstein is a genius when it comes to the brain and "neurosomatic" disorders but he is a lousy writer. He starts out a chapter talking about one med and by the end of it he's onto a completely different subject and I'm like, "Wha...? What the heck just happened?" But he's done more for me by writing that book than all of the schmuck doctors that I've seen put together. I hope his next book comes out soon. It's supposed to be all case studies from his years in practice.
> Anyways thank you for responding, my problems largely focus on fatigue apathy and emotional and attentional salience (relating to his theories) as opposed to chonic pain, but i dp have extreme difficulty tolerating pain or exertion.
Believe me, fatigue, apathy, anhedonia, lack of motivation...they're all huge problems for me. The neuropathic pain is just another part of the whole spectrum that is my neurosomatic disorder.
> (sorry my title is all in caps, i just want to make another main question without making a new topic but still make it noticable. probably stupid, but im an *sshole right now)
Don't worry about it. If i don't get some relief soon i fear i may turn into a permanent *sshole...
Paul
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