Posted by Larry Hoover on May 9, 2006, at 14:35:54
In reply to welbutrin, lamictal and alcoholism question, posted by James K on May 8, 2006, at 13:12:28
>I've read here and there that the two psych meds I'm on work on the parts of my brain I have messed up. Is there any point to restricting uptake of substances I don't currently have? or blocking receptors that are damaged? Intuitively, this is exactly the wrong thing, or exactly the right thing. Thats why intuition doesn't do a layman much good.
If you are asking if there could be a benefit to eliminating your existing meds, and getting a look see at the naked James brain, as it now exists.....sure, that's possibly the most reasonable starting point for initiating an optimal self-care regime. You're not yet down to the point where you're stripped of all influences. You're not yet at the point where you can let your brain and body stabilize, without drugs of any sort.
Alternatively, the meds are part of your current situation, which is the result of about 2 months sober, having followed a lengthy history of binges. It makes sense to continue whatever it is that is part of that present state of stability.
I take it that your intuition is presently ambivalent. You see value in either proposition.
I would ask you which proposition is more likely to give you stability. What do your caregivers think? Have you asked around about that?
I hope you're paying good attention to diet and sleep, et al.
Lar
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