Posted by laima on August 15, 2006, at 13:07:18
In reply to Re: Optimistic part/ Possible Trigger(?) » laima, posted by pulse on August 15, 2006, at 12:37:31
Hopefully the drugs we have now are safer than the morphine, cocaine, halcion, etc of the past- at least there is some testing and questioning going on, for example. But it's enlightening to be aware of the history of there being a pattern of "new wonder cure or tonic without any side effects introduced, whoops, there are some side effects, on to the next one". We should obviously be careful about what we take and be as informed as possible, weigh the pros and cons of the possible risks of our medications in relation to our own circumstances. Also, I noticed that Dr.s and researchers are far more willing to admit that they often have no idea of how the drugs work than are the marketing teams.I think the medications can be very valuable and life-saving when used wisely and judiciously, but they are not casual!
Lots of neurotransmitters such as seratonin in the GI tract, by the way. Hence, for example, an ssri is not just active in the brain...
> true re: cocaine as an erengy wonder tonic. however, before that, we had morphine and the opium eaters touted ...and accepted as standard - do no harm - by many doctors for their patients. of course, we also had habituation set in for many, if not most.
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> now, we have bupe being used to treat depression.
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> are we, then, coming full circle?
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> i used to be such an advocate of psychotropic meds: ads, stabilizers, aps. now, i am fast becoming close to an anti-meds advocate. what the stabilzers, then the ads, did to my Gi tract is very scary. i feel for all those who have the same or other side-effects that, now, never go away.
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> i am in the camp that thinks the cortisol connection makes most sense, but i am extremely doubtful i will see meds based on that in my lifetime.
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> in gereral, it's scary when the docs, inventors, and researchers admit they don't really know for sure how any of our current meds work or why.
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> i'm not sure we are all that better off than freud's cocaine or the earlier morphine & opium. absinthe, anyone? i am NOT being facetious.
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> i apologize in advance if this possibly could have triggered anyone.
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> pulse
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