Posted by Squiggles on October 3, 2006, at 16:08:10
I am reading a description of the insulin
treatment from "Mad in America"; the
regression described reminds me of the
initial crash that began my dx and treatment.
It was very strange to fall into a childish
state -- i was never like that.I mention this because carbon monoxide poisoning
can cause this type of psychosis, insomnia,
dementia, bp, and schizophrenic-like symptoms.
The environment I was in at the time was
full of carbon monoxide emission because of
the location adjacent and under a heavy-traffic
road; this may have been the cause.However, this theory would be refuted by the
fact that a bad batch of lithium brought on
bipolar symptoms (25 yrs. later), and stabilization after a good batch.But I thought I would mention it, just in case
the bad batch of lithium can be otherwise
explained, giving some credence to the carbon
monoxide theory.I think this goes to show how wonderful
it would be if we had MRIs or something like
that to diagnose a true mental disorder.
It's detective work, and of course treatment
takes priority over finding the cause; but
finding the cause is the brass ring.Squiggles
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