Posted by laima on March 3, 2007, at 19:08:27
In reply to Re: Resilience, posted by Squiggles on March 3, 2007, at 11:52:52
Oh- sorry, that was a typo- "organic" was what I meant. She was eventually treated by an oncologist, a brain surgeon, to remove the tumour, but it keeps growing back. By "organic", in this context, I meant an absolutely non-disputable actual biological growth which changed her personality- it did so by spewing out abnormal levels of stress and aggression hormones- no room for any debate about attitude, psychology, or anything else causing the problem. So that had been tough- don't want to abandon someone suffering like that- but again, the severe abuse was awfully hard for people to cope with- and she in fact abandoned most people before they had any chance, anyway. (Because they made her so angry.)
It came on suddenly- started with out-of-proportion anger and complaints about minor annoyances, and before anyone could figure out or comprehend what was happening- people were routinely reduced to tears over "offenses" like blowing their nose too loud, being literally a mere 1-2 minutes late for a coffee date, etc. She started feeling weird enough to go to all kinds of doctors, but she routinely sued most of them for various offenses-such as offering evidence against her own conspiracy theories, offering alternative theories-refering her to specialists whom they felt were more appropriate-- all based per the norms in their fields, current research and beliefs in their fields, etc.
Her belief was that her antidepressent caused it, and that there was a huge govt conspiracy and cover-up surrounding the possibility, denying it. Her doctors said that was very unlikely to be the cause. Worried, I asked my own doctor if antidepressents could cause brain tumours- and he also said the chance was beyond remote. So the cause is unclear. Well, who does know for sure, beyond any doubt, what causes any cancer? But like you suggest, since hormones were involved, perhaps a hormonal abnormality of some sort played a role. Surgery to remove tumour is the treatment for her condition, I understand-it just simply has to be removed, like other aggressive cancer. But I guess it sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. Like I said earlier, I'm cut off, no idea what's going on currently for her, though I keep best wishes..
> Has your friend been diagnosed by a neurologist?
> You say it was "oranic"-- i think you mean 'organic'?; and over two weeks-- hmm, that does sound like food poisoning, or cerebral accident, or hormonal, or something that was developing and not noticed.
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> Any reports from the doctors and how to treat it?
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> Squiggles
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