Posted by yxibow on January 19, 2008, at 23:47:45
In reply to Re: OCD and mad cow disease, posted by binarywoman on January 16, 2008, at 7:28:50
> You're right. The thinking has to change.
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> But there are leading scientists at the NIH and other prestigious institutions that are saying what he says. And beef by-products are allowed into this country from the 30 countries who have BSE. Scientists are wondering if this is going to be a problem. The waiting period for BSE is 7 to 8 years.
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> Now I have told him that only 3 people have contracted BSE(mad cow) in the US in the history of the world and none of them were US nationals so it is believed that it was contracted elsewhere.
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> I agree that getting his mind onto other things might help but with OCD and Aspergers, change doesn't come easily to him.
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> I'm seeing my shrink this morning, so I'll try to pick her brain.
I was going to say that is a heck of a lot of medication for someone with OCD, even bad OCD, but now you mention the Asperger's so I understand the rest.Its rather unusual though to have Seroquel in the morning but if he can stand the drowsiness than I suppose the doctor knows best. Trileptal is a little bit safer than Tegretol but if there's no other reason for changing that's okay I suppose. I'm not sure what the guanfacine (Tenex) is for other than ADHD agitation, clonidine is another option. Luvox and Anafranil seems to be a bit much together. Luvox is very good for OCD, and can be dosed at 400-450, considerably above the normal range if tolerated.
I'm a vegetarian and when I first came out of the hospital for OCD, I took liquid Prozac because of the gelatin in the capsules. But gradually I just gave in to the fact that it was more important to get on with things and just about every medication out there if it isn't a tablet is in a gelatin capsule, almost always from beef source.
But the gelatin is so rendered (yuck) and removed from the animal that it is really a chemical at that point.
If anything can be done to reiterate the above to your son, the better. This is a world of bi-products. Gelatin is mixed in as a coating on photograph paper as it has been done for more than 150 years. Even inkjet paper I think probably has a little. I don't know what magazine coating is but it probably has a faint amount, or some petroleum product. Somewhere we have to find a balance to live in a modern society. There's no way to microanalyze blah-steroyl-etc because stearate can be an animal byproduct.
Anyhow I wish the best.
-- Jay
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