Posted by Marty on July 22, 2008, at 10:15:56
In reply to Re: Somatoform condition » Marty, posted by yxibow on July 22, 2008, at 3:28:54
Hi Jay,Thanks for sharing your story.
>I did have a mysterious fever slightly more than one year the disorder started, for a year. It was retrograde (less than 100) and I did have bouts of sub-operable tonsillar activity, but I have a lower than normal body temperature anyhow.
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The same happened to me also.. for one year. I wonder if having our immune system 'On' for so long wouldn't have induced some brain plasticity that would have started our disease because of all our predispositions (neurological/enviromental/psychological). Interactions between the immune system and brain are pretty complex and don't expect a general Pdoc or GP base is treatment on a immune disorder hypothesis .. that said I heard some were trying experimental stuff with antibiotics and other immune system 'modulator'. It's pretty harsh and often induce depression.>A number of diagnoses have "NOS" after them because they just don't fit in a box.
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I seem to fall in that NOS box too but still has a couple year to go before it's officially Dx. Social Phobia NOS mainly because it comes and go.>Today Seroquel maintains my "functionality". I am a bright individual, I will not be modest about that,
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I can sense that and so here's an interesting question: how do you keep your intellect at this level of functionnality ? I don't think your at your full potential but you seems less fogged than me (actually my intellect run at about 65%)... How's your memory and executive functions ? For about 2 weeks, Tianeptine eliminated the fog and memory problems .. I had forgot what it was like to be at this level (IQ between 145 and 160 depending on the test) and I realized how much more pleasurable my life was when I could play with my intellect... now that I'm back into the fog it makes me sad and I find the whole thing cruel, but I was please to know that my brain wasn't broken by the disorder and all the meds that I took and so there's hope that I get my brain back again in the future.>I am not nor have I ever been psychotic. Can any of these things be described as psychoses?
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Well, as much as being color blind if you ask me. (No)>And there may be some OCD in it as well as I have a history of OCD
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Which kind ? What was your symptoms ?
Have a nice day,
/\/\arty
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