Posted by jade k on July 2, 2010, at 20:56:15
In reply to Re: The biology of depression, posted by linkadge on July 2, 2010, at 20:24:20
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> Hmm. I think the brain has to feel legitimately threatened in order to get that jolt. For some people, its a near death experience like a car accident. With drugs, part of the problem they don't work for me is that I doubt their effectivenss. 10 years back I really believed they could do something, now I just think they are placebos.
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> The older you get, and the more you have seen, the harder it is to feel threatened. Plus, I think the brain becomes somewhat desensitized to novelty.
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> Some things I have done to try and restore the jolt:
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> 1) Fasting / meal skipping
> 2) Extreme nutritional binges
> 3) Exercise
> 4) Cold showers
> 5) Stay up all night drinking coffee
> 6) Walk the whole day
> 7) NMDA antagonists (magnesium / zinc etc)
> 8) insulin sensitizers, ALA, chromium, cinnamon
> 9) anticholinergics while listening to strange
> new age music
> 10) turmeric
> 11) fo-ti (herbal MAO-B inhibitor) + plus coffee
> 12) fo-ti + anticholinergic (very strange)
> 13) anitcholingeric + methylphenidate
> 14) stimulating right hemisphere with a hand heald speaker magnet (I stand behind this), though nobody believes me that this does anything - try it.
> 15) melatonin (seems to have a potent restorative effect)
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> etc.
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> I think the meal skipping is a good one. For me its a great way to get back into the zone.
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> Linkadge
Wait...didn't we have a board intervention for you? You have six pack abs and zero body fat?
No more meal skipping for you ;-P~Jade
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