Posted by Hombre on November 21, 2010, at 21:54:59
In reply to Re: Hey Morgan...., posted by morgan miller on November 19, 2010, at 17:36:17
^ I think it's funny to address a post called "Hey Morgan" to Morgan :)
You seem to be in a low place these days, brother. It's tough to watch you suffer. I think I know what you mean about not feeling or having that lust for life. I am still trying to light a spark under my *ss. Lots of other things seem to be making recovery harder. Stress, worrying, family stuff. I also know what it's like to have a father that just watches and doesn't seem to do anything.
Part of me has a hunch that you may need some long-term herbal therapy for kidneys and liver. These two are the ones that tend to get exhausted from the stresses of life, or sometimes too much of a good thing. Deep fatigue, anxiety, and lack of drive are kidney related. Liver has to do with free flow of energy, thoughts, ideas, and also the tendons/ligaments. Healthy muscles are spleen related, and sometimes I wonder if too many raw foods might be sapping energy from an already weakened system.
My guess, without having more to go on, would be to supplement kidney yin and liver yin. This would also require a pretty quiet life, going to bed early, etc. at least until your reserves get replenished. I know that sounds like living death, but we all have to play by the rules of physics-energy and matter cannot just be spontaneously created.
On the upside, I think your hunch about something else going on to be right on. I also have the hunch that SSRIs and other psyche drugs can only act on what you've got, and if you are deficient in energy reserves, especially kidney, the drugs don't work so well. We see it all the time actually, people developing apathy after long term med use. That's at least partially kidney yang deficiency, but without healthy kidney yin to support yang, the fire eventually goes out.
Hope that makes sense. I hope you can meet with a doctor that can help you choose a good med that will help you get back to doing what you love.
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