Posted by neuralbudhist on December 23, 2009, at 12:06:59
In reply to Re: Glycine - new anti psychotic safe? » neuralbudhist, posted by SLS on December 23, 2009, at 7:30:27
> > Firstly people should not self medicate for any reason.
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> I disagree.
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> I think one would need to assume knowledge of the entirety of human conditions in order to say something like that. My exploration of drugs and dosages has allowed me to establish a more functional and less painful state of consciousness. When every doctor knows everything there is to know about every illness, I might then be willing to blindly and passively allow myself to be treated by them.
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> - ScottI would strongly disagree because there is so much out there in the way of natural remedies that can be dangerous. Tyrosine sped up my blood pressure dangerously and made me psychotic. Taurine made me highly psychotic. I tried those 2 years ago without my psychiatrist's supervision because I read about them on a site about "natural mood stabilizers" which when I later showed it to my psychiatrist was informed it was complete misinformation (which was true, there's a lot of spam/bogus sites on the internet). That was before my current recovery. I would never do that again for any reason. Even what seemed to be a "harmless" natural remedy such as cranberry pills I used for prostatitis on the suggestion of an older family member (who thought natural meant safe which is completely untrue) gave me kidney stones. I learned the hard way and would not try this again ever.
Every medication in clinical study or natural remedy I use is in standard clinical experiment and my psychopharmocologist and neurologist who is a movement disorders specialist approved and monitored its usage. I looked up the studies on Clinicaltrials.gov and Pubmed and gave them the information and they decided after much further research whether the treatments were safe and/or effective. Many after further research on their behalf were turned down. Remember there was much research on glycine and the NMDA receptor modulates long before I used glycine under strict psychiatric supervision (which was only because I couldn't tolerate Clozaril and have advanced tardive dyskinesia). They are groundbreaking research and may very well form a future generation of antipsychotics that when FDA approved will be far safer and effective than what is available now. But let the studies show what is going on first and be approved. Any decisions as regards medications and supplemental treatments must be appproved by a psychiatrist first.
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