Posted by Squiggles on September 21, 2006, at 21:22:41 [reposted on September 25, 2006, at 0:09:07 | original URL]
In reply to Re: the brain » Squiggles, posted by alexandra_k on September 21, 2006, at 21:09:17
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> You think it is chancier to interveane on the biological, psychological, and social levels than it is to interveane on the biological level only?I think the greater the number of interventions
into possible causes, the greater the possibility
of increasing the risk of error.
I don't understand how that could be so... Unless... You are concerned that giving more attention to the psychological and social levels will result in less attention being paid to the biological level...Not less, attention--more.
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> Remember I'm not saying we should forget about / ignore the biological level. I'm saying we should appreciate that the other two levels are just as important. A multi-level approach instead of a uni-level approach.Well, perhaps you have had success with this.
I don't see it being done with other illnesses,
e.g. malaria.
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> > the personal crisis, it could be the background of the person, it could be alienation or early separation, it could be syphillis, it could be a brain tumour, or it could be-- gasp-- mental illness.
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> How are those other conditions not mental illness?You got me there :-)
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> > Well, I had the same symptoms as those of 20 years ago
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> Whether you are approapriately dx'd with bi-polar or not depends on if you meet the list of behavioural symptoms for bi-polar or not. You display the symptoms therefore you are appropriately dx'd with bi-polar.What else could it be? Got any ideas?
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> Lithium helps other conditions than bi-polar so it isn't a specific medication for bi-polar. What determines whether you have bi-polar or not is a function of what behaviours you exhibit.
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> > at least lithium worked for whatever those symptoms which they call "bipolar" were.
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> Yay. Successful intervention.It was something I did by myself- it seemed
like common sense; my dr. just cooperated;
i think he trusts my judgement.
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> That is great :-)Thank you for your concern. I came
close to joining the great majority.
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> But when intervention at one level isn't successful then maybe it is time to try an inter-level approach.I'm game for anything, but experimentation
does carry its risks and takes a long time
if you make medical errors, and even longer
time to reverse them.Squiggles
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