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Posted by rjlockhart37 on June 6, 2013, at 12:51:36
I woke up about an hour ago and im so unmotivated, and in a bad mood, so writing this is difficult. I talked with my psychologist about meds not working....he said one of his assumptions is the brain voltage is low, and its not responding to medication due its low voltage....and I thought he ment, the shock treatment for a solution, but he said no....all he said with ECT is its like a jumpstart on a car....it doesn't guarantee that it will keep it up and running.....so I never clearly got what he was saying how to increase voltage, i know methamphetamines increase the voltage and neurotransmitter levels, but that's not a medical treatment option for this. Does anyone here know what low voltage in the brain is? is it saying the neurotransmitters are in a depressed stage and even with medication they resist their effects. What ... what can be done to increase it? deep brain stimulation? i didn't get what he was saying about it because the only thing i thought is the shock for it, and he said no....
does anyone know what voltage means when its low in the brain?
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Posted by Englishman006! on June 6, 2013, at 21:46:10
In reply to brain voltage, posted by rjlockhart37 on June 6, 2013, at 12:51:36
Maybe he's talking about frequency rather than voltage? The brain works at a certain frequency measured in cycles per second (hertz). I've often wondered whether depression is in part due to a slowing of electrical frequency.
For example a fluorescent tube might run at 60Hz (60 cycles per second) ..not sure without checking, but as time passes and it comes to the end of its life it begins to slow and noticeably flicker. The tube always flickered but at 60Hz it is too fast for the human eye to detect. As it begins to fail though it cycles slower and the refresh rate becomes noticeable i.e. you can detect the flicker.
Brain speed may suffer in a similar fashion, this slowing may in part, explain why depressed people display symptoms of cognitiive and motor retardation.
Rapidly flashing lights can sometimes interfere with brainwave frequency resulting in a seizure (epilepsy).
I wish I knew an easy way to increase electrical frequency in the brain, aside from amphetamines.
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