Posted by Mitch on July 11, 2001, at 1:24:45
In reply to Re: Can Zyprexa stimulate Hypomania?, posted by Zo on July 10, 2001, at 14:37:12
> Funny you should mention the environment: a great portion of my illness is as a result of pesticide exposures, piled on top of a genetric vulnerability - I do believe my entire family suffers from that glitch on the dopamine receptor site - part of which vulnerability, it is theorized, stems from high intelligence and the resultant overabundance of receptor sites. . .!
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> I suppose what we're talking about is whethere your dx/eccentricity gets in the way of what you want to do in life. Or, whether you feel like hell or not. I simply don't stay on any med that makes me feel zoned out - that's no answer.
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> But I've no doubt those of us born after WWII (starting with me, as oldest!) are affected by a whole new plasticized, sprayed, fumigated environment. . .and that we ARE the canaries, keeling over left and right. The human brain wasn't meant to tolerate all this s**t.
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> ZoZo,
I was bringing up the "environment" not as chemicals that we can't perceive affecting us in an invisible anonymous toxic sense. I was talking about our *culture* and how technology affects OUR THOUGHTS AND BELIEFS ABOUT OURSELVESS AND OTHERS. These experiences ALTER our brain connections. And if the individuals we interact with (as well as ourselves) have been fundamentally changed by medications (for good or ill), then that is also SHAPING our brain connections.
Mitch
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