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Re: In addition to fish oil...

Posted by Larry Hoover on November 25, 2002, at 10:33:07

In reply to Re: In addition to fish oil... » Larry Hoover, posted by Pfinstegg on November 24, 2002, at 22:52:54

> Lar,thank you for that wonderfully informative post, particularly the magnesium abstracts. I really appreciate your taking the time to reply so thoughtfully and completely.

It's something I'm happy to share.

>One thing which you mentioned at the end struck me as very important- that we don't normally do all we can in terms of nutrition, vitamins and supplements in order to keep our nervous systems functioning at their best. Even though we don't yet have a sophisticated or complete knowledge of all the billions (trillions?) of neurochemical exchanges taking place in our brains at every moment, we (or at any rate, you!) do have knowledge which we are not using fully. It seems like such a good approach, once one has some knowledge about it, and anything we can do to make the scattershot approach of the ADs somewhat less necessary, or even the doses we need lower, is all to the good.

The medical system seems inordinately focussed on symptomatic treatment, not on prophylaxis, symptom prevention. I don't know how I came to be mentally ill, but it didn't happen in one day. Subtle changes must have been occurring for a long time, long before symptoms emerged, and even longer before I came to the conclusion that my symptoms needed treatment.

It's just my opinion that most psychiatric drugs are a bit like using duct tape to "fix" something. Duct tape doesn't fix anything, not really.

I start with the idea that I am what I eat. Throw in a vast array of chemical reprocessing, and out the other end comes consciousness, replete with affect, memory, attitude, behaviour, expectation, and so on. Somehow, the chemistry promotes the outcomes. Seems to me that small changes, earlier on in the process (nutrition) might have greater effect than big changes (drugs) towards the end.

I'm not anti-drug. I am pro-nutrition. Drugs have their place. They saved my life, and more than once. But my quality of life, more and more, goes back to food and nutrition.
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> May I ask what your professional field actually is? Just gotten very curious- don't feel you have to answer!
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> Pfinstegg

I'm a chemist. I really think I've been one all my life. I tend towards environmental toxicology, for spiritual reasons. I could make a lot more money working for industry, but that wouldn't suit me (or them).

 

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