Posted by laima on February 8, 2007, at 8:31:04
In reply to Re: holy mackeral laima! » laima, posted by Phillipa on February 7, 2007, at 21:20:47
> Laima I think deserves it's own thread. If you take any med at all for any purpose will the day come when nothing works at all? Love Phillipa
I sure hope not, I'm scared to even think about such a possibility!
But isn't it scary how many meds poop out? The board here is full of stories of antidepressents pooping out-some to never regain efficacy, benzos poop out- but you CAN regain efficacy, some stims can poop out- but again, you can regain considerable efficacy. (Why can some become re-effective, and others can't?) We've heard also heard stories now of sleep meds pooping out, zyprexa pooping out, painkillers pooping out. So what's up with the pooping out? Brain overcomes effects of what it considers to be the foreign substance? (?) I thought some antidepressents, for example, actually caused new neurons to grow? All of these meds mentioned operate by different mechanisms. This must be quite complicated. What on earth is going on? And would non-drug efforts, like those magnet treatments, the vagus nerve device, be any less to poop out? (?)
Meanwhile, I've been thinking to do my best to bolster my "brain power", to put myself into the best shape possible, if you forgive lack of better term right this moment. Making sure to sleep right, rest, good nutrition, avoid junk food and as many toxins as possible, fish oil galore, excercise. Adding some dlpa has really helped my Emsam. I believe all this is actually making a big difference in my mood these days. I've been speculatively wondering if maybe the use of drugs could contribute to the using up of brain nutrients, antioxidants- could this be a factor in drugs losing efficacy? I mean, for example, I've read that use of alcohol depletes a brain antioxidant with a long name that begins with "g"-is it far fetched to wonder if other psychoactive substances might also use up antioxidants or vitamins? I noticed some meds carry fine print warnings about not using if liver is strained- so the body is dealing with them as if they are toxic? (?) So I am trying to bolster myself. Would be nice if someone would do some research, and if appropriate, give advice, like, "If you use X, you need to take some extra vitamin z".
Just my totally amateur speculation-and could be groundless, or maybe a mere footnote. I guess I'll have a better answer if my nutrition/lifestyle efforts do the trick in preserving my med's efficacy in another 30-40 years. :) But meanwhile, I'm feeling MUCH better about how well my meds are working than I was about a month ago, before I got serious with my self-improvement program.
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