Posted by yxibow on November 18, 2007, at 2:04:57
In reply to Good calm vs. bad calm, posted by linkadge on November 17, 2007, at 15:20:46
> Why is it impossible to achieve a pleasant sense of calm?
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> The doctor is like, you want to calm down?, take an antipsychotic.
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> Antipsychotic calm is a bad calm. Its a horrible ickey feeling of having lost control over ones life. Feeling ineffectual.
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> What ever happened to Soma from "Brave New World". You know a good, wholesome all puprose chill pill.
Its still around, it is unscheduled (!) and a derivative of Miltown, from the benzo-copy days. It is definately habituating although I must admit that it was the only thing that penetrated the scalp muscles and relieved an odd 10 year going on benzo sudden pitch event. Unfortunately I can't take it with Valium. Its poor distant cousin Robaxin though I can take.It depends entirely upon what kind of antipsychotic though -- admittedly phenothiazines affect people quite dramatically through strong akathisia. Seroquel doesn't have this effect for most people though blunting is always a possible result of neuroleptic use.
Opiates -- well, the same but far stronger than the comment for Soma, I mean if you want to chill out on percocet, cartoons become ridiculously funny (wisdom tooth surgery), but acclimation sets in quickly.
Same can be said for Kava and Valerian, which for me (pure extract) give a headache or stomach ache after use.
And then there's ethanol, which brings sleep interruption, hangovers, and ultimately alcohol poisoning. Of course moderation is always the key.
No free lunch ultimately or we would be a society of a brave new world. Or maybe we wouldn't be taking anything because we could all achieve calm through zen. A thought to ponder.
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