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Placebo, nocebo, hypercebo, hypocebo

Posted by Ruuudy on May 27, 2019, at 19:53:50

In reply to Re: It all seems pretty futile » rose45, posted by TH on May 27, 2019, at 17:12:20

Placebo and nocebo are actual commonly-used terms; I'm not sure if I just made up hypercebo and hypocebo - I didn't actually "Google" them.

Let's assume that someone is calling it a "placebo effect" when taking an inert sugar pill. But what about when someone is taking an active substance and is receiving some noticeable benefit, but it's exaggerated due to somewhat of a placebo effect?
What would you call that?

Or what about someone that is taking a drug that is doing something chemically in the brain but is not noticable by the patient? What do we call that?

So relating to the topic of the thread at hand,,,
Might you & I have tied or experimented with so many different medications, supplements, alternative treatments, voodoo that we have taken on a "nocebo" personality that just won't allow whatever treatment paths we try to work?

Can I have been taking Prozac/Fluoxetine for so long (nearly 30 years) that, though it is still performing its intended actions inside my brain, I have adapted an attitude or feeling that it's no longer working for me?

This is definitely when & where I wish there were easily-accessable tests (blood or scans) that would show the medication is still performing.

Rudy


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