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I think the deeper point being made here is that while stopping nightmares does effectively stop nightmares, it might not address the trauma producing them — an

I think the deeper point being made here is that while stopping nightmares does effectively stop nightmares, it might not address the trauma producing them — and by suppressing the nightmare you suppress a potential avenue of healing. I understand these treatments are necessary and let people live when life might otherwise be intolerable. But there’s definitely a wider discussion to be had addressing the extent to which our mental health apparatus is designed to suppress symptoms rather than to become healthier.

nonrandomstring 4y ago
Exactly. Though it's sad, to my mind, that this is dubbed "the deeper point". Is it not extraordinarily obvious that treating the symptoms instead of the cause is bad medicine. If there is a "deeper" point it is to question why shallow, expedient, temporary symptomatic treatment is valued above long-term root-cause change. I guess that's a question of our age.
- lotsofpulp 4y ago
  > Is it not extraordinarily obvious that treating the symptoms instead of the cause is bad medicine. What if there is no known way to treat the cause?
  - FollowingTheDao 4y ago
    There is a treatment, but they don't want to use it yet. It is all about Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase and Glutamate. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-022-06212-7 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-022-06212-7 In fact, this may treat most neurological disorders. Increasing nNOS as a treatment has been overlooked for the last two decades. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2413191/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2413191/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166432822003965 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01664... This is how I cured my Schizoaffective Bipolar Disorder: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gbb.12193 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gbb.12193
- ThrowawayTestr 4y ago
  >why shallow, expedient, temporary symptomatic treatment is valued above long-term root-cause change. Treating PTSD is easier than creating a world without trauma.
endisneigh 4y ago
Is it really a deeper point that treating symptoms isn’t the same as a cure?

nonrandomstring 4y ago

Exactly. Though it's sad, to my mind, that this is dubbed "the deeper point". Is it not extraordinarily obvious that treating the symptoms instead of the cause is bad medicine. If there is a "deeper" point it is to question why shallow, expedient, temporary symptomatic treatment is valued above long-term root-cause change. I guess that's a question of our age.

lotsofpulp 4y ago
> Is it not extraordinarily obvious that treating the symptoms instead of the cause is bad medicine. What if there is no known way to treat the cause?
- FollowingTheDao 4y ago
  There is a treatment, but they don't want to use it yet. It is all about Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase and Glutamate. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-022-06212-7 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-022-06212-7 In fact, this may treat most neurological disorders. Increasing nNOS as a treatment has been overlooked for the last two decades. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2413191/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2413191/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166432822003965 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01664... This is how I cured my Schizoaffective Bipolar Disorder: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gbb.12193 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gbb.12193
ThrowawayTestr 4y ago
>why shallow, expedient, temporary symptomatic treatment is valued above long-term root-cause change. Treating PTSD is easier than creating a world without trauma.

endisneigh 4y ago

Is it really a deeper point that treating symptoms isn’t the same as a cure?