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by tcj_phx 10y ago
> He was pretty "normal" before the surgery but after it he couldn't walk and thought the hospital staff attacked him with dogs during the night. Apparently delirium is a common side effect of whatever they do in hospital
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
Seroquel is a tranquilizer (aka neuroleptic aka 'antipsychotic')... Anxiety is partially a metabolic problem. I have two friends whose stimulant use turned them into alcoholics. One quit meth amphetamine, then the anxiety started.
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
> it's the only avenue long term. fixing the metabolism, and reprogramming the 'fight or flight' response, is an option too.
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
> Is there a way to follow your experiments ? not yet... I'll have to figure something out I guess. > Have you developed a technique to evaluate your spermcount yourself ? there's a new centrifugal sperm count device... ahh
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
I previously posted about taking out my sperm production using 'the old heat methods': https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11934396 That post was 137 days ago was... June 19, 2016. I had verified on about May 15,
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
> They approach was tested in the lab on bovine and human sperm ... In a test tube. It's a bit of a leap to think this substance would work when not applied directly to the sperm. > Research has suggested that around half of sexu
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
Going on my observations, cocaine is a much safer drug than meth amphetamine. She recovers quickly from cocaine, but it takes 3-4 days for her to recover from meth amphetamine use.
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
> If you think that SSRIs don't affect serotonin I didn't say that, I said that "increasing serotonin" is not why these drugs sometimes help people feel better. > Honestly, her coke habit is the lede here, Yes. In
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> But trying to say they're all bad because they didn't work on your girlfriend, whom appears to have had some serious issues long before using an SSRIs, is disingenuous. I started the comment with generalities, offered support
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
> Making blanket generalisations when it comes to mental health is extremely reckless and misinformed. The SSRIs are modern snake oil. I gave a reason why they seem to work for some people. Other people think that they're helped, bu
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
SSRI drugs (sold as 'anti-depressants') have always been known to cause suicide ideation... While they do seem to help some people, it is now known that this is because of the drugs' effects on the neurosteroids [1], NOT beca
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
> The medicine itself comes with an insert outlining usage and side effects in great detail. Senator Nelson called hearings (1970) when women started dropping dead from their birth control prescriptions [1]. The outcome of the hearings w
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> What I have observed among family in the medical industry is a reluctance to use the care they provide: not just Do-Not-Rescusitate orders but a tendency to just suffer through the sickness instead of seeking medication, and to let the
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
Psychiatry is the only medical specialty to have an active resistance movement. The problem is that their go-to treatments are palliative, and do NOT address any of the causes of their patients' conditions. Robert Whitaker has found th
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
The tragedy of the mental health status-quo is that Science now knows enough to help these people... They knew enough 40 years ago. A recent study found that psychotic patients don't produce cortisol upon awakening [1]. This indicates
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
from the link: > In recent decades the ‘two-layered system’ – family care supported by a medical safety net – has been constantly adjusted to reflect developments in psychiatry. The most abrupt shift came in the 1970s, as the asylums emp
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
> You can very quickly kill a dependent alcoholic without special treatments. Going cold turkey has a risk of sudden death. My girlfriend became profoundly psychotic when she ran out of alcohol. She was taken to the hospital, who didn&#x
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
When under conditions of low blood sugar, muscles are the easiest source of sugar. Low blood sugar -> Cortisol release -> muscle destruction. If you search for 'cortisol muscles', I'm sure you'll find something hel
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
> You can't defy physics. If you control your caloric intake, your body /will/ lose fat. People whose bodies go into starvation mode in the absence of starvation can't lose weight. Dietary goitrogens and excess polyun
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
> Idk why this is being downvoted, its Cal-in,Cal-out... Calories-in vs. Calories-out is not helpful advice. A person's metabolism can slow to a crawl if the person is starving. It's much better to fix the metabolism, and remov
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
> Have you considered that post hoc is not necessarily proper hoc. Disruption of the endocrine glands is on the drug safety information [1]: Effects on the Hypothalmic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Some patients receiving medroxyprogeste
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
From your link: >> Invest in New Contraceptive Methods >> Some women do not access or use contraceptives for a variety of reasons, even when they want to avoid pregnancy. They may have misconceptions about their risk of becoming
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
Thanks for your comments - they are quite helpful. > Regarding (1), there's a word for people who try to go around the medical establishment and run a business selling a cure-all pill. It's "quack", not "hack&quo
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
Hi, thanks for posting and sharing your reaction to what I'd said. I'm going to respond to tominous next, so check for that comment too. > I'll be honest, and say that your post set off what I'd call my "Crank&#x
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
> Current thinking is that nicotine isn't "addictive" unless coadministered with monoamine oxidase inhibitors, which happen to be present in tobacco This is a most-helpful comment. Thanks! I commented earlier today [1], in
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
Nicotine has similar effects to Vitamin B3. Niacinamide (a no-flush B3 supplement) has helped my girlfriend reduce her tobacco intake, when she gets it...
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
> There is theorized to be some synergistic effects between tobacco smoking and the antipsychotic medications that people such as your brother often require. "Antipsychotics" are palliative medications that do not address the c
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I've posted here before about helping my girlfriend with her substance abuse problems... Methamphetamine makes her extremely psychotic for at least 3-5 days. My observation is that Cocaine is a much safer stimulant, as it only makes he
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The mental health profession "diagnoses" someone with a set of symptoms, then treats them with drugs that suppress the problem-symptom without addressing its cause. My friend needed sobriety to recover from her "mental diseas
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by tcj_phx 10y ago
LSD is also a good anti-serotonin drug. It is sometimes helpful to take non-hallucinogenic doses of this agent. Pro-serotonin drugs (SSRIs) are known to help people "not care" about circumstances in their life [1], which is why th

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