tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351625215946204499.post6511421886102570064..comments2023-04-10T01:54:04.557-06:00Comments on Deep End of the Gene Pool: Can I bum a neurotransmitter?Marie Waldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069597929673994123noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351625215946204499.post-60148432918976100152009-04-13T05:51:00.000-06:002009-04-13T05:51:00.000-06:00Re Ritalin, I loved Richard Bandler's story where ...Re Ritalin, I loved Richard Bandler's story where he went to a school board for an ADHD kid's class and suggested that rather than put the 30 kids on the drug to slow down their hyper-activity, they let them be themselves, and make the teacher take the drug to speed up to the kids' level!! Much more to be accomplished at a faster rate with many side benefits!art of the northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09810592878633466624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351625215946204499.post-46130911228947774662008-02-28T11:59:00.000-07:002008-02-28T11:59:00.000-07:00Woooh! Butterflies, coccooning, rich imagery. Noth...Woooh! Butterflies, coccooning, rich imagery. Nothing like the coccoon cracking with new discoveries, the old shell dropping off and a light breeze drying our new wings with the promise of flight.Jacques POIRIERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01950469985662429634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351625215946204499.post-23037032326975025022008-02-26T17:28:00.000-07:002008-02-26T17:28:00.000-07:00Jacques, I hate the term depression because it con...Jacques, I hate the term <EM>depression</EM> because it connotes lying in a dark room with a tear-stained face, loaded gun ever at the ready. This is not my experience. I am usually happy as a lark, just as you described--reading, doing yoga, cooking, writing--but certainly not answering the phone or going to lunch with the girls.<BR/><BR/>Instead of depression I call it <EM>cocooning</EM>-Marie Waldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07069597929673994123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351625215946204499.post-14739436521557238372008-02-26T15:00:00.000-07:002008-02-26T15:00:00.000-07:00I just need to interject that we pin 'pathological...I just need to interject that we pin 'pathological' labels too easily, even on purely natural phenomenons. Most of what people call 'bi-polar' is actually an unrecognized problem-solving mechanism. The depressed state is the creative half of the process, as depression occurs when huge internal shufflings of ideas occur, most of it unconscious. Most non-creative people do not easily accept this Jacques POIRIERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01950469985662429634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351625215946204499.post-71969539748357203092008-02-20T15:48:00.000-07:002008-02-20T15:48:00.000-07:00Tony, I agree with all you’ve said. I didn’t reall...Tony, I agree with all you’ve said. I didn’t really want to take on Bipolar Disorder because it is so varied among people–-BP I and BP II with sublevels for each. In the manic phase, or even the gentler hypomanic phase, the ability to make sound judgments is compromised, sometimes to a <EM>huge</EM> degree, sometimes just by being reckless with money or driving too fast or, in Britney’s case, Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910106440789960112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351625215946204499.post-64261118048893996522008-02-20T15:45:00.000-07:002008-02-20T15:45:00.000-07:00I think that all this talk about drug and alcohol ...I think that all this talk about drug and alcohol use being a form of ’self medicating’ has a lot of truth to it, but can often be carried a little too far, too. No where is that more true than with talking about people suffering from bipolar disorder, since instead of ’self-medicating’ many people with this disorder simply lose ability to make good judgments regarding the options around them.<BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com