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July 23, 2002 6:52 pm
The orthopedist thinks I have Fibromyalgia. I will be re-researching it
later, but from past research the best starting points are
Pendulum http://www.pendulum.org/related/FMS/ and the Arthritis
Foundation
http://www.arthritis.org/conditions/DiseaseCenter/fibromyalgia.asp .
Anyway, I see a rheumatologist in early August. Have to call my PCP and
ask for pain killers. The Arthritis site says oh, fuck, I'm already
taking 3 of the recommended drugs. No they don't say that, I say that. I
guess I just drink tonic water until August.
Thu Nov 22, 2001 8:53 pm
Here is a good article on medication and pregnancy:
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/drada/simpson.html
Try these UK links to lithium information:
http://www.nmhct.nhs.uk/pharmacy/mood1.htm
http://www.mdf.contactbox.co.uk/members/lithium_therapy.html
http://www.cix.co.uk/~cyberville/medizine/lithium.htm
Use a search engine to find more info on keywords of interest:
http://www.excite.co.uk/
or
http://www.excite.com/ (US)
Technical info:
Small risk of a specific cardiac problem:
http://www.chrispaps.freeserve.co.uk/bipolar.html
Echocardiography - 18 to 24 weeks.
http://hebw.uwcm.ac.uk/cardio/chapter6.html
Mon Aug 5, 2002 12:42 am
These are presented as raw research. Don't read anything into the list.
>http://www.uwlax.edu/ereserves/cox/soc422/sociology_of_dying_and_death.htm
>http://www.panzaconsulting.com/quixote/dq_121.html
>http://www.kottke.org/
>http://www.hackwriters.com/fakes.htm
>http://www.camworld.com/misc/spam_fakes.txt
>http://www.aquarius.dreamstation.com/
>http://neverdream.com/truth.html
>http://www.geocities.com/kbklodreamz/awh16.html
>http://www.eternalambition.com/
>http://www.bibliomania.com/2/1/62/109/25719/1/frameset.html
>http://www.hn.psu.edu/Faculty/KKemmerer/poets/akenside/ep-curio.htm
>http://www.amysticalgrove.com/BOS/BOS_TarotSwords.html
>http://www.singlegoal.com/
>http://www.singlegoal.com/contacting.htm
>http://www.mindbodysoul.com/corpus/mind/iq/memory/alternative/oct.html
>http://www.ennui.org/~rone/bizarre/genesis
>http://hometown.aol.com/ronwald/Writing-Pages/Apotheosis.htm
>http://www.steel-door.com/Mutilation.html
>http://www.outlawslegal.com/vault/anarchist.htm
>http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/anarfaq.htm
>http://webnews.kornet.net/
>http://www.anarchicharmony.org/AnarConomy/
>http://www.sunoasis.com/virtissue0111.html
>http://thebookcase.org/stargate/fsgdtperfection.html
>http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/anarfaq.htm
>http://www.innerswine.com/archives/The_Inner_Swine_1_1.txt
>http://www.pseudofamous.com/archives/00000473.htm
>http://www.ucimc.org/library/restools/communic.html
>http://www.tao.ca/
>http://www.sonic.net/~group42/gindex.html
>http://ironfeather.com/
>http://www.insomniax.net/downloads/downloads.html
>http://gnn.tv/counter_intelligence/330.html
>http://www.qss.org/
>http://protovision.textfiles.com/politics/taz.txt
>http://www.nftyne.com/RC/Readings.htm
>http://intyoga.freeservers.com/ysp_11.htm
>http://www.probablefuture.com/probablefuture.htm
>http://www.expage.com/computerpoetry
>http://blather.newdream.net/
>http://net-burst.net/tough/habit.htm
>http://www.subgenius.com/bigfist/classic/classictales/MrFixit.html
>http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/english/People/Ulman.1/Campbell/Book1/Book1-1.\
htm
>http://www.freepapers.net/essays/Bioethics.science.shtml
>http://www.singlegoal.com/fury/
>http://www.singlegoal.com/competition/
>http://defiance.singlegoal.com/
>http://www.singlegoal.com/perfection/
>http://www.hyperreal.org/wsb/
>http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/ehn/Web/release/reading-list.html
>http://pw1.netcom.com/~mokeeffe/Page0.htm
>http://www.swan.ac.uk/poli/texts/wollstonecraft/vindib.htm
>http://www.gentletouchsweb.com/
>http://www.qualitytimemagazine.com/grose/courage.shtml
>http://www1.minn.net/~nup/3feb93.htm
>http://www.freedomsnest.com/quotes.html
>http://www.lifetheory.org/words.html
>http://50.lycos.com/062102.asp
>http://www.enneamotion.com/
>http://www.ummah.net/harunyahya/evol/ebk2-2.html
>http://www.hinet.hr/kosta-krauth/topics/anarchism_history.html
>http://www.gatewaystobabylon.com/essays/lspells.html
>http://www.ensmp.fr/~latour/artpop/p72.html
>http://www.synergyseminars.com/there_is_no_bad_truth.htm
>http://www.churchofsatan.org/slaves.html
>http://www.soulcare.org/EvolutionQuotes.html
>http://saturn5.com/~opiate/
>http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/129/letters.html
>http://www.runhigh.com/1999%20Results/R091199AC.html
>http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/6/19/221626/174
>http://www.playgroundsforpalestine.org/donors.html
>http://www.forg.net/
>http://www.unabombertrial.com/manifesto/
>http://www.eternalambition.com/
>
>
>Communication without intelligence is noise; intelligence without
>communication is irrelevant - Gen. Alfred M. Grey, USMC
>
Sat Jul 14, 2001 5:59 pm
http://news.excite.com/news/r/010713/20/health-suicide
http://news.excite.com/news/r/010713/13/health-drawings
http://news.excite.com/news/r/010713/07/odd-cat-dc
http://news.excite.com/news/r/010712/12/odd-gnomes-dc
http://news.excite.com/news/r/010712/06/odd-gnomes-dc
http://www.frii.com/~parrot/bip.html
>Antidepressants may be added to mood stabilizers,
especially if the
>individual has particular
> trouble with depression. However, unopposed
> antidepressants (use of antidepressants
> without also using a mood stabilizing drug) may be
> dangerous for a bipolar patient. It is
> dangerous because the person may go into a manic
> state very quickly, or begin rapid
> cycling, or their illness may worsen. Even
> patients who are on an antidepressant plus a
> mood stabilizer must carefully monitor themselves
> for these altered patterns.
http://www.mhsource.com/bipolar/txaltdelir.html
>The following is a case study of delirium induced by topiramate (Topamax). The
> patient also presented with disturbingly enhanced gustatory and
> olfactory perceptions.
> A brief discussion of possible neurochemical etiology is included.
http://www.mhsource.com/bipolar/bp0105new.html
>She explained that while tricyclics are notorious for
> triggering a manic state in a depressed bipolar patient,
> any antidepressant can do this and can also worsen
> depressive symptoms.
Tue Jul 16, 2002 11:32 am
Today's web research was on Vincent Van Gogh, who suffered from bouts of
depression and "episodes" requiring
hospitalization. http://www.vangoghgallery.com/
Tue Nov 12, 2002 11:01 am
There is an excellent section on phototherapy in
Goodwin and Jamison's
Manic-Depressive Illness. Salient info:
* In early studies patients were exposed to 2,500 to
3,500
lumens. This level required at least 2 hours of
treatment a day, and as
much as 4 hours. At the time of writing no specific
effective frequency
had been determined, but the normal fluorescent bulb
they were using worked
just fine.
* Some patients reported eye strain, headaches and
the like from having
even that low level of fluorescent light shone
directly in their
eyes. These symptoms decreased by increasing the
distance to the light,
i.e. reducing the intensity. There is no evidence of any permanent eye
problems.
* Phototherapy should be administered just after dawn or just before
dusk so that it doesn't change the pattern of melatonin secretion.
* Melotonin supplements can reproduce the symptoms of atypical
depression but don't necessarily bring on relapses of depression.
* ELF (extra-low frequency electromagnetic) fields may disrupt the
circadian rhythms. Note that there are new therapies professing to prevent
disease by applying ELF fields.
* Bipolars tend to be supersensitive to light and it may even be a
trait marker. Lithium reduces this.
* Ambient temperature is also a factor both in SAD and in summer
hypomania. It seems that light level creates the tendency toward a mood
swing, but the temperature triggers it.
My own experience and opinion:
* My home-made array provides 5,000 lumens vs. the commercial units
which run as high as 10,000 lumens.
* I start on Nov. 1 every year.
* Two hours in the morning makes me more energetic. I have to work up
to that slowly to avoid triggering hypomania.
* In January I require more light.
Of course I don't follow my own advice. I stopped using the lamp after a
couple of days and over the weekend I crashed. I'll get into my own issues
in another email.
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