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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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I think that neurons and neurobiology are still a relatively unknown area. I feel that we are more than just brains.
Quantem mechanics revealed that reality is somewhat affected conscious observation.
We observe and measure neurons and calculate action potentials..i.e neuronal communication and study the mechanics of the brain.
By doing this we are altering probability fields and making a reality according to quantem mechanics. As you are aware action potential is driven by atoms and electrical dynamic energy which is something that has probability fields that are dampened via observation.
Somethings cannot be measured correctly.
I am optimistic and hopeful with the new areas of medications that could come from the cAMP-CREB areas of research. I have read that poor neural plasticity is somewhat involved in manic depression and that smaller synapses are noted in schizophrenia.
These two identified points could be addressed with cAMP CREB the correct pharmacological input.
It is amazing that it is only recently that the inner neurons are being studied as much as they are now.
Nevertheless they are associated with long term memory and memory potentiality but I can see a great potential in this....Thankyou for pointing it out!
Hi, G. I'm delighted someone is reading my Science articles. Re Heisenberg uncertainty principle - yes, definitely. The logo to my old website featured a Mandelbrot set image. We're living in chaos theory in search of order beyond the chaos.
Re cAMP-CREB - yes, it is truly amazing our inner neurons are only just being investigated. I've heard two Nobel Prize winners (and got one autograph) and some of the people I've reported on are surely being considered for a free trip to Sweden.
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The Cellular Bipolar Breakdown Lane
Is the mitochondria responsible
I am withdrawing from antidepressants cold turkey was not really my choice as I had become extremely ill taking meds for years and years. I have been diagnosed with a mitochodrial disorder and have talked to a few others who have this since quitting antidepressants.
There are many drugs that cause mitochondrial damage two of the listed antidepressants I took cause it prozac and celexa.
You can find the list here and check for yourself:
http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:qiqNqGbokh0J:psychrights.org/research/Digest/NLPs/DrugsCauseMitochondrialDamage.pdf+medication+on+mitochondrial+dysfunction&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk
Many in withdrawal are thinking it a fact that antidepressants cause bipolar disorder. As it seems to be a fequently recurring theme for many once treated with antidepressants to be diagnosed with bipolar when the meds reach tolerance or when they quit taking them. The reaction to both the above mimics bipolar. As we were told these drugs had no addictive qualities in the beginning we were not expecting the hell of withdrawal and were quit receptive when told our syptoms were actually bipolar. What I can tell you is many I have talked to seem to have healed completely from the effects of withdrawal it does however take the min of 2 years or the maximum of 7 years. First the drugs must be stopped not an easy thing many are doing a slow taper as withdrawal is so very painful.
I don't know anything for sure except this the meds made me sick completely disabled. When I stopped listening to doctors and quit the meds I started to get better. The first year was a complete write off. The second is better but still not as well as I was before taking the meds. ps I had no mental disorder before taking my first antidepressant which was prozac I was given prozac as a pain med talk about off label it has cost a great deal good luck to you.
Just a double paragraph repeat twice at the end of the Brain Primer article. Love your site!
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