WillyTex wrote: >>> Well, I probably missed reading about this in >>> peer-reviewed journals like 'Science', 'Journal of >>> Applied Psychology', and the 'American Journal of >>> Psychology'. >>> >>> > Bhairitu wrote: > >> I'm sure you read these on a regular basis. >> >> > You moron, of course I do, and I'm a big tea drinker > as well. I know all about teas and their effects, a > lot more than you do. And I know a whole lot more > about psychology medicine and depression than you do. > Is that so? And how do you know that? > My current tea collection: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPOxLWPn5bc > Kapha tea? For you? You come off as a very high strung vata. You look vata. Maybe you are just strung out on the high but it has to be better for you than meth. Seems at least for the summer in Austin pitta would be appropriate. Every try it. The green tea though is good for pitta. > You need to get some smarts, Bhairitu - maybe when > you've graduated from medical school you can start > prescribing medicine for people with depression. > I'm not interesting in prescribing medicine. I'm just giving some fairly harmless suggestions of things to try.
But you might want to listen the second hour of Thom Hartmann's show this morning where he has a psychiatrist on at the bottom of the hour. This guy discussed the problems with anti-depressants and how little they've been tested. He also said he tried Zoloft for a week to see its effects and said it made him not care about anything. You can find the MP3 of the show here under Podcasts: www.620kpoj.com > Until then, there's nothing wrong with chewing some > betal leaves, boiling some valerian root, and > crushing some ephedra seeds. But I don't see a lot > of people eating poppy flowers to relieve severe > pain. When you've got a medical problem, I'd go > see a licensed physician, an M.D. > > >>> The problem is not drinking tea, but failing to >>> follow a real medical doctor's advice. If we could >>> cure depression with just tea, why would we need >>> national health care with medical doctors? >>> >>> >> What exactly is a "real medical doctor?" >> >> > A medical doctor who can prescribe Xanax? > Wow if that is how you qualify a doctor you really are a lost soul. You need to get some smarts, Willy.
