RE: Bipolar drugs:
I have known cases of people increasing their dosage of a drug in order to
"manage" behavior that they intend to consciously pursue which is clearly
destabilizing, such as doubling a dose during the week of exams (late nights,
high stress, lost sleep, etc.) or decreasing/stopping a dose when they wanted to
ride the wave of energy provided by a hypomanic state. Generally one trip to
the residential treatment center cures a tendency to self manage in this way,
but sometimes (or with more severely affected people) it can take a lot longer.
People with BPDisorder are often prescribed sleeping meds or antianxiety meds
(Lithium plus Effexor plus Xanax PRN, for example) and some become dependent
upon the antianxiety or sleeping medication.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Tipsters,
>
> A couple of questions from my ever-curious students:
>
> 1) Although some scientists claim that there is no predisposition for spoken
> language (as opposed to gestural) my developmental psych students noticed in
> one video of deaf children who were learning to sign, that the children were
> vocalizing anyway. he students wondered whether speech might be the brain's
> preferred mode of language on the basis of this. I pointed out that hearing
> babies move their hands, too, although this doesn't necessarily indicate any
> predisposition for gestural language. But I thought I would ask anyway, is
> there any definitive answer available regarding the speech versus gestural
> language preference in the human brain?
>
> 2) Is it possible for a person with bipolar illness to abuse his or her
> prescribed mood stabilizing drug (in some way other than by not taking it)?
> What would be the results of such abuse?
>
> I am still hoping for an answer to my thalamus question, if anyone is
> interested -- what is the location of the thalamus? Or is there no agreement
> on this matter?
>
> Hope you are all having a good weekend.
>
> Nancy Melucci
> PACE - LAHC
> Tips abuser & Instructor, Harbor College
