Posted by Racer on May 19, 2000, at 15:04:33
In reply to Addictive Personality/Effectiveness of Meds?, posted by Greg on May 19, 2000, at 8:09:12
What a great question! Something I've mused on, but never considered important enough to think about seriously...
I do the same things with what I call ruts. Nutella is my version of your peanut butter, though I do eat the two together. I'll go for a month eating Nutella and Peanut Butter for lunch each day, or my latest: cinnamon toast with my bacon and eggs.
And drugs? I can take 80 mg of valium and walk around and speak reasonably. It scares the hell out of doctors, let me tell you! Some drugs knock me on my butt at a tiny dose, usually those that effect blood pressure. Most sedatives, though, require such enormous doses that they basically can't be given me.
ADs usually take larger than average doses to get therapeutic, too.
I wonder how much of this is chemical? Maybe our chemistry is so sensitive we constantly react, so we build fast tolerances? Maybe our symptoms are a subconciosu way to self medicate through behavior rather than drugs?
Anyone else have any ideas? This is really fascinating to me...
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