Posted by francesco on November 21, 2003, at 11:39:29
In reply to Re: An Idea » Francesco , posted by JLx on November 21, 2003, at 8:45:13
> I used to have a vague idea that we had a "self" that meds/supplements/whatever altered one way or another -- more my "true" self, or not.
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> I don't think that way anymore. I think we're a product of our brain chemistry -- alter that and our "Self" is altered.
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> I found this a bit depressing at first -- Am "I" only chemical soup? -- but now I think of it as potentially continued renewal. ;)I totally agree with everything you said.
I use the terms like "my real self" only to indicate what I usually am when I don't take any psychotropic substance.What I wanted to say is that the meds that have helped my concentration problems best are serotoninergic and that serotoninergic meds tend to lessen my empathy and that this bothers me.
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