Posted by llurpsienoodle on August 10, 2008, at 8:54:52
In reply to Which way does the dancer rotate to you?, posted by tealady on August 10, 2008, at 0:54:29
Hi Tealady-- great blog!
I definitely believe in the kindling hypothesis. I haven't done any research into the empirical support (hypothesis --> theory) for this notion, but it seems to make a lot of sense from the stress-diaschesis (sp?) model of mental illness.From personal experience, the episodes of lows (in particular) became more and more severe and didn't show signs of spontaneous remission (as they had when I was a teenager/college student). Eventually it seemed that my brain had practiced the cycling enough that it was engrained.
In the spirit of the Alternatives board, I recently (8 weeks ago) stopped an episode of rapid cycling in its tracks by supplementing my meds (abilify, lamictal, wellbutrin, zoloft, klonopin) with evening primrose oil. WOW I felt so much more balanced within 48-72 hours.
Lucky? unlucky? my moods become much more crazy during PMS. Lucky because there's some relief in sight. Unlucky because I know that there's going to be 3-5 days of moody misery to try to disguise and live through.
okay, enough about me.
btw, I couldn't get the perceptual thingie to switch because I didn't have the right plug-in.
I've done enough cognitive psychology experimentation (with myself as a pilot subject) to know that my attention, rapid-decision making, and short-term memory is 2 standard deviations away from normal, for most paradigms. I've been able to learn things by taking advantage of mnemonic strategies. Usually my perception of visual illusions and such is typical of the greater population, though often a bit slower and more error prone.
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