The science behind meditation. - by Epos Nix
Mingan on 17/3/2008 at 02:18
No. But maybe sleep-deprivation for 36 to 48 hours prior (just to complete the psychotic look) might help in scaring the random bystander.
Epos Nix on 17/3/2008 at 03:22
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Antidepressants often aren't "doping" in the way you are suggesting.
They often are, actually, considering the haphazard way doctors seem to prescribe antidepressants to angsty teens and such.
Mind you I wouldn't have a problem if antidepressants had only positive effects... but they don't. Rather, aside from clinical cases, they only serve to instill in the patient the idea that depression is somehow an abnormal human trait that must be fixed with medication rather than dealt with through a bit of strength of character and discernment of mind. Oh, and the side effects don't help either:
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Dry mouth
Urinary retention
Blurred vision
Constipation
Sedation (can interfere with driving or operating machinery)
Sleep disruption
Weight gain
Headache
Nausea
Gastrointestinal disturbance/diarrhea
Abdominal pain
Inability to achieve an erection
Inability to achieve an orgasm (men and women)
Loss of libido
Agitation
Anxiety
As for negative side-effects of meditation; I did find (
http://onwww.net/trancenet.org/research/2000perezdealbeniz.shtml) this which details the negative side effects of Transcendental Meditation (even though most of the article aside from the abstract is positive, but meh). Granted I don't know much about TM as a meditative process, but any yogi that feels the name of his teaching needs to be trademarked is automatically suspect :weird:
Tocky on 17/3/2008 at 03:58
I meditate every morning. I'm unable to form a complete thought and stare mindlessly at inanimate objects until I have my morning cup of coffee. I also do the ommmm thing when asked a question.
SubJeff on 17/3/2008 at 07:49
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They often are, actually, considering the haphazard way doctors seem to prescribe antidepressants to angsty teens and such.
I really don't see how prescibing patterns can have any effect on mechanisms of action or effect. These aren't hypnotics is what I meant.
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Mind you I wouldn't have a problem if antidepressants had only positive effects... but they don't.
Check that list against almost any drug's side effect list.
piano-sam on 18/3/2008 at 00:39
I've been seeing commercials for antidepressants that, as a side effect, increase suicidal thoughts. It totally fucks my mind. How does that even work?
Kolya on 18/3/2008 at 01:24
Have you ever been so happy you cried tears of joy?
Now imagine that on drugs.
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It totally fucks my mind.
That's right.
jtr7 on 18/3/2008 at 01:35
It works by messing with the chemicals tied to your sense of well-being. The incorrect dosage, and/or incorrect drugs, and/or cumulative effects, an allergic reaction to the drugs, and/or the use of other drugs, and/or the lack of a healthy lifestyle, stress factors, over- or under-compensation by the brain itself to balance the chemicals, and drug interaction effects can come into play.
Kolya on 18/3/2008 at 01:41
Thanks Dr B. Well.
jtr7 on 18/3/2008 at 06:14
Oh no, thank YOU, Nurse Notsowell.
