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ZadieBlue Posts: 3767
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Highly anxious people have a lot of cortisol running through their brain. The hippocampus actually gets flooded with this cortisol and begins to shrink -- it's really really common amongst psych med patients. The hippocampus then fails to work as well as it did, though I don't know how this is manifested. So next time you get anxious, remind yourself of your shrinking hippocampus! Your anxiety will get displaced  I have a huge book called, "The Owner's Manual For The Brain" -- so addictive! It's at least 3 1/2 inches thick. I'm also reading the book, "Musicophilia" by Oliver Sacks (he wrote "Awakenings") -- it's all about the brain and music. I love it! The brain is so wonderfully complicated! Take care, Zadie "I'm going to quit -- dried turkey." - Anonymous
"I forgot my mantra." - Annie Hall
"Knocked me on the head and sent me spinning
It was a blast I can't remember the last time
Stand between two poles and hold your arms up
I'll kick me over your head and stock down . . . " - Throwing Muses
Female, age 37
Bipolar I (mild)
• Episodes / cycling happen most often during Spring and Fall allergy season; some dissociation possible during episodes.
• GAD dx 12/11, PTSD traits, ED (in recovery)
• Boarding school survivor :)
PSYCH:
Adderall 15 mg x 2 • Prozac 40 mg • Ativan 1.5 mg • Geodon 120 mg • Starting Lithium again
(Levothyroxine 50 mcg • Atenolol 12.5 mg x 2 • Clonidine 0.1 mg x 3).
ALLERGY / ASTHMA -- (Winter / Spring cocktail): Levocetirizine • Alvesco HFA 160 mcg • Ketotifen Fumarate PRN • Flovent • ProAir PRN
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