Posted by alexandra_k on September 20, 2004, at 20:24:31
In reply to Re: Hmmm.... » Dinah, posted by gardenergirl on September 20, 2004, at 13:36:04
One way to think of it is that physiology varies over time in a more extreme way than the majority of the population. Different alters share the same brain so what varies must be patterns of neural activation. If one alter tends towards mania and another tends towards depression a mood stabiliser may assist. If another alter has an okay mood a mood stabiliser shouldn't hurt. Medication isn't that precise a science in the sense that the same old 'wonderdrugs' get prescribed for a variety of symptoms anyway when they are in fashion. I have been prescribed anti-psychotics for mood stabilisation etc.
The 'relax you' kind of drugs sometimes make me worse as I am disinhibited and can get carried away with mania and / or too engrossed in memories and / or rumination. I think there is something where some people react to benzo's with agression and hostility which is paradoxical given that they are intended to alleviate anxiety
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