tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post3630647226578930035..comments2023-07-13T05:01:01.343-07:00Comments on Holistic Recovery from Schizophrenia: Like-minded parents muscle their way into the ISEPP conferenceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700295858497275586noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-41850583917001403282011-10-21T19:08:05.261-07:002011-10-21T19:08:05.261-07:00Rossa,
Thank you for sharing your family's st...Rossa,<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your family's story on the ISEPP blog. IMO, the things that work best are getting the body and brain strong through exercise and nutrition; learning to get the mind calm; expanding the comfort zone to learn to accept and embrace pain; forgiveness and learning to appreciate ones one worth. Those are my thoughts. I also believe that these things can be done in various ways, whatever works for each individual.<br /><br />Also, I think it helps to read and get involved in life, with lots of things that have NOTHING to do with understanding mental wellness (especially, mental illness). In other words, living... really living.<br /><br />It was one of the hottest heat spells in Texas this past summer. Now, we're having some beautiful days and nights. So I've been taking lots of walks, riding my bicycle, and enjoying the weather!<br /><br />Our Texas Rangers are in the World Series (for the second time in the ball club's history). We take on the St. Louis Cardinals tomorrow night here in Texas. As a man who played baseball from age 6 into college; umpired Little League Baseball, and coached blind baseball (beepbaseball) players for many years, I'm excited about the prospect of the Rangers winning the title this year.<br /><br />Going to be watching tomorrow night. Which reminds me of one of the best movies ever made...<br /><br />"Watching the world series would be good therapy too, wouldn't it Nurse Ratched?" - McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.<br /><br />Good stuff!<br /><br />Be well,<br /><br />Duane<br /><br /><br /><br />DuaneDiscover and Recoverhttp://discoverandrecover.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-76824665275527253302011-10-20T20:07:49.239-07:002011-10-20T20:07:49.239-07:00Nice work. As for me, Rossa, I challenge the medi...Nice work. As for me, Rossa, I challenge the medical model in a different way.<br /><br />My alternatives have involved changing my diet to manage for reactive hypoglycemia, making sure I get regular Omega-3 supplementation for good brain substrate, taking magnesium and B-vitamins, regular massage, creative work, exercise to manage anxiety, and understanding how childhood trauma (I witnessed my mom have a breakdown at the age of four and as an adult I am pretty sure she has undiagnosed Borderline Personality Disorder, which created endless double binds for me psychologically) can set us up for emotional/neurological vulnerabilities.<br /><br />And realizing that my vulnerability to psychosis always involves lack of sleep. The docs will tell you poor sleep is part of the disease, but...it is downright deceptive to downplay the role of poor sleep hygiene. Today, they see psychosis induced by simple lack of sleep and say that's schizophrenia--until you disentangle your story from the grossly oversimplified pharmaceutical story. What an insult mistruth is.<br /><br />This is a multivariable illness. Tell that to your doctors. In my case, perimenopause played also played a key role. The brain likes estrogen. And my brain at 45 said, WTF is going on in your body? When I was admitted in '03, I was 45. On the copy of my intake documents, the official admitting me wrote, "patient looks older than 45." I did not know I was in perimenopause until I completely lost my period in '06. That is when I knew, in hindsight, that the anxiety and lack of sleep that had been part of the '03 episode had likely been triggered by "the change. " <br /><br />Once I knew that key piece, I knew for sure the medications were irrelevant, and got my doctor to agree to full weaning. And of course, those meds don't do what the doctors say they do, anyways. Prevent psychosis? No, dear doctor, I know my body better than you. Seroquel sedates. Duh.<br /><br />I don't need seroquel unless I am not sleeping....Smittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12681768755769989964noreply@blogger.com