RE: Schizophrenia, drugs link?

[cecilia]

X-ray wrote:
Thanks for outlining what it was that you found childish. Why I liked Blobzie's comment is because she linked the three letter acronym discussion to the schizophrenia discussion cleverly. I stand by it, it was good. If you reckon I'm childish for saying that, then I think you have misinterpreted my reply to Blobzie.

hey, i got the joke and also found it clever and funny.

anyway, one of the main reasons i've never taken drugs is because i like my brain healthy and working at top condition.

but, i have noticed that some people seem to self-medicate because there seems to be something different going on with their brain chemistry. that is, they seem irritated with some internal condition and take drugs to try and balence this irritation out. and i get this sense from long talks with people who are alcoholic (members of AA, so not drinking now, but have spend years trying to understand their condition), and other drug users who are not taking drugs now. so, THEY think they self-medicated.

if americans could get away from making value judgements about people taking drugs and actually try and figure out what the heck is going on, we might actually find the light at the end of the tunnel on this issue. but as long as people want to throw everyone in jail, nothing will improve and the wrong people will make money on the broken lives of drug users.

[cecilia]

Oh, and everybody who said something like "I DON'T TAKE DRUGS" in this thread...

don't play the semantic game with me, my dear! I know exactly what I said and exactly what I mean.

I don't take drugs that will be harmful to my body. period. I take antioxydants Because they help repair my body. exercise creates important changes in the body and that's why I do it. and so on.....

every freaking drug could be made legal and i still wouldn't take that c.r.a.p.
I don't overdo it with things like chocolate, etc.

as the Greeks used to say, everything in moderate, nothing in excess.

and, yes, i did read your original post.