| From: | Dvixen dvixen@****.com |
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| Subject: | [OT] Emotional Conditions |
| Date: | Wed, 17 Feb 1999 20:07:38 -0800 |
>> sometimes
>[snip]
>> You may be thinking of manic depression, where the patient suffers from
>> a permanent (in most cases) chemical imbalance that must be treated
>> with medicine (in addition to psychotherapy).
>>
>I don't know about you, but it looks like he was talking about
>arthritis and chronic back pains being emotional?
I'm not 100% sure that is what was meant, but however....
They certainly can lead to emotional problems.
Imagine having everything you do affected by a loss of range of motion, or
a complete inability to perform certain tasks. Typing is a good example of
something people with arthritis have troubles with typing, using a remote
control - depending on the effected area, of course... Or not being able to
sit, stand or lie down for more than 10 minutes at a time, due to chronic
back trouble. Lifting that 2L bottle of Coke becomes a really stupid
annoying thing to have to ask someone else to do. (What??? You can't lift a
2L bottle of Coke??? You can't open a pack of cigarettes?)
With both of these, forgetting you have them by taking medications is just
not possible, and that is a frustration on their own, some back pains can
be healed by excercise, some never. Medications that relieve the symptoms
often have adverse side effects. Some painkillers can cause ulcers, some
prescription meds causing reflux (upset stomach) Relieve the main problem,
cause some others. I got to the point that I wasn't willing to deal with
the side effects of chronic back pain meds, and I deal (sometimes VERY
poorly) with the pain.
Arthritis... there is no easy healing, and there is nothing that will
provide complete 100% all the time relief. There is a new medication on the
market that *is* coming close, but it's not available on the open market
yet, (not apporved for prescriptions) Using this medications for other
conditions is being closely investigated, as it has almost *NO* side
effects. One of the test patients was thrilled when one day she realised
she *forgot* she has Arthritis, which she had been living with on a daliy
basis for about 20 years. But other patients did have side effects. :/
Physical problems, yes, but they certainly do have an emotional effect. ;)
obSR - I imagine in the world of 2060, that arthritis and such chronic
probelms are much easier to treat, for arthritis I would imagine some sort
of .... transplant/implant of what the joints are missing, Cyberware might
not be in general use of the population for increased strength etc, but in
a small enough amount, it could quite easily solve some problems that
cannot be fixed using conventional (by our standards) methods.
Imagine someone with chronic muscle problems having muscle augmentations,
or replacements, or a toxin filter for the muscles to get rid of waste that
could be causing the pain.... Strengthen bones prone to breaking using bone
lacing....
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