tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post3023054003189599540..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Depression and Cardiac EventsAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1775948318605328162015-09-24T12:40:38.649-04:002015-09-24T12:40:38.649-04:00This does not surprise me, though it does, heh, de...This does not surprise me, though it does, heh, depress me. I'm always a little shocked when I see my appearance next to my sister's. She's only a year and a half younger than me, but looks at least a decade, maybe a decade and half younger. Guess which one had always had depression and suffers a mild form of PTSD after raising a violent autistic child? Yep, dooooomed. I do hope taking anti-inflammatories helps, as I'm spending a lot per month on such things in an attempt to live long enough to set up my daughter in a safe situation.leliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322159218521168878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-40905076163094376072015-09-18T09:50:37.960-04:002015-09-18T09:50:37.960-04:00These big names are just side effects of when brea...These big names are just side effects of when breathing is out of control. This affects both the neural system and the heart.<br /><br />Drugs attempt to artificially mitigate or change the consequences of bad breathing cycles, hence the side effects. They don't fix the Original Cause.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-52573992501291605452015-09-18T06:39:40.907-04:002015-09-18T06:39:40.907-04:00Layman's question
All of these drugs have som...Layman's question<br /><br />All of these drugs have some undesireable side effects. Is the potential life extension really worth long term exposure to these as well?<br /><br />I don't go to the dr much so I hadn't heard about the preference for acetomrniphine over nsaid. The last thing I was aware of was the liver toxicity of acetaminophen though I've heard some negative comments in long term nsaid use recently. Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-53142204415884797232015-09-18T05:52:50.287-04:002015-09-18T05:52:50.287-04:00To be fair, acetaminophen has been shown to reduce...To be fair, acetaminophen has been shown to reduce existential anxiety:<br />http://www.prevention.com/mind-body/emotional-health/aspirin-shown-reduce-feelings-existential-anxietybs kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-17740340374932215902015-09-17T23:13:23.963-04:002015-09-17T23:13:23.963-04:00Ugh. (I've heard this before, though - not abo...Ugh. (I've heard this before, though - not about the dysthymia but about the cardiac risk from major depressive episodes. I think Peter Kramer talked about it in his second depression book. Makes holes in one's hypothalamus, too, if I remember correctly.) I'm doomed. Doooooooomed.<br /><br />SSRIs have been around long enough that I wonder whether there's data on people who take them for decades, and whether it shows a risk reduction for cardiac events and all-cause mortality compared to those with similar diagnoses who take them short-term or not at all. <br /><br />Also wondering whether taking anti-inflammatory meds helps with this. Maybe people who take aspirin or Advil have been inadvertantly self-treating some of the damage from depression. (Also potentially interesting in light of the medical profession's near-obsession with pushing acetominephan instead of NSAIDs.)jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.com