Re: Drug Addiction

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Daniel Needles <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I can answer but not exactly from Popparian lens. In particular I had one son with ADHD/ODD/OCD and another with Autism/bipolar. The autistic is ~90% cured. That is, he went from no eye contact at age 3 to being enrolled and competitive with his peers by Kindergarten. In general physical is the easiest, then mental, and finally emotional to fix. The ADHD/ODD/OCD is much more difficult as we didn't hit on the right approach until much later in his life (~16.) However we did stop the ODD (VERY difficult to manage) and his ADHD/OCD is much more manageable. As a result he is at Texas Tech holding a 3.8 his first semester instead of getting Cs as he did 3 years ago as a 10th in high school.
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> I found all three illnesses are on the same spectrum and treatment is very similar. Unfortunately western med is VERY good at symptom abatement and taking over when the body fails itself (i.e. broken bone, heart attack, etc.) However, when dealing with systemic illness it tends to try to treat parts and isn't very good at acknowledging failure or recognizing alternative approaches. (As no one or anything can be good at everything.)
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> At a very high level the disease appears to be a collapse of the body's outerwall (gut - 80% of immunity), an overrun of the body with "bad things" (toxins, critters, etc), and finally a collapse of the inner keep wall (blood/brain barrier) followed by brain swelling which seems to result in many, but not all, of the symptoms. (Being a systemic illness symbiotic critters like fungus (i.e yeast) set up shop and their toxins cause emotional swings (Bi-polar), brain fog & inability to "will" yourself (ADHD) Some folks are more prone and this runs in families - genetics loads the gun, the environment pulls the trigger.
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> Since folks on the spectrum tend to be risk takers and US is a place of opportunity - you'll find yourself among peers if you live here. Also certain professions require being on the spectrum to excel - i.e. IT is about 60% or so of folks with varying degrees on the spectrum.
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> The approach we used as a cure (at least for the negative aspects) is:

What do you mean "at least"? Are you saying you *want* to cure the
positive aspects?

If the aspects of a personality are good, in that they lead to good
results (like an income-generating activity that the person enjoys),
why do you call it an illness?

-- Rami Rustom
http://ramirustom.blogspot.com