[lit-ideas] Re: Say wha?
- From: Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:11:35 -0500
Thanks, Eric. That does help to see what the article sentence was implying.
It was a bad sentence, in my opinion. Unclear and misleading. Not to
mention confusing to people like me.
Back to unpacking boxes and unloading furniture. God, I hate moving. Hell
on earth...
Julie Krueger
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Can somebody parse this for me?****
>
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> Depression itself probably correlates (in many populations) to obesity and
> higher glucocorticoid levels in the blood, which means: (1) the person is
> chronically stressed, and (2) their sympathetic nervous system is in
> overdrive. Among other things, this speeds up the heart and contracts
> blood vessels. If they have been depressed, binge eating, and have lots of
> plaque in their circulatory system, it increases risk of stroke. Scotty will
> soon call Kirk and make his usual warning about the ship not “being able to
> take it.” ****
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> From what I’ve read in my layman manner in NEJM and elsewhere, the real
> problem with an SSRI is that it initially gives extremely depressed people
> just enough energy to soap the rope, stand on the chair, and make their
> quietus. Before SSRI, they were too depressed to kill themselves. After
> SSRI, if they are neglected by family and the medical establishment, a
> certain percentage decide it’s time to take a dirt nap.****
>
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> Always with the unqualified opinions,****
>
> Eric****
>
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