[lit-ideas] Re: Say wha?
- From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:17:19 -0400
Moving? What have I missed?
John
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
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> Back to unpacking boxes and unloading furniture. God, I hate moving. Hell
> on earth...
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> Julie Krueger
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> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>> >> 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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