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MarsBonfire -> RE: A pill that banishes bad memories (2/18/2009 5:33:18 PM)

(nods) It would have to be something hideously traumatic for me to take something like that... on the scale of seeing another Adam Sandler or Will Farell movie, or seeing someone I love being hit by a semi truck, or something like that.



Vendaval -> RE: A pill that banishes bad memories (2/18/2009 5:44:01 PM)

In certain instances this medication might be a good idea.  But most of the time you can find that non-Rx remedies and a positive outlook on life will take you a long way.


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ORIGINAL: popeye1250
Well, this may be good for some military veterans who suffer from "P.T.S.D."

I know a couple of veterans who suffer from (very) traumatic things that happened to them. I don't even want to mention what happened to them because it would give you nightmares.



BKSir -> RE: A pill that banishes bad memories (2/18/2009 6:08:38 PM)

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ORIGINAL: MarsBonfire

(nods) It would have to be something hideously traumatic for me to take something like that... on the scale of seeing another Adam Sandler or Will Farell movie, or seeing someone I love being hit by a semi truck, or something like that.


*SNERK*  yeah, they are pretty damned terrifying, aren't they? ;)



angelikaJ -> RE: A pill that banishes bad memories (2/18/2009 6:20:21 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Lockit

The thing is, is that it doesn't take the memory away... just dulls your senses... amoung other things.  One thing I read stated that beta blockers could bring on dementia stuff faster too.  These things do all sorts of things to all sorts of body organs and chemicals.  For the right medical condition they are great... but...


In this application they are used for a relatively short duration.
No, they do not take the memory away... it is not an agent that causes amnesia.
It changes the way a memory is processed... which reduces the risk of PTSD.



marie2 -> RE: A pill that banishes bad memories (2/18/2009 6:21:23 PM)

This might be easy for me to say since I don't suffer from any type of post-traumatic stress syndrome like a war veteran for example, would, but I firmly believe that thoughts cannot hurt us.  A thought is just a thought, something that occupies the mind.  When something painful enters my mind or I have an unpleasant memory or a scary thought, I just push it out and replace it with a different thought.  I might have to do it more than once or persist a bit, but it does work.



DesFIP -> RE: A pill that banishes bad memories (2/18/2009 6:26:20 PM)

It doesn't banish memories, just lessens the likelihood of panic attacks. Seems to me that with the sheer numbers of military returning with PTSD, a treatment like this, which could allow them to resume their lives would be a godsend.

However, it's early days yet to extrapolate it working after the fact from it working one day later from a one time scary experience.



feydeplume -> RE: A pill that banishes bad memories (2/18/2009 6:35:14 PM)

*wonders idly if this pill, if handed out like Ritalin in America, to kids in say the Gaza strip might help them not develop PTSD "like war veterans"*



servantheart -> RE: A pill that banishes bad memories (2/18/2009 7:48:44 PM)

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ORIGINAL: came4U

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7892272.stm

Scientists believe a common heart medicine may be able to banish fearful memories from the mind.
The Dutch investigators believe beta-blocker drugs could help people suffering from the emotional after-effects of traumatic experiences.

would you pop ever some?


I "pop" 50 mg. a day of atenolol because my heart rate soars w/o it and my blood pressure also goes way up (as compared to my historically hypotensive state, i.e. 86/40, etc.). 

I have noticed a few annoying side effects, but not enough to make me discontinue treatment. They are less troublesome than the physical effects of tachycardia and hypertension. The benefit outweighs the risk in my case, though in the future, who knows?




SummerWind -> RE: A pill that banishes bad memories (2/18/2009 7:58:39 PM)

Jack on the rocks now comes in pill form? 



came4U -> RE: A pill that banishes bad memories (2/18/2009 9:25:00 PM)

I dunno, ...

it seems to be just another bandaid to a problem like booze and drugs.

Sometimes people just have to face their issues and deal with them head on, the only effective cure (or at least they gain some self-worth in trying).



Vendaval -> RE: A pill that banishes bad memories (2/18/2009 11:51:46 PM)

That would be a waste of good whiskey!

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ORIGINAL: SummerWind
Jack on the rocks now comes in pill form? 



outlier -> RE: A pill that banishes bad memories (2/19/2009 9:44:20 AM)

FR,

I had a friend (gone now) who in in a German POW camp
during WWII, for quite a long time. He got shot down
before the US got into the war.

I remember asking him about debriefing and psych counseling
for POWs. He replied, "I made my way to Norway, I got a bottle
and a couple of nurses. I knew I wasn't in a prison camp anymore."

Bless the true healers.

Outlier



Vendaval -> RE: A pill that banishes bad memories (2/19/2009 1:17:21 PM)

That is a great story, outlier.  May your friend rest in peace.



SummerWind -> RE: A pill that banishes bad memories (2/19/2009 1:38:37 PM)

Great example that reinforces the pussification of today's society. 
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"I made my way to Norway, I got a bottle
and a couple of nurses."



CatdeMedici -> RE: A pill that banishes bad memories (2/19/2009 3:16:39 PM)

yep its called tylenol, taken every 4  hours after My last divorce.



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