Sleep Disorder - Page 3

limey · 01-09-2009, 06:39 PM

I'm glad that you're getting the help you need on your insurance - that's great news! I hope it works out for you!

Cicero · 01-27-2009, 07:10 PM

Alright! My frontal lobe has been fed frequencies......

I think she screwed up.

monster · 01-27-2009, 09:07 PM

what???

Shawnee123 · 01-28-2009, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Cicero

Alright! My frontal lobe has been fed frequencies......

I think she screwed up.

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Originally Posted by monster

what???

shhhhh...I think she's sleep typing.

Cicero · 01-29-2009, 02:25 PM

Well lets see....

We were doing my first session of feedback. I received an overdose because my frontal lobe frequency mapped at a 10, when it naturally rests at a 5. The problem with this? It was shot back a frequency over 10, because people like my therapist don't understand that it takes probably more than 2 seconds to judge the actual frequency of a frontal lobe.

I was overdosed. I assumed that this would not happen. I was wrong.

I am a little disappointed, because it has taken 2 days to get over the headache and a fever- trying to work.

The only thing I can think of in comparison is the movie- eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.

I think I screwed up. This was a bad decision. Though this type of therapy works for some...I am unsure as to how long it will take to get over an overdose of this. I am used to high functioning, especially at work, and when I see myself slipping I want to f'ing cry.

Yah-wah.

I'll get over it.

But I think if there was any question as to whether or not I was living in an uncomfortable indi flick- it has been answered. Now all that is missing is some comedic relief. Enter stage left. lol

Shawnee123 · 01-29-2009, 03:03 PM

I'd love to live in an indie flick; in fact I think I kind of do.

What the heck are they shooting into your frontal lobe? Hmmmm. I don't know anything about this therapy but it sounds scary to me. I don't want someone messing around in my brain.

Hang in there chickie-poo.

Cicero · 01-30-2009, 02:13 PM

Low level frequencies........Maybe I need to call on wolf...Of course I know she is tired of dealing with mental shit.....

Wolf!

What can I expect to happen here? I don't trust the therapist to answer this anymore.

wolf · 01-31-2009, 12:15 AM

Well, as the saying goes, this stuff is outside my scope of practice ...

I've known a couple of people with sleep disorders, have one or two patients with really bizarre dreams/nighttime hallucinations, but it's not something that we deal with a whole lot.

One thing I strongly suspect is that your therapist is engaging in some expensive voodoo, with a fancy box with some pretty lights, and maybe a digital readout or two. They're not going to let anybody without an M.D. or D.O. behind their name play with anything real.

I hope you're not paying out of pocket for that bit ... because it certainly doesn't sound like anything an insurance company would pay for, not the kinds of insurance companies I deal with, anyway.

Can you get some more details about the device? Maybe we can find out a thing or two.

What I suspect may be a lot more helpful is going to the sleep disorders clinic, getting a sleep study done, and some EEGs. Yeah, they'll probably start with something on the order of "here's a prescription," but hopefully the doc will have a brain behind his/her pen and prescription pad, and address the causes rather than the symptoms.

In the meantime, working on relaxation techniques might be a good approach.

TheMercenary · 01-31-2009, 02:41 PM

Maybe we can give her some old fashion ECT. I use to be involved in that as recently as the mid 90's. I don't think they do it much anymore, do they?

monster · 01-31-2009, 03:39 PM

Cic, go to a real doctor ffs.

Sundae · 01-31-2009, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Maybe we can give her some old fashion ECT. I use to be involved in that as recently as the mid 90's. I don't think they do it much anymore, do they?

Not much, but it's still acceptable in cases of severe depression or catatonia.

wolf · 01-31-2009, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Maybe we can give her some old fashion ECT. I use to be involved in that as recently as the mid 90's. I don't think they do it much anymore, do they?

THere is at least one doc in our area that does ECT. Sometimes our docs will refer recalcitrant depressives. One of my friends was a psych nurse that assisted on ECT, back on the 70s and 80s. Today they're using even less current with good effects.

His wife was also a psych nurse in the "olden days" and knows how to do a cold pack and has assisted with insulin shock as well.

It's more than a bit drastic for this situation.

TheMercenary · 01-31-2009, 06:06 PM

Yea, I've never heard of it being used for anything other than severe clinical depression. I was funning.

wolf · 01-31-2009, 11:29 PM

Back in the day it was used for darn near everything. Schizophrenia, Depression, probably even extreme halitosis, just in case.

I expected there was some fun involved, but sometimes it's hard to tell, especially since that kind of hard reset might even represent a solution.

TheMercenary · 02-01-2009, 09:33 AM

I do remember a small set of patients actually waking up nearly euphoric. Strange. Most just slept, but that could have been from the massive dose of pentothal.

01-09-2009, 06:39 PM	#31
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I'm glad that you're getting the help you need on your insurance - that's great news! I hope it works out for you! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

01-27-2009, 07:10 PM	#32
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Alright! My frontal lobe has been fed frequencies...... I think she screwed up. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

01-27-2009, 09:07 PM	#33
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	what??? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-29-2009, 02:25 PM	#35
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Well lets see.... We were doing my first session of feedback. I received an overdose because my frontal lobe frequency mapped at a 10, when it naturally rests at a 5. The problem with this? It was shot back a frequency over 10, because people like my therapist don't understand that it takes probably more than 2 seconds to judge the actual frequency of a frontal lobe. I was overdosed. I assumed that this would not happen. I was wrong. I am a little disappointed, because it has taken 2 days to get over the headache and a fever- trying to work. The only thing I can think of in comparison is the movie- eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. I think I screwed up. This was a bad decision. Though this type of therapy works for some...I am unsure as to how long it will take to get over an overdose of this. I am used to high functioning, especially at work, and when I see myself slipping I want to f'ing cry. Yah-wah. I'll get over it. But I think if there was any question as to whether or not I was living in an uncomfortable indi flick- it has been answered. Now all that is missing is some comedic relief. Enter stage left. lol __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung Last edited by Cicero; 01-29-2009 at 02:35 PM.

01-29-2009, 03:03 PM	#36
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I'd love to live in an indie flick; in fact I think I kind of do. What the heck are they shooting into your frontal lobe? Hmmmm. I don't know anything about this therapy but it sounds scary to me. I don't want someone messing around in my brain. Hang in there chickie-poo. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-30-2009, 02:13 PM	#37
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Low level frequencies........Maybe I need to call on wolf...Of course I know she is tired of dealing with mental shit..... Wolf! What can I expect to happen here? I don't trust the therapist to answer this anymore. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

01-31-2009, 12:15 AM	#38
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Well, as the saying goes, this stuff is outside my scope of practice ... I've known a couple of people with sleep disorders, have one or two patients with really bizarre dreams/nighttime hallucinations, but it's not something that we deal with a whole lot. One thing I strongly suspect is that your therapist is engaging in some expensive voodoo, with a fancy box with some pretty lights, and maybe a digital readout or two. They're not going to let anybody without an M.D. or D.O. behind their name play with anything real. I hope you're not paying out of pocket for that bit ... because it certainly doesn't sound like anything an insurance company would pay for, not the kinds of insurance companies I deal with, anyway. Can you get some more details about the device? Maybe we can find out a thing or two. What I suspect may be a lot more helpful is going to the sleep disorders clinic, getting a sleep study done, and some EEGs. Yeah, they'll probably start with something on the order of "here's a prescription," but hopefully the doc will have a brain behind his/her pen and prescription pad, and address the causes rather than the symptoms. In the meantime, working on relaxation techniques might be a good approach. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-31-2009, 02:41 PM	#39
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Maybe we can give her some old fashion ECT. I use to be involved in that as recently as the mid 90's. I don't think they do it much anymore, do they? __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-31-2009, 03:39 PM	#40
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Cic, go to a real doctor ffs. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-31-2009, 06:06 PM	#43
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Yea, I've never heard of it being used for anything other than severe clinical depression. I was funning. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-31-2009, 11:29 PM	#44
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Back in the day it was used for darn near everything. Schizophrenia, Depression, probably even extreme halitosis, just in case. I expected there was some fun involved, but sometimes it's hard to tell, especially since that kind of hard reset might even represent a solution. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-01-2009, 09:33 AM	#45
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I do remember a small set of patients actually waking up nearly euphoric. Strange. Most just slept, but that could have been from the massive dose of pentothal. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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