[La...] Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 The full title of this American study is "A systematic review on the impact of psychotropic drugs on electroencephalogram waveforms in psychiatry". "RESULTS: Following an extensive review of selected studies from the 201 articles, the studies indicate that each of the psychotropic medications reviewed impact alpha, beta, delta and theta waves independently and differently from each other..." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27467441 For reference, here's the Wikipedia entry on electroencephalography (EEG): "Electroencephalography (EEG) is an electrophysiological monitoring method to record electrical activity of the brain." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroencephalography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[...] Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 And this part of the "Results" is very telling. Bottom line? The EEG's are meaningless, worth naught, right? "Additionally, certain medications, particularly haloperidol and valproic acid, have dissimilar results exemplified in all waveforms". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[La...] Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Actually, I understood it much differently. To me, it says that all of the psychotropic medications affect the EEGs. That is, they all change brainwaves, although not all in the same manner. Personally, I don't want to take medications that affect my brainwaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[...] Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Wait, there's more. Lol. Central nervous system effects of aspirin. The EEG effects of aspirin at single doses of 0.65 and 1.95 gm were studied in normal adult men. Compared to placebo, 1.95 gm affected the quantitative EEG, symptom self reports, and cognitive functions. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7105626 Alcohol, hormones, caffeine, nicotine ... ? Drug exposure and EEG/qEEG findings https://qeegsupport.com/drug-exposure-and-eegqeeg-findings/ PS: The way I understood it was that they gleaned nothing of any value to even form a hypothesis about anything. Especially considering that EEG results for some meds were often completely unalike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[La...] Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Wow! Pretty amazing stuff there, abcd! Thank you. When I was first reading about benzodiazepines and sleep a few years ago, I remember being completely surprised to learn that this medication that was supposed to help my sleep was actually changing my brainwaves in a way that would give me less deep sleep. I couldn't believe it! I thought it would be the opposite. How naive I was! And no thank you, re: alcohol, hormones (well, other than my own), caffeine or nicotine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ph...] Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Goes back to the old TV ad. "This your brain. And this is your brain on drugs." Ain't rocket science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[br...] Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Yup we are all naive. I thought Temazapam was the wonder sleep drug. Oh how they lied. E.K.Gs can also be affected by benzos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[La...] Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 Goes back to the old TV ad. "This your brain. And this is your brain on drugs." Ain't rocket science. I haven't watched much TV. Guess I'm missing all the good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ph...] Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Goes back to the old TV ad. "This your brain. And this is your brain on drugs." Ain't rocket science. I haven't watched much TV. Guess I'm missing all the good stuff. That ad probably ran before you were born. An oldie but goodie. First it showed a hot, empty frying pan with the voiceover saying "this is your brain." Then, an egg was cracked and the contents tossed into the frying pan. It sizzled, cracked, and popped...with the voiceover saying "and this is your brain on drugs." That was it. Simple, but as history has shown, not terribly effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[La...] Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 Some people enjoy the sizzling, cracking and popping of their brains. That's why they take the drugs in the first place. Uppers, downers, sideways-ers, etc... The point is to get an effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[...] Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Goes back to the old TV ad. "This your brain. And this is your brain on drugs." Ain't rocket science. I haven't watched much TV. Guess I'm missing all the good stuff. That ad probably ran before you were born. An oldie but goodie. First it showed a hot, empty frying pan with the voiceover saying "this is your brain." Then, an egg was cracked and the contents tossed into the frying pan. It sizzled, cracked, and popped...with the voiceover saying "and this is your brain on drugs." That was it. Simple, but as history has shown, not terribly effective. Before mine too! Love it! But, remember, these are "medicines" after all, not "drugs". https://youtu.be/ub_a2t0ZfTs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[La...] Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 Wow, it's so funny to see that ad! Thanks for posting it, abcd! On a not-so-funny note, we're hearing a lot about the fentanyl overdose deaths in British Columbia. Clearly, brains are being fried at an alarming rate there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[La...] Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 Here are a few more along the same lines as the cracked egg ad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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