Posted by scatterbrained on March 4, 2006, at 22:45:00
In reply to Re: Acceptance...at what point, posted by honeybee on March 3, 2006, at 15:31:51
" What is this neurorehabilitation that you're talking abut? What do you do/what does it do?"
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Neurorehabilitation is mainly done with people who have suffered a stroke, or other "organic" brain disorders. Most major hospitals have a center for rehabilitative medicine where they work on exercises to retrain the brain. Unfortunatly this method is seldomly used with affective illness even though depression is known to cause major cognitive decline to the point of psueudodementia. I personally believe that any illness that causes cognitive decline regardless of it's cause,should be treated in part with neurorehabilitation.
" I'm having some luck, by the way, with acupuncture. It's very early to tell, but I'll be honest that I thought my life was over in December last year and things have improved markedly. Not having had much experience with it, or the herbal preparations that they give, I can't speak more extensively. But the approach--with its questions of diet and lifestyle, down to the consistency of your stools and your sleep patterns--differs so much from psychiatry and seems, to me, so much more sensible, holistic and informed. You may be done with all of it (I understand), but since it's helping me I wanted to pass along the cautious endorsement."Thanks for the heads up about acupuncture, I'll look into it
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