Posted by linkadge on October 2, 2007, at 21:41:22
In reply to Re: I seek permanent hypomania., posted by cumulative on September 30, 2007, at 16:54:34
>And this is far, far from the belief-structure >that hypomania can be maintained. No drug can >CREATE such a belief -- people create beliefs. >For the record, I've spent a lot lot lot of time >around methamphetamine users (I was one) and no >one ever thought what they were doing was >sustainable.
But the fact that you are here, now, asking these questions, and desiring these realities is a testament to the notion that part of you desires the a permanant form of the unsustainable glimpse you may have been offered with the illegal drugs.
The fact is that illegal drugs such as methamphetamine turn on intermediate early genes, ie "addiction genes" that are very hard to turn off. Infact some studies show that such genes remain activated even years after a user has remained sober. It has been proposed that the acivation of such genes is why many former users have a very difficult time letting go of certain "seeking behavior" ie trying to recreate a mood whose memory is forever burned on your contious.
I have uses certain substances too. I wish I had never been exposed to certain substances, cause a major reason I am here now is a result of some of the doors that have been previously opened, (this includes legal prescription drugs)
When I suggest that a particular drug created a particular belief or turned on a particular pathway, I am not referring to a purely contious, rational, or logical knowledge. Everbody knows that a drug will eventually cause a crash, but more that it turns pathways that believe that an individual can activly control the way they feel, as opposed to letting the emotions do naturally as they will.
Get some ibogaine if you can, it shuts off the genes (in mice at least).
>The rest of your post is "I don't believe the >literature on hyperthymia". Heh, whatever. I >agree that most hyperthymics might get sad once >in a while. I would still rather be hyperthymic >MOST OF THE TIME, which is what for all intents >and purposes I am referring to
Well, I don't personally need to believe in the validity of hyperthemia. It still may be a good goal to shoot for though.
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