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From: Chris.Brown@f223.n163.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Brown)
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Subject: RE: CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES
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Date: 9 Oct 90 13:04:54 GMT
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you might be interested to know that the Ashford Report out of MIT
for the NewJersey State Department of health suggests that manic
depressive disorders may in fact be caused by chemical
sensitivities, and that taking medication for central nercvous
system dysfunction (manic-depression) may actually be harmful over
the long term if the problem is caused by sensitivities.  I'm not
saying drop your medication suddenly...a transition would have to
be managed carefully.  What I will say is that we have several
members in the Ottawa Branch of the Allergy and Enviromental Health
association who have been previously diagnosed as psychiatrically
ill, who have since found out that their central nervous system
problems were caused or severaly exacerbated by sensitivities to
natural and synthetic chemicals.

I am not your doctor.

CNS problems experienced as reactions to chemcials in the sensitive
include headache, depression, exhaustion, fatigue, weakness,
insomnia, hyperactivity, concentration problems, loss of short term
memory, anxiety, irratibility, elation, slurred speech, loss of
co-ordination, nightmares, seisures, convulsions, confusion,
nervousness, hysteria, crying spells, emotional changes,
personality changes, learning disablities, low tolerance for
stress, shaking or trmors, aggression behavioural problen,
neurotic,a and so on.

OBVIOUSLY THESE SYMPTOMS CAN BE CAUSE BY A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS
UNREALTED TO SENSITIVITY, AS WELL.

Most of the suicides in this group have been manic depressive
reacting people who have been trashed by medical or social service
professionals unfamiliar with the problem who have dismissed their
direct ecperience of this problem, which is similar to knowing that
you have burned your hand on a stove or to know if someone is
standing on your foot, as all in the mind.

It has taken me some time to get past being a victim, and I'm glad
to see there are others who havve managed to do that in this echo.

I hope sysops will extend the reach of the disability echo
throughout FIDONet as much as possible.

Do any states kick in funds?

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