Limbic Kindling — hardwiring the brain for hypersensitivity and chronic illness

Included in this post is the PDF file of Limbic Kindling — hardwiring the brain for hypersensitivity and chronic illness. It’s in keeping with my posts on how the autonomic nervous system is impacted in psychiatric drug withdrawal and other chronic illnesses. This piece goes into a broader understanding of these issues. It’s very brief but encompasses much that is not explicitly discussed.

The author concludes that healing from these illnesses requires tending to the whole body/mind/spirit complex. This has become very clear to me as I continue to heal.

It’s become clear that understanding chronic illnesses from a limbic kindling perspective could change the face of medicine. Right now western medicine tends to treat these illnesses in ways that exacerbate them. They are treating symptoms without an understanding of underlying issues.  Most MDs are not aware of the factors mentioned in this article and are therefore often dangerous.

See:  We can know more about our bodies than our MDs do…trust that, develop it

This is the greatest and most profound lesson this illness has taught me. Having and healing from these illnesses offer a penetrating look into the nature of humans as holistic beings that exist as part of the world and greater universe.

So to repeat my mantra meme, Everything Matters. This idea also got extended into my very brief memoir on Mad in America. My healing has continued greatly since the writing of that article.

Equally important is understanding how the microbiome is also always fundamental to a healthy body and nervous system.

You can download the PDF below:

See also: Information and inspiration for the chronically ill

More on hypersensitivity here

also: Fibromyalgia and bipolar — what’s the link? the drugs

More on the autonomic nervous system etc:

• Protracted psych drug withdrawal syndrome, chronic illness, CFS, Fibromyalgia: it’s autonomic nervous system dysfunction
• Autonomic nervous system dysfunction, protracted psych drug withdrawal, CFS, Fibromyalgia and why I still limit engagement on the internet
• Yoga back bends: feels yummy on the autonomic nervous system
• Oliver Sacks, the autonomic nervous system, and psychiatric drug withdrawal syndrome
• Stimulate your vagus nerve and thus chill out: simple, natural, uninvasive methods
• About Yoga and the Vagus Nerve

For a multitude of ideas about how to create a life filled with safe alternatives to psychiatric drugs visit the drop-down menus at the top of this page. 

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