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Mon Apr-10-06 07:58 AM
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| 94. Small studies are being done, and have been done. |
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The cost of control groups makes it fairly prohibitive, unfortunately. Preliminary research shows Zyprexa and Seroquel to have some benefit, as per your comment about Risperdal. SSRI's have been seen to possibly help with Binge-Purge behaviors, and they may help maintain remission of anorexia. Again, though, the studies have been fairly small to this point.
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| -Study: More than half of risk for developing anorexia is genetic |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 08:39 AM |
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Why do you keep posting about anorexia on the GD page? Are you |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 08:48 AM |
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Do you really believe that? |
Warpy |
Apr-07-06 08:55 AM |
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Holy Anorexia is the LEAST likely to have a genetic component...and |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 09:02 AM |
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Hardly. Saintly women (who proved themselves saintly by |
Warpy |
Apr-07-06 09:30 AM |
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I read your article, and it supported my belief. Greeks (like Plato), the |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 10:20 AM |
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Maybe it's always been around, but I think there's much more of |
raccoon |
Apr-07-06 09:05 AM |
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Please read the links I posted, as well as the one Warpy posted. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 10:06 AM |
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Self delete nt |
raccoon |
Apr-07-06 10:37 AM |
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. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 10:40 AM |
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Perhaps because some people here probably are anorexic |
lukasahero |
Apr-07-06 09:02 AM |
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You tell me how you developed anorexia. Most anorexics know that it's |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 09:19 AM |
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Funny you make that assumption |
lukasahero |
Apr-07-06 10:46 AM |
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"your parents" and "their daughter" and your hostile defense...what would |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 10:59 AM |
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It was deliberate |
lukasahero |
Apr-07-06 11:06 AM |
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Even in families with strong genetic factors, the environment plays |
ShortnFiery |
Apr-07-06 12:48 PM |
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I agree with you entirely |
lukasahero |
Apr-07-06 12:59 PM |
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The author of this post has posted numerous articles in GD on anorexia |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 01:27 PM |
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Numerous? |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 01:53 PM |
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Apr-07-06 02:11 PM |
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I don't think "blaming" is the right word |
KurtNYC |
Apr-07-06 02:04 PM |
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Mental illnesses can have a genetic component |
AngryAmish |
Apr-07-06 09:04 AM |
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I disagree with you, I had the disease and now my daughter has it |
wisteria |
Apr-07-06 09:07 AM |
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One hears about ladies who "went into a decline".... |
Bridget Burke |
Apr-07-06 10:24 AM |
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That's true! I never thought of that... |
LostinVA |
Apr-07-06 10:48 AM |
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And in the old days, those ladies were often turned over to doctors.... |
Bridget Burke |
Apr-07-06 11:06 AM |
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Ick. I know... excessive bleeding killed Lord Byron, and probably |
LostinVA |
Apr-07-06 11:10 AM |
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wow. feeling a little angry but insensitive today? eom |
freeplessinseattle |
Apr-07-06 09:15 AM |
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Wisdom speaks for truth. If there is a genetic component in eating |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 09:32 AM |
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Funny, the evidence available clearly disagrees. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 10:09 AM |
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Why can't it be both? |
SmokingJacket |
Apr-07-06 10:20 AM |
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I never argued otherwise, but like alcoholism, it has to be a very minor |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 10:28 AM |
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It's not a minor component in alcoholism |
LostinVA |
Apr-07-06 10:45 AM |
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I would argue that in the context of most alcoholics blaming it on their |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 12:35 PM |
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Not if they are an alcoholic. Alcoholism is a disease |
LostinVA |
Apr-07-06 12:47 PM |
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That's not medically supported |
XemaSab |
Apr-07-06 01:36 PM |
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"Blaming" conditions on genetics so you can ignore them.... |
Bridget Burke |
Apr-07-06 10:44 AM |
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Exactly. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 10:49 AM |
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It is the general discussion page. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 10:01 AM |
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One of my dearest friends is the director of an eating disorders clinic in |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 11:48 AM |
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Oh brother. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 12:25 PM |
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Apr-07-06 12:33 PM |
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Sorry, I've been around too long to buy into such game playing... |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 12:36 PM |
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It most certanly does exist, and you would recognize the medical center. |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 01:04 PM |
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LOL! |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 01:07 PM |
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Lady, I just did a search on all of your posts, and the only posts on |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 01:18 PM |
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Apr-07-06 01:51 PM |
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Lady? |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 07:28 PM |
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Anorexic daughter, family history of depression/anxiety |
seleff |
Apr-07-06 10:35 AM |
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See post #47. I not only have a personal distant history of anorexia, |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 12:25 PM |
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Thanks for your post and I'm glad to hear that you healed |
seleff |
Apr-08-06 11:48 AM |
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Seleff, I'm working on a response to both of your posts, and I will PM |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-09-06 10:58 AM |
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No competent scientist would value "personal authority" over controlled |
spooky3 |
May-14-06 01:59 PM |
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Very legit studies have shown it bridges generations |
LostinVA |
Apr-07-06 10:41 AM |
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Hasn't it been linked to |
mzteris |
Apr-07-06 11:30 AM |
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The comorbidity percentage is quite significant. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 11:34 AM |
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So why would it be increasing? |
SmokingJacket |
Apr-07-06 09:13 AM |
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No one is denying environmental factors play a part. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 10:03 AM |
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Sorry, misread your OP! |
SmokingJacket |
Apr-07-06 10:15 AM |
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I think the incidence of anorexia is going down |
KurtNYC |
Apr-07-06 10:35 AM |
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It's actually difficult to note... |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 10:46 AM |
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Googling for studies and using the word "control" |
KurtNYC |
Apr-07-06 01:04 PM |
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Your citations jive with our experience |
seleff |
Apr-07-06 11:04 AM |
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Well, I have my own theories... |
SmokingJacket |
Apr-07-06 11:43 AM |
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I can so relate to this...the perfectionism, the strange ecstatic 'high' |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 12:44 PM |
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I'm glad you're modifying your opinion. |
Bridget Burke |
Apr-07-06 02:45 PM |
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A very thoughtful post. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 12:56 PM |
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Like I said, it's just my own personal theorizing... |
SmokingJacket |
Apr-07-06 02:14 PM |
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It's not silly. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 07:34 PM |
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Thank you... |
SmokingJacket |
Apr-07-06 07:59 PM |
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I think the incidence |
diamidue |
Apr-07-06 01:02 PM |
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Re: differences and definitions/criteria |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 01:05 PM |
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Exactly, I had a distorted body image and a need to feel in control of |
wisteria |
Apr-07-06 01:59 PM |
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Thanks for the post and links .... |
etherealtruth |
Apr-07-06 10:24 AM |
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I think you got it right. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 07:31 PM |
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Then why was anorexia not rampant in the 30's or 40s or 50s?? |
progressivebydesign |
Apr-07-06 10:46 AM |
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Please read the actual articles... |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 10:51 AM |
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How do you know it wasn't? |
LostinVA |
Apr-07-06 11:11 AM |
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you ever really looked |
mzteris |
Apr-07-06 12:02 PM |
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Thin does not mean anorexic |
diamidue |
Apr-07-06 11:12 AM |
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So, it's like a genetic OCD basically? |
porphyrian |
Apr-07-06 11:47 AM |
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FYI... |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 12:35 PM |
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Of course they want to find a "genetic basis"... |
VelmaD |
Apr-07-06 12:29 PM |
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Wrong. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 12:45 PM |
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Thanks! I agree. More money for the pharmaceutical industry. n/t |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 12:52 PM |
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Please show us how the pharm industry is trying to make money... |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 12:58 PM |
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Maybe side effect profiles in depression studies will promote successful o |
seleff |
Apr-08-06 11:06 AM |
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Small studies are being done, and have been done. |
HuckleB |
Apr-10-06 07:58 AM |
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Yeah, because it's not like big pharma is making any money |
lukasahero |
Apr-07-06 01:01 PM |
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Bullshit! |
Odin2005 |
Apr-07-06 01:23 PM |
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Some books on the psychosocial origin; Genetics has to explain why no men. |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 04:46 PM |
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All published before most of the actual research on anorexia occurred. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 07:30 PM |
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I knew an anorexic guy. |
SmokingJacket |
Apr-07-06 08:08 PM |
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The leader of my eating disorder support group says: |
Nikia |
Apr-07-06 06:06 PM |
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Good post. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 07:30 PM |
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Very true... |
varkam |
Apr-09-06 01:46 PM |
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