|
goosemuffin
|
 |
« on: February 03, 2010, 08:37:31 AM » |
|
I was watching the Today Show, they had a man having brain surgery who had a tremor disorder. It was quite amazing watching his hand tremor disappear right on camera. At the end of the segment the Dr mentioned how this will change things such as depression....made me wonder. I would do it absolutely! Technology has advanced to this point and honestly the complications would be far less (for me) than the possible positive outcome.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
People don't change. Unless your bipolar.
|
|
|
|
Phyllis
|
|
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2010, 03:24:22 PM » |
|
nope. i have a friend that has had brain surgery(she has tumors) and she changed quite a bit. besides, they keep you awake for that shit -- i'm such a wuss. LOL
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
k
|
|
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2010, 04:46:36 PM » |
|
for some odd reason i'd be less scared of brain surgery than open heart surgery. the only problem would be they would probably open up my brain and say, hey there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. you're just weird and we haven't located that part of the brain area we can fix. sorry no hope for you would you like a lobotomy to go with this - it's only ten bucks more...  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
in the end, only kindness matters...jewel
|
|
|
|
goosemuffin
|
|
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2010, 05:35:01 PM » |
|
lmao@ K...thanks for the giggle, I think I needa change my answer....like you I'm probably just a weirdo.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
People don't change. Unless your bipolar.
|
|
|
|
nordicnicki
|
|
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2010, 10:50:29 AM » |
|
at one point i would have said yes to this question.......but after a conversation with a very good welsh friend of mine my views have changed......
I know some say that bipolar is an illness and i do agree there but i also see it as part of who i am.....i have had the illness from a very young age so it has grown with me.i would never have met all the interesting people that i know now both on the internet and in the flesh.i have the creativity that mania brings and the braveness that hypers give me.
so no i would havent brain surgery as it would change my entire personnality
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
bound and tied in emotion but still we fly.losing all my reason cause theres nothing left to blame.
|
|
|
Paz
Administrator
Intergalactic Superstar Poster
 Offline
Posts: 1688
Guerrillero Heroico
|
|
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2010, 03:01:27 PM » |
|
I would not do it...what if they disconnected the wrong thing? And you have to be awake when they do it?  No thank you, I'll pass. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
If you tremble indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.
|
|
|
|
k
|
|
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2010, 03:14:24 PM » |
|
a little more seriously: no i wouldn't have brain surgery to get rid of my bpd. maybe when i was a teen and in so much pain and was so suicidal so much of the time but now i believe like nicki it would change my entire personality/identity. mental illness is so different from other illnesses in vast degree it entirely intertwines with your personality - look at even how they diagnose some of it as "personality disorders." which personally i can't wait until they come up with a better term. i know some of us have debated where bpd ends and where personality begins and while some people may be able to see it in themselves it's too much of a blur to me.
but, i would have brain surgery for other things! of coarse there have been times i've often felt like drilling holes in my head to let the demons escape..
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
in the end, only kindness matters...jewel
|
|
|
Dreamline
Freak of art.
Global Moderator
Intergalactic Superstar Poster
Offline
Posts: 1528
|
|
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2010, 11:09:15 AM » |
|
Yeah I too think its too much a part of me...I've been BP since I was born according to my mom. I know for a fact when I was in kindergarten I was. I feel like this normalness on lithium is alien and extreme enough...surgery is a whole other level!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
The judges head spins confused.
For order is just a center pivot.
|
|
|
|
dionomo
|
|
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2010, 01:44:30 PM » |
|
im too scared to go under the knife i would totally freak out i didnt know u had to b awake
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
roll the window down this cool night air is curious
let the whole world look in
who cares who sees anything
im your passenger!
|
|
|
|
DMT
|
|
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2010, 02:01:10 PM » |
|
Hmmm, If I was asperger's with an IQ of 200 and it made me a billionaire would I get an operation to become "NORMAL" WTF ever that really is. The answer is no, so as to why would it be any different for a bipolar individua l is my question.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Ashes
|
|
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2010, 11:21:42 AM » |
|
That to me is a very difficult question because I don't actually know what normal is. When some of the meds I have been on to feel normal worked I felt slowed down. I felt as if something was not working. It took away my ability to quickly process anything and I couldn't figure anything out. I would have to consider that when thinking of surgery. I am afraid of the depression and mixed episodes but I am also afraid of what others may consider normal.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?
Vincent Van Gogh
|
|
|
|
spongebobfan
|
|
« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2010, 11:22:02 PM » |
|
Nope. I think the risk out weighs the benefit in this one. The brain is a very particular thing and I don't think it likes being messed with  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Poll
