Too bad we can’t send the old drunk geezers out there who don’t care about their lives anyways and who are crazy as hell, and hell bent on showing how macho they are. Instead the unfortunate truth is that we send out our youngest most vital members of society to a horrific, depressing and sad world.

Coping with PTSD is difficult. It can take much time to dull memories that one doesn’t really want to deal with.

If you are military suffering PTSD check out the link here to find more assistance.

A new study has shown that just smelling food (like a good chocolate cake for example) can create an increase in dopamine. The study at Brookhaven is located here: http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/2002/bnlpr052002.htm .. but you already knew that right?

Looks like a new development in the depression industry, the ability to measure dopamine. Here is a link to the Coulochem III electrochemical detector, but looks like this one is for blood only in major labs.

Meanwhile, here we have “Integrated” something or other that actually has the tests to get neurotransmitters tested

Three other compounds that also act on serotonin also had a similar effect: mirtazapine, methiothepin and cyproheptadine. Interesting to note that Antihistaminic side effects include drowsiness and weight gain.

The antidepressant mianserin also notably blocked uptake of another neurotransmitter, octopamine, which has a role in releasing fat from fat cells.

Now the dilemma, should we use the magnets or the drugs?

If you’ve ever been in an MRI machine, you might have had some type of Magnetic Pulsing, some clicking, some sounds, that are similar to the system of TMS.  What is promising about this type of therapy is that it’s non invasive and it doesn’t require drugs.

The only thought that comes to my mind on this one is what kind of a brain jolt is this?

There are some products on the market, such as the SOTA Magnetic Pulser that might also do the trick. Who knows.

I’m thinking to give it a try along with one of the SAD lights to see if I really get any happier than I am already.

But what does the insular cortex do otherwise that is needed for human life?  Well basically it handles human emotion, things like ability to feel sympathetic to others, sadness, happiness, etc.  Suppose this will go back to lobotomies done in the 1950’s that turned people into Zombies, if refined this new discovery could lead to either medication or electrode implants which could attempt to stop these emotions from coming into the addiction play. In addition to helping addicts, it could help in weigh loss, where this particular region of the brain handles cravings.

This new information is important because we could have guessed that shutting down a brain would stop cravings, but the object is to shut down only particular areas of the brain.

If you want a full body scan try this site I found while traveling around for full body scan. For a small fee of $600 to $3000 you can finally find out if there is anything that looks wierd in there.

But a few lawmakers trying to save a few dollars, get together and decide that instead they will put teens into prison with adults for a while to shake them up. What a liability. Are you people serious.

Rhode Island, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin try 17-year-olds as adults, according to the National Center for Juvenile Justice. Connecticut, New York and North Carolina try 16-year-olds in adult courts, although Connecticut has raised the age of juvenile court jurisdiction from 16 to 18 for most offenses starting in 2010.

College-bound teenagers arrested under the new law risk losing federal financial aid if convicted of a drug crime. Those looking for work will have to disclose a criminal record. If the 17-year-olds had been in Family Court, their records would be hidden from public view.

What a great way to write off a few youth in favor of saving a few dollars. How ’bout we save some money by getting rid of high salaries for stupid lawmakers and those in government positions that fail to do their homework?

Without doing much homework, Republican Gov. Don Carcieri’s office came up with an idea to put juveniles in the adult system to save some money. The Gov’s goof up ended up costing the State of Rhode Island over $104,000 dollars instead of $40,000 that would be saved in the juvenille system. Very smart Governor.

Not to mention something called human rights.