Paul B. Farrell loses his mind?

[GRG55]

Re: Paul B. Farrell loses his mind?

i'm not sure if you're serious, ann. [actually, i doubt very much you're serious, but what the hay.]

Alprazolam Intensol- never heard of the intensol. alprazolam is useful for panics, especially, but tends to cause dependency.
Alzapam- huh? do you mean alprazolam?
Ativan- generically, lorazepam. useful anxiolytic.
BuSpar- pretty much worthless, in my opinion, except as an add-on for obsessive compulsive disorder.
Centrax- don't know it.
Equanil- old drug. don't write it.
Inderal- useful for tremor and as needed for performance anxiety.
Inderide- don't know it
Ipran- ditto
Klonopin- useful anxiolytic, sometimes too sedating. useful for panic.
Lexapro- ssri- used for depression, can be used for ocd, useful for anxiety, especially the ruminative variety. this is the type of med i'd use for a worried doomer.
Libritabs- don't use
Librium- use it only for alcohol detox.
Lipoxide-huh?
Lorazepam- generic ativan, see above
Lorazepam Intensol- never heard of "intensol"
Luvox- like lexapro but usually too sedating
Meprospan- old drug, may be liver toxic iirc
Miltown- same
Neuramate- huh?
Novo-Alprazol- huh?
Romazicon- huh?
Paxil- ssri like lexapro. can cause weight gain and be somewhat sedating. can cause terrible withdrawal problems when you stop it. for those reasons i don't prescribe it much.
Paxipam- huh?
Serax- anxiolytic like ativan
T-Quil-huh?
Tranxene- anxiolytic like ativan
Valium- anxiolytic like ativan
Valrelease- huh?
Versed- this is an antihistamine used for anxiety. sometimes useful in special instances when you want to avoid the abusable and dependency causing benzodiazepines like ativan, et al, or for some reason you want the anti-histaminic effect too.
Xanax- brand name for alprazolam

you forgot to list
zoloft [generic is sertraline] another ssri
and how could you forget PROZAC - the first ssri on the market here. very useful for depression, anxiety and ocd, but i've had problems with the generic. the generic doesn't seem to work for about 10% of brand-name prozac responders.
you also forgot effexor and serzone and cymbalta and remeron - other antidepressants with anti-anxiety effects.

conclusion- brand name prozac or generic sertraline for a worried doomer. [watch out for sexual side effects- lower libido and difficulty reaching orgasm]

Awright. Understand that this is a macro-econ site (OK, ok FRED, with the occassional market timing call), but these two posts (the Q & the A)get my vote for nomination into the iTulip Hall of Fame...

[Jay]

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Nice list. Versed is a benzo like Ativan but with a shorter half-life. Works at the GABA receptor, not an anti-histamine. Back to the regular program...

[jk]

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Nice list. Versed is a benzo like Ativan but with a shorter half-life. Works at the GABA receptor, not an anti-histamine. Back to the regular program...

sorry, mixed it up with atarax, which also goes by the name vistaril. i've never written versed and rarely write atarax.

[Andreuccio]

Re: Paul B. Farrell loses his mind?

sorry, mixed it up with atarax, which also goes by the name vistaril. i've never written versed and rarely write atarax.

Note to self: Don't go to JK for medical advice if the symptoms are anxiety and allergies.

[Jim Nickerson]

Re: Paul B. Farrell loses his mind?

Awright. Understand that this is a macro-econ site (OK, ok FRED, with the occassional market timing call), but these two posts (the Q & the A)get my vote for nomination into the iTulip Hall of Fame...

Whether yours is an unconscious misspelling or a typo, "occasion" is the single word that I have most misspelled over my lifetime. Finally, I figured out that the "cc" and "s" vs. "c" and "ss" are the opposite of "necessary" a word that I have always, I think, spelled correctly. I don't think I ever doubled the "c" and the "s." But to each his own when it comes to misspelling.

[metalman]

Re: Paul B. Farrell loses his mind?

Awright. Understand that this is a macro-econ site (OK, ok FRED, with the occassional market timing call), but these two posts (the Q & the A)get my vote for nomination into the iTulip Hall of Fame...

those timing calls are so damn rare they are macro!

i'm still waiting for ej to tell me why this recession isn't going to kill my pm position.

[santafe2]

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i'm still waiting for ej to tell me why this recession isn't going to kill my pm position.

If you don't mind, I'll take a stab at this one. Recessions are hard on industrial metals, even silver. They tend to create fear which is good for gold. If it turns into a deflationary depression, gold is screwed along with every other investment so that's not a scenario worth hanging our investor hats on. If that comes, trade your gold for food, bullets and thick walls.

Gold loves fear, inflation and monetary weakness. I suspect we've got a bit of those in our future.

[metalman]

Re: Paul B. Farrell loses his mind?

If you don't mind, I'll take a stab at this one. Recessions are hard on industrial metals, even silver. They tend to create fear which is good for gold. If it turns into a deflationary depression, gold is screwed along with every other investment so that's not a scenario worth hanging our investor hats on. If that comes, trade your gold for food, bullets and thick walls.

Gold loves fear, inflation and monetary weakness. I suspect we've got a bit of those in our future.

thanks. i do buy the idea of competitive devaluations of reserve currencies. what i'd like from ej is what happens to gold/silver as the fed does its thing to prevent a deflationary spiral from happening. or is that what we're seeing now? fred did post this.



is step 2 to step 3 the next step? and doesn't it make more sense to say "inflation rises by 20%" from 2 to 3?

[rogermexico]

Re: Paul B. Farrell loses his mind?

i'm not sure if you're serious, ann. [actually, i doubt very much you're serious, but what the hay.]


Versed- this is an antihistamine used for anxiety. sometimes useful in special instances when you want to avoid the abusable and dependency causing benzodiazepines like ativan, et al, or for some reason you want the anti-histaminic effect too.

FYI: Versed is midazolam, a short acting water-soluble benzodiazepine. It is not an antihistamine and can only be given intravenously. I thought you might be a physician until this part of the post. It would probably be be subject to dependency if used repeatedly as short half-life usually correlates with dependency.

[jk]

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FYI: Versed is midazolam, a short acting water-soluble benzodiazepine. It is not an antihistamine and can only be given intravenously. I thought you might be a physician until this part of the post. It would probably be be subject to dependency if used repeatedly as short half-life usually correlates with dependency.

see posts #17 and #18

[WDCRob]

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Not sure if this is on- or off-topic, but Versed is the best. drug. ever.

I had to have a couple chest tubes inserted once upon a time and with the Versed I felt everything, but the pain didn't matter at all. Sort of an instant Yogini experience.