This makes sense based on common symptoms seen with people who have experienced a traumatic brain injury like myself. I’ve noticed that I can go through phases where I keep repeating the same thoughts in my head and I’ve noticed that it’s tied to when I’m sick.
This makes it hard to seek out therapy because when I tell a therapist about it, they completely dismiss it. I have to keep it all to myself because no one understands.
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u/Fuzzy-Albatross-9206
So how do we decrease inflammation
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u/thebigyin3
This does correspond with what is seen clinically but as always need to be careful in attributing causation.
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u/Ok-Rule9973
The scientific article doesn't state that people with OCD have heightened inflammation, but that inflammation can cause OCD-like behaviors... In rats, and in controlled situations. It's a very big leap to say that OCD is caused by inflammation. We know that human behaviour is extremely complex, it should not be reduced to a single factor like that except when the science actually back this.
And I'm not sure about whom said that compulsive behaviors where a sign of loss of control. I've always read that it was overcontrol.
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u/neatyouth44
YES!
And it can be ironically made worse if encountering “focus on what you can control” language in therapy right off the bat. Same with eating disorders.
We need to be careful about “calming” people into pacification of damaging and abusive environments, though. And that is very hard to seperate from systemic misogyny or patriarchy (harming both men and women, to be clear).
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u/Otherwise_Cry95
A lot of cases are caused by past strep infection and the resulting inflammation effecting the brain’s basal ganglia.
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u/Bababooey0326
Glad this is finally being discussed and recognized by medical powers that be
Diet/gut you are what you eat. The improvements you will find within yourself once what you put in your body is under control? It's miraculous.
Inflammation is key to so many issues
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u/InteractionGreedy249
The brain inflamed will mainly go insane.
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u/skyfishgoo
cooler heads truly do prevail
perhaps the answer is as simple a taking beat to let the swelling go down before you make any life changing decisions.
this sounds like ancient wisdom even tho they probably had no idea about the actual mechanics involved.
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u/Mountain_Elk_7262
So how do we increase inflammation enough to motivate but keep it under enough control to mitigate the potential down sides? ?
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u/Ardent_Scholar
My word. This must be why glp-1s lessens obsessions with food, caffeine, booze, gambling, etc.
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u/GravyMealTeam6
I wonder if this is another reason why GLP1 drugs help addictions. Not just cause of the dopamine aspect but also they are anti inflammatory
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u/Dedicated2bMedicated
So how do us with ADHD increase inflammation
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u/secondrunnerup
Is this why GLP-1s are having an effect on people’s smoking and drinking habits? From what I understand they are anti-inflammatory. ?
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u/Forward_Motion17
How many times do I have to say psychiatry and psychology need to move in to a “whole-body” model before it’s taken seriously smh
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u/Overlord7193
Seems promising but still needs work based on my lived experience with ocd.
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u/TemporaryElk5202
Sweet jesus I swear I have felt so crazy explaining to doctors and autoimmune neurologists that my OCD gets better with anti-inflammatories, and gets worse alongside my autoimmune disorders.
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u/AttorneyUpstairs4457
I knew this to be true for years! I have very pronounced compulsions to research health solutions to my problems when I’m experiencing brainfog (neuro inflammation). Think doom scrolling down rabbit holes instead of sleeping m or cooking/cleaning. I’ve finally discovered that my inflammation is caused by SIBO which I’m trying to treat.
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For years, the scientific consensus was that compulsive behaviors like repeated handwashing or gambling were simply "autopilot" habits that overrode a person's self-control.
As someone who's lived with OCD for several years as well as a couple other disorders that are even more misunderstood..
The shit scientists believe just really baffles me sometimes. You can just ask us, it's very clearly not an autopilot thing. It's the complete opposite, you are incredibly aware to the point that it's intensely uncomfortable and completely overwhelming
How on earth did they ever think it was an autopilot behaviour?! Did they even bother to ask people who have OCD what its like? 😂
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u/peterjohnvernon936
Often enough there is a reason for bad behavior other than the person being evil.
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u/baaaananaaa
I have intrusive thoughts and take things like ashgawandha and NAC, glycine etc to ‘calm’ my head.
I don’t think inflammation is the reason for intrusive thoughts but likely can make it worse. When I gave birth, my hormones made my intrusive thoughts unbearable. It was literally like torturing myself with thoughts about things going wrong, that were completely unrealistic.
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u/SGT_KP
Yea, BUT if I don't continue my behaviors and habits, then I may become a bad person. But then again, I would be a bad person if I didn't try to better myself. So, I'll try to better myself. But if I better myself then I won't be doing my habits, and then I'll be a bad person...
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u/TheShimmeringCircus
So anxiety/OCD based behaviors stem from trying to control and seek out less scary outcomes? Shocked… I’m shocked, I tell you.
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u/glunky_wombo
I thought this was all already known 😭
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u/Visible_Fill_6699
Wait so the ambitious go getters could simply be suffering from brain inflammation?
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u/CatOnKeyboardInSpace
Take two ibuprofen. If your mood improves and you can think more clearly, maybe the reduced inflammation helped.
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u/Wooden_Try1120
Compulsive disorders are not impulse disorders. I think we already knew that.
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u/Fun-Birthday-4733
Celiac disease should be tested for at birth
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u/ColonelSpacePirate
What are the bio markers for brain inflammation?
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u/ImAVibration
Likely why the keto diet, which reduces inflammation, is so well connected to mental health improvements.
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u/BaronOfTieve
Yeah this makes complete sense as someone with OCD; my OCD is 100x worse when I’m stressed or sick.
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u/Lurk-Prowl
Very interesting and great work from an Aussie uni to have come out with.
I’d like to know how inflammation was measured and how this can be reduced. For instance, skin inflammation can be reduced with drugs like prednisone, but there are side effects. Other people claim that diet helps them reduce inflammation, but perhaps it depends on the cause and area of inflammation.
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u/Ok_Yellow_4862
Muscle spasm causes compulsive movement and thoughts. "Working out/unraveling" the spasm so that it no longer controls. OCD behaviors may also decrease inflammation short term, but does sticking through/going all out on the behaviors (as opposed to stopping them) ever result in cessation of the behaviors? I.e. are they becoming ingrained, or are they a necessary tool to reprogram the brain?
I like "misguided" being used in the article, bc with other help or support that could "change the overall environment or system" the ocd behaviors may become unnecessary.
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u/Funkmaster74
Today's edition of Obvious News.
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r/M_Determinism r/Determinism
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u/Formal_Economist7342
The word inflammation is used kind of um confusingly here.
This is a huge milestone for regenerative medicine. Seeing stem cell based treatments like this move from research to real patient use is incredible and gives a lot of hope for people with severe heart conditions. It shows how quickly the field is evolving. For anyone curious about how stem cells are already being explored in different therapies today, resources from places like The Stem Cell Club are worth checking out to learn more about current developments.
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u/fhwoompableCooper
We would have been farther along if we were allowed to used the stem cells that got banned, don't understand the ethical concern once the fucker is out
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u/Lifeabroad86
Awesome possum
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u/hanginaroundthistown
Hoping this will trigger other companies or research groups, as well as funding, now that regenerative medicine is 'now', and thus realistically attainable. (Although things like MACI are also forms of regenerative medicine and have existed for a while).
Also, this article includes a new drug for Parkinson's!