Re: Type and brain chemistry
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Originally Posted by uninspired
Also, if a person is treated with a specific medication (i.e. an SSRI like Prozac, or a dopamine reuptake inhibitor such as Wellbutrin or L-Dopa), how do you think this would this affect his or her type?
I can't offer any input on the rest of it, but I can say that last year I was dealing with major issues of out-of-control Ne. Things had gotten so bad that I decided to check out what medications were available. Wellbutrin seemed to be just the thing I needed. I discussed it with my doctor, and he gave me the prescription. The first week on it was unlike anything I've ever experienced before. For that one week, I knew what it was like to be Se dominant. I was totally in the moment, I didn't have thoughts distracting me, I felt as if I was actually aligned with my body (instead of feeling out-of-phase from it), I was able to decide what I wanted to do, do it, stop in the middle and turn to something else if needed...without having that damned feeling of half of me being left behind wanting to finish the activity. I had no desire to philosophize or find meanings in anything. The mere thought of being on the forum here was...kind of gross...like why waste my time when I could be doing more interesting things in real life/time, with real objects, real people, etc. Walking down the street I noticed the items along the road for almost the first time. They were so ..there...so real...no longer things that could easily be overlooked. And I understood why Se people are considered to be aggressive. Not because of anger/irritation/wanting to dominant....but because these ....things..these ..toys....are there, available, ready (and willing..hehe) to be moved around in whatever arrangement I want, all I had to do was do it!
Unfortunately the experience only lasted a week. My body adjusted to it. The doctor and I tried playing around with it to try to get that feeling back, to no avail. Eventually it stopped doing even minor effects on what my mind was doing, so I quit the medication. (I have since removed most of the triggers that were causing the issue in the first place.)
Now I am playing around with meditation, "be here now" stuff, and body awareness, attempting to get even a small symblance of that experience.
(If I can just stay awake long enough when I try them...heheh)