tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post3766046957597311255..comments2024-03-26T16:46:21.764-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: He's mad I tell you! Mad!Grumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-21232723867744528962010-03-16T18:12:38.546-04:002010-03-16T18:12:38.546-04:00I know a former director of a drug rehab clinic in...I know a former director of a drug rehab clinic in LA. He would give all his employees a copy of the book so they will be educated on the symptoms of opiate use/abuse.Stevehttp://gradmommy.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/duty_calls.pngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-8820118532808833742010-03-15T12:35:13.959-04:002010-03-15T12:35:13.959-04:00"A night with Venus, a year with Mercury.&quo..."A night with Venus, a year with Mercury."Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-45077120157565406482010-03-15T12:33:22.941-04:002010-03-15T12:33:22.941-04:00@Pharmacy Chick- Mercury was also the primary &quo...@Pharmacy Chick- Mercury was also the primary "treatment" for syphilis for a couple hundred years. YIKES. If the disease didn't kill you, the treatment would!Rothasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-37545482946599176152010-03-15T03:49:04.488-04:002010-03-15T03:49:04.488-04:00I learned in a pathophysiology class that Van Gogh...I learned in a pathophysiology class that Van Gogh suffered from migraines with aura too and that "Stary Night" is a depiction of those flashing lights.lapharmaciennenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-64004019228034201912010-03-14T22:01:01.155-04:002010-03-14T22:01:01.155-04:00I already knew about both the mercury and migraine...I already knew about both the mercury and migraine connections.<br /><br />What I have wondered, though, is what the caterpilar is smoking in his hookah. Opium, perhaps?RSDSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-55876668125350868732010-03-14T21:23:49.166-04:002010-03-14T21:23:49.166-04:00I love this stuff. History is great, and the histo...I love this stuff. History is great, and the history of art/literature is absolutely fascinating.<br /><br />We studied Alice in college logic. I was shocked to hear that the Johnny Depp version actually has a PLOT. Sad.The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-7689596650127937692010-03-14T20:45:45.438-04:002010-03-14T20:45:45.438-04:00I had Alice in Wonderland syndrome (until Topamax....I had Alice in Wonderland syndrome (until Topamax...Ahhh!)so I knew about that term, etc but I did not know about the Mad Hatter. Thank you for sharing!Lipstickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04346441046070223404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-70520711238127053512010-03-14T10:25:34.372-04:002010-03-14T10:25:34.372-04:00We were discussing this after the Alice in Wonderl...We were discussing this after the Alice in Wonderland movie (which was amazing by the way). So I googled it. Another take on the mad as a hatter phrase is that it was actually originally mad as a adder (angry as a snake). <br /><br />@anon 11:20pm. Nah, that's just the way Maxalt makes some people feel. The rain cooling sensation is particularly weird in my opinion.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13869110068056892222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-90781428817178445832010-03-14T06:51:49.393-04:002010-03-14T06:51:49.393-04:00Cool! Dr. Oliver Sacks, in one of his books, specu...Cool! Dr. Oliver Sacks, in one of his books, speculated that the mystic Hildegard of Bingen also suffered from migraine.terri chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398808840234914275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-14547280876280888652010-03-14T01:20:27.340-05:002010-03-14T01:20:27.340-05:00One time I took a Maxalt MLT for my migraine and I...One time I took a Maxalt MLT for my migraine and I swear I went down the rabbit hole. I think I got a bad batch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-33454123139006462282010-03-13T23:59:10.614-05:002010-03-13T23:59:10.614-05:00I collect pharmacy drug antiques and have a large ...I collect pharmacy drug antiques and have a large collection in my house. One of the drugs I have is called Chamberlains Pills, for many ailments....active ingredient?<br />MERCURY.pharmacy chickhttp://pharmacychick.blogpharm.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-78923597226797833842010-03-13T23:31:50.479-05:002010-03-13T23:31:50.479-05:00thanks for the story but with a bit more research ...thanks for the story but with a bit more research you could have come up with some orginal alice pictures rather than the disney ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-10381538268174670232010-03-13T21:41:18.459-05:002010-03-13T21:41:18.459-05:00Dr Grumpy,
It's not just some of the parents,...Dr Grumpy,<br /><br />It's not just some of the parents, though, referencing my earlier comment, it's doctors of "functional medicine," too:<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/autism-mercury-toxicity_b_497047.htmlKim Wombleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15492455180502821052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-54973455671194920692010-03-13T20:27:50.507-05:002010-03-13T20:27:50.507-05:00that's *really* interesting!that's *really* interesting!student dr. blazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17307156914515136574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-79910951740588737172010-03-13T19:59:10.710-05:002010-03-13T19:59:10.710-05:00I've read about the Alice in Wonderland syndro...I've read about the Alice in Wonderland syndrome - I have migraines now and had symptoms like those when I was a kid, before my migraines started. Having read the Alice books, I could completely believe that 'Lewis Carroll' suffered from migraines.NikkiKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04276842696730685850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-15488350476750913692010-03-13T19:02:37.113-05:002010-03-13T19:02:37.113-05:00Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02387865444065988905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-20460462905458574542010-03-13T18:15:30.355-05:002010-03-13T18:15:30.355-05:00the phrase mad as a hatter is also used in a ryhm ...the phrase mad as a hatter is also used in a ryhm to describe toxicity from anticholinergics :) ...I think it is <br />"red as a beet, dry as a bone, blind as a bat, mad as a hatter, and hot as a hare." From a Pharmacy FriendAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-61650921446897723212010-03-13T18:08:01.293-05:002010-03-13T18:08:01.293-05:00Before I got smart and became a cop, I was an envi...Before I got smart and became a cop, I was an environmental tox prof, and mercury was my "thing". I did research on a mercury-polluted river in VA. The Hg levels were still so sky-high 30 years after the polluting industry closed, there was absolutely nothing living in the sediment over a mile-long stretch downstream of the original input site. I always wondered about what all that fish the locals caught there, and ate, was doing to them.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636899841775555441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-88134080408473502412010-03-13T18:02:43.446-05:002010-03-13T18:02:43.446-05:00How's that for a topper?How's that for a topper?Charles Nelson Reillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-41910439813932140892010-03-13T17:42:46.730-05:002010-03-13T17:42:46.730-05:00Your line that mercury poisoning in modern medicin...Your line that mercury poisoning in modern medicine is rare had me chortling, not because you're wrong on that, but because of how I spend much of my blogging time, countering the portion of the autism community who firmly believes that there is indeed a lot of mercury poisoning going on; indeed they believe an entire generation is being poisoned. Sigh.Kim Wombleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15492455180502821052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-31498770138061629932010-03-13T17:29:59.249-05:002010-03-13T17:29:59.249-05:00Ah, Dr, G, I love it when you make me think as wel...Ah, Dr, G, I love it when you make me think as well as laugh.<br />More of both, please.Lohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398370059689865989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-82760014396937107702010-03-13T17:26:12.172-05:002010-03-13T17:26:12.172-05:00Also, maybe Lewis Caroll was being treated with la...Also, maybe Lewis Caroll was being treated with laudanum (opium) for his migraines and that added to his visions.<br /><br />Just like Samuel Colridge Taylor, who wrote "Kubla Khan," "Rhyme of the Ancient Marnier.' and others under the influence of laudanum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-66310845848890953022010-03-13T17:20:44.992-05:002010-03-13T17:20:44.992-05:00Too cool! I've had migraines since I was real...Too cool! I've had migraines since I was really young (like 3) and I have had that weird sensation of growing/shrinking. I thought that it happened to everyone. I've never associated it with the headache though. Interesting, I'll have to pay more attention now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-62032260507145708362010-03-13T17:05:38.237-05:002010-03-13T17:05:38.237-05:00What was the name of the king who slept on a float...What was the name of the king who slept on a floating mattress in a fountain full of mercury? Damned if I can remember right now, but I do recall that the story gave me the heebie jeebies.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16520599099436383317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-67453600773834723092010-03-13T16:43:07.896-05:002010-03-13T16:43:07.896-05:00Awesome post! I've heard about Alice in Wonde...Awesome post! I've heard about Alice in Wonderland Syndrome before...and the mad hatter thing I remember from high school physiology. I've actually never seen the cartoon (or the new movie), but I have read the book...a good story.<br /><br />As a side note, I have also never seen The Wizard of Oz (just random parts of it).J-Quell'nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01878522077562588401noreply@blogger.com