To Much Of A Good Thing

I don't know if everyone knows about this, so I'm posting it here so if you're interested you'll know. If you're not interested in my health, don't read it.

Last week Tuesday I had my appointment with my psychiatrist, Dr Eugene, and I explained how I was feeling to him. I knew something was up because I was suffering from some strange symptoms, for example I would occasionally not be able to think at all, like I couldn't think further than exactly what I was looking at. And at the same time it felt as if I had no head/brain, as if there was nothing above my eyes.

I was also feeling numbness all through my body, and was extremely tired. I felt like I needed to sleep all the time, and had NO energy to do anything.

After telling him about the above experiences, he told me that I was suffering from a rare allergic reaction to an overdose of serotonin.

You see, I suffer from an hereditary disease which causes my brain not to produce enough serotonin, and as a result I don't experience emotions to the same degree that the average person does. As a result of this I am susceptible to depression.

I went onto some fairly strong anti depressants, and my brain actually created too much serotonin, which caused the overdose. But because my body is very sensitive to serotonin, it had a bad reaction.

It's a strange concept, the very thing I needed more of, has not only been bad for me, but has also caused me to experience the same things it was trying to stop. I guess it's part of the rich tapestry of life. Never what you want, never good enough, but surprising at all times.