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Originally Posted by waves
Hi Mari,
My confusion is based on the fact that I don't see any clean lateralization in regard to the mood symptoms of mania and depression respectively.
Eg: In mania, thinking can become significantly tangential - quite unlinear (right-brain); in depression, rumination can occur - very linear thinking, and also quite active.
In short, I am not convinced that BOTH sides of the brain aren't involved in terms of altered function.
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Waves,
I
could believe that in some people one side of the brain can dominate enough that cold water (or hot water) could work and be worth a try.
I can barely do anything with my left hand -- even my driving and typing is right hand dominated. In speaking, I make gestures with right hand.
I notice other people can move back and forth between hands.
(Hubby is nearly ambidextrous due to having to switch fromm lefthandeness when he started school at 5 so he might be far out of range of the norm.)
We had a U.S. poster many years a go here who did this Australian cold water technique on his adolescent son when his son was emergency room level manic.
http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/ar...nt-acute-mania
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/comm/stee...tigrew_01.html
I might try to look further into this Thursday.
Mari