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Old Jun 20, 2014, 07:12 PM
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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/827065?src=rss

So this is just based on a meeting abstract...not published peer reviewed data but it's so bizarre and potentially neat I had to share.

So there is this concept called insight which means people are aware of their illness....it's lacking in 60% of people with sz. But also in other conditions. Based on these other conditions it was known that putting cold water in one ear could increase insight transiently. So these guys wondered if it would work for sz and it does....it's only temporary a couple of hours max but all you have to do is take water at fridge temp and put it into your left ear. I think it's kind of like the pinch test to see if you're dreaming...wild huh?
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