Ramachandran's Mirror...

For three years I had been seeing her, on and off, for something called "Major Depressive Disorder" and treated her with Effexor and Restoril and thought I was doing a good job of it, too. Proud of myself, you see, that I had reduced her symptoms AND managed to keep the number of pills she was on to well under the psychiatry average of 19. I rule.

Also and by the way, she had an above-elbow amputation from a bus accident ten years ago. She often had phantom limb pain, feeling that her missing hand was bunched up into a fist, cramping-- even though it wasn't there. Occasionally, she'd even get a charlie horse in her forearm-- which wasn't there. More...

See also:

1. Vilayanur Ramachandran and his mirror...
   
2. New specs help to ease phantom limb pain...
3. Doctors confirm Swiss woman's phantom third arm...
4. A man in China had a leech in his nose for 5 years!!!
5. Harvard Medical School and Big Pharma...
6. Doctors' bad hand-writing kills 7000 people annually!!