> On Sat, 10 May 2008 14:52:51 -0400, "turtoni" fastmail.net>
> wrote:
>

>>
>>"Sir Frederick" fuzzysys.com> wrote in message
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>

>>>>
>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiety

>>>
>>> "Being" a finite and fully physical automaton zombie
>>> with well practiced fantasies of personification,
>>> I find the best dealing with anxiety (existential or otherwise)
>>> is caffeine. An Americano espresso with a heaping teaspoon
>>> of good Penzy's cocoa powder four times a day keeps the
>>> "cobblies" away. "Better living through chemistry."

>>
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine
>>"Two infrequently diagnosed caffeine-induced disorders that are recognized
>>by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) are caffeine-induced sleep
>>disorder and caffeine-induced anxiety disorder, which can result from
>>long-term excessive caffeine intake.
>>
>>In the case of caffeine-induced sleep disorder, an individual regularly
>>ingests high doses of caffeine sufficient to induce a significant
>>disturbance in his or her sleep, sufficiently severe to warrant clinical
>>attention. A study in the British Journal of Addiction concluded that
>>caffeinism, although infrequently diagnosed, may afflict as many as one
>>person in ten of the population."

>
> The main point is that "anxiety" being a quale on
> brain state, it is influenced by modifying that brain
> state. In my case in a legal and socially acceptable
> physical way. Some may use illegal drugs.

>Some may
> use the practiced stories and rituals of religions. Etc. <"...to achieve
> brain state...">
>