I remember being a nursing student in the 1970's and a patient came in with the diagnosis of a
full blown psychosis. He was a nice looking man in his 40's who woke up in the morning yelling at his tearful family and all who would listen that he was God. He had a history of a brain something or other in the past but the scan of his head (did we do CT of the head back then?) was negative. Neurology had no answers. Internal Med had no answers. The Psychiatrist had no answers as he had no history of any psych disorders. This God stuff went on for 3 straight days. On the 4th day he became normal again, sat up in bed and asked for breakfast. The only diagnosis that anybody could come up with was Full Moon Madness (FMM). He was discharged that afternoon.
I remember being skeptical, laughing it off like I knew it all. In the years since then I have come to be a true believer.
This full moon stuff is some shit.
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The moon makes entire oceans have a high tide 6 feet above normal. Humans are 70% water and we think the tide has no effect on us? Makes as much sense as diagnosing every woman with a pelvic condition with "female hysteria and prescribing orgasms...
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