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But if its a trigger then there has to be something to 'set off'. If I'm an alcoholic and I eat a trifle with sherry in it, and it triggers an alcoholic episode, then would the trifle be the cause of my alcoholism?
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 19:01, 2 replies)

No, it would be the cause of your trifoholism
You'd be a trifoholic :D
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 19:29, closed)

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I'd be taken into custardy.
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 19:47, closed)

trigger as in
something to cause the illness in the first place, not as in similar to a strobe light for epilepsy (ie that it stimulates an awakening of an underlying condition.)

I know my post may have been somewhat preachy, but the BMJ is on my side on this one.
(jennymnemonic, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 19:50, closed)

It really isn't that clear cut
unfortunately.


www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15763748


Certainly if it was *that* much of a problem, then it would be much easier to show causation.
(ham.sandwich, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 20:36, closed)

Extremely preachy
But losing a close friend like so, I can understand.

I was really into it, but then I saw how much it was hurting the person I loved. That is what I said, but really, I just got annoyed at being given the silent treatment for 2 days.
(lemonadegame, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 23:44, closed)