Diabetes and Depression

[Guest guest]

I have both and am unable to go to therapy due to insurance

problems/ fear of long term insurance/employment issues.

 

Any herbal or alternate medicine that someone has tried or can

suggest?

 

I will go for therapy and depression treatment - but may be in a

month or two.

 

Symptoms include sleeplessness, stress, higher sugar levels etc.

 

Thanks everyone for your replies/help.

[Guest guest]

I have read that wheat can cause depression. Also, people seem to

have success with controlling diabetes by watching their carbohydrate

intake. Or try a fast and then slowly start adding foods one at a

time.

 

An excerpt from this link:

http://www.trans4mind.com/nutrition/depression.html (there's also

some supplement information)

The connection between food allergies and depression was a revelation

to me. I was treating a young woman who was both alcoholic and

depressed. I expected to find some food or chemical sensitivities

because she had a terrible withdrawal hangover when she stopped

drinking, indicating an allergic/addicted response to alcohol. But I

was not prepared for the Jekyll and Hyde changes that I witnessed.

By the end of the week-long modified fast, Carol was feeling much

better. Her depression was gone and her energy had returned. Then she

tested wheat. Within two hours she crashed. Crying over the

telephone, she told me she was too depressed to continue the program.

The next day she apologized. We were both grateful to find a major

trigger to her depression. After her severe reaction, I expected

Carol to avoid wheat religiously. At the time, I didn't understand

the addiction aspect of the allergic/addicted response. Carol had

enormous cravings for breads and pasta, so her resolve lasted only a

few days. Then she succumbed to temptation and ate pizza for lunch.

An hour later, she arrived at her treatment group sobbing

inconsolably while the others groped for emotional explanations for

her behavior. After her wheat reaction wore off, her depression again

lifted.

 

Wheat is not the only substance capable of triggering a maladaptive

reaction within the brains and nervous systems of sensitive people.

Alcohol, certain foods (particularly the grains from which alcohol is

made), and many chemicals (particularly hydrocarbon-based products

like gasoline and paints) can also cause reactions. Food addiction

keeps us coming back for more of certain foods. We love the initial

mild energy they provide as they bring us out of our withdrawal

state. We don't understand that the downside of this addiction is

depression, anxiety, and mental confusion, the result of the

inevitable withdrawal in the nervous system and the brain. So be

suspect of foods that you feel you cannot do without.

 

 

Here is a link with some information on eating low carb and treating

certain health problems:

http://www.mercola.com/article/carbohydrates/scientific_evidence_low_g

rains.htm

 

Lean meats, a lot of vegetables, some fruits (granny smith apples

pears, berries), water, and exercise exercise.

 

Here's a link for some supplement considerations:

http://www.naturalhealthweb.com/articles/weil2.html

(st john's wart, omega 3, b-complex, SAM-e)

 

Get the book Prescription for Nutritional Healing. It will have a

list of supplements and suggestions for diet and herbs that have been

used to treat depression and/or diabetes.

 

 

 

 

, " shyamsundar_2004 "

<shyamsundar_2004> wrote:

>

> I have both and am unable to go to therapy due to insurance

> problems/ fear of long term insurance/employment issues.

>

> Any herbal or alternate medicine that someone has tried or can

> suggest?

>

> I will go for therapy and depression treatment - but may be in a

> month or two.

>

> Symptoms include sleeplessness, stress, higher sugar levels etc.

>

> Thanks everyone for your replies/help.