natural treatments for depression?

January 21, 2008

hi, anyone know of any homeopathic treatments for depression and

anxiety that works with little or no side effects? thanks.

January 22, 2008

B Complex, St. John's Wart, also make sure that your body is getting

the nutrition it needs. Once your feeling better, get into an

exercise regime. All these things have worked great for me!

, " hippiepez " <hippiepez

wrote:

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> hi, anyone know of any homeopathic treatments for depression and

> anxiety that works with little or no side effects? thanks.

>

January 22, 2008

ANXIETY, STRESS, DEPRESSION

Stress and your health

Stress affects the intestine greatly. When one is faced with emotional

or psychological stress, the body produces cortisol (a hormone) which

affects the intestinal tract by destroying friendly bacteria. The

digestive system becomes impaired. Most people under stress may say

that they feel pain in their stomach and that is because long term

stress can cause ulcer as the body continues to secret cortisol.

Stress can also stimulate the adrenal glands and exhaust them, causing

them to malfunction. A chain reaction can lead to a whole host of

diseases and adverse side effects due to stress.

If a person cannot change their lifestyle to lead a less stress-filled

life, one should concentrate on protecting the digestive tract on a

daily basis by the use of friendly bacteria in large amounts. If these

good bacteria are ingested every day in large amounts, one can stand

stress better and cope with it without getting ill.

Another way to cope with stress is to do a vigorous type of exercise

like jogging so as to work off the extra hormone the body produces so

the body can return to a pre-stress state.

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Here's another short section of a book written by a Functional

Medicine doctor:

In some cases, absorption of these molecules across a leaky intestinal

tract can alter the brain's chemical messenger system and produce

changes in behavior. Researchers at the National Institutes of Mental

Health refer to these behavior-altering substances as exorphins,

because they come from outside the body, rather than endorphins, which

are the natural analgesic substances produced by the nervous system.

An excess of exorphins can affect mood, mind, memory and behavior by

altering the brain's sensitive chemical messenger system.

Many people are surprised that the intestinal tract is so closely

related to the function of the immune and nervous systems of the body,

but in fact, a breakdown in the integrity of any of these interrelated

systems results in symptoms of chronic illness....

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Take a charcoal capsule if the anxiety is too much. You'll note a

quick calming effect because the charcoal capsule will absorb

circulating toxins and remove them through the large intestine.

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You can use nutrition to regain mental health. Many medical doctors

have been working with brain biochemical disturbances proving beyond

the shadow of a doubt the relationship between gut, liver and brain.

They are saying that most brain biochemical disturbances start in the

gut, then the liver, and then it affects the endocrine glands which

regulate hormones and as a result can affect the brain. To balance the

chemicals in the brain, one must address the health of the gut and the

liver first. As a result, when the gut and the liver work better, they

take the burden off the endocrine glands and you'd be amazed how the

mental function goes back to normal.

Dr. Dirk Yow writes in his article, " Colonic Chronicles Present " , that

the neurotransmitters such as serotonin, various elements and

nutrients are sent to the brain by the liver and intestines. This

explains why some of the symptoms of constipation can be foggy

headedness and depression.

" The gastrointestinal tract is a huge body of nervous tissue, " says

Stephen Holt, MD, author of Natural Ways to Digestive Health (M.

Evans, 2000). The enteric nervous system lines the esophagus, stomach,

small intestine, and the colon. Scientists consider it a single

entity, even referring to it as the body's " second brain " .

To balance the chemicals in the brain, one must address the health of

the gut and the liver first. As a result, when the gut and the liver

work better, they take the burden off the endocrine glands and you'd

be amazed how the mental function goes back to normal.

Definitely the diet plays a major role in producing healthy cells

whether these cells are in the brain or the heart or....etc. If drugs

are taken to help with brain related dysfunctions, they end up

stimulating the production of neuropeptides and the end result is

complete exhaustion of glands in the body, and soon the drug won't

work any more but can cause major problems to the liver and kidneys

that has to process the drugs. Foods, on the other hand, nourish the

body and thus produce the kinds of neuropeptides that the brain need

to work with and function normal again.

It's amazing that 50% of people with depression, anxiety or any mental

challenges also have constipation, allergies, candidiosis, can't sleep

at night (liver related), ringing in the ears, fungus on toe

nails....etc. These are all classic symptoms of gut and liver

dysfunction. Taking a medical drug is addressing only the symptom

while creating more problems to the liver and kidney. The best

solution is to go to the cause which is a complete change in diet and

the use of supplements to enhance the function of the gut and the

liver such as probiotics - http://tinyurl.com/6gzqa, enzymes -

http://tinyurl.com/ey8l, Q10 - http://tinyurl.com/f1f7, and blue green

algae - http://tinyurl.com/g1iz and http://tinyurl.com/iw4k.

January 22, 2008

DLPA and L Tyrosine are both very effective

against depression.

Take on an empty stomach.

jp

B Complex, St. John's Wart, also make sure that your body is getting

the nutrition it needs. Once your feeling better, get into an

exercise regime. All these things have worked great for me!

, " hippiepez " <hippiepez

wrote:

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> hi, anyone know of any homeopathic treatments for depression and

> anxiety that works with little or no side effects? thanks.

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January 23, 2008

You could always try St John Wort. I used that for a time and it worked for me. What worked even better then that was I got rid of the fiancé. I miss her but I am happier now without her. Kind of crazy to think like that but it worked for me. There is no changing what has been lost, she has gotten married to someone else. It amazes me just how stress/depression free I have been in the time she has been gone.

All the same, give St Johns Wort a try.