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I always recommend taking a good, easy to assimilate vitamin/mineral supplement after using mind altering medications. It is always best to get a food based vitamin/mineral supplement as it is the easiest to assimilate. Brands like Juice Plus, Usana, Garden of Life, Q96, etc. are good food based vitamins.
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Pure Noni Juice Benefits, treasured since ancient Polynesian times. TAHITIAN NONI®Juice with bioactive iridoids provides wonderful benefits for your health. I have seen the benefits of Noni juice with mania, diabetes, cancer and in its pain killing properties.The company by the name of Morinda and based in Orem, UT brought Noni juice to the US several years ago. This is the only noni juice I have used with amazing success. I have seen someone in a full blown delusional manic withdrawal reaction lasting for six months become normal within two weeks of using half a cup of Noni per day mixed in 100% fruit juice and taken in small amounts throughout the day.I also witnessed another young woman who suffered a psychotic break when she unknowingly added cough and cold meds while in a withdrawal tapering from the use of Paxil. Within ten minutes of sipping 1/2 cup of Noni and having lavender rubbed on her feet she went from that cold blank stare so many report with SSRI antidepressants in a psychotic break to perfectly normal. She had no memory of the psychotic break but within ten minutes of getting the Noni and putting the lavender oil on her feet she had perfect memory of everything after that.From what I have seen with Noni I believe it is helping to normalize blood sugar and assisting the metabolism of serotonin. Even this young woman’s school administrator felt the girl acted as her other students do when going into insulin shock from a blood sugar drop and serotonin is critical in regularing blood sugar levels. The question remains to be answered as to if this is how many of the psychotic breaks with SSRIs are being triggered.
# 7 Dr. Paul Harch’s site on Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment
CASE HISTORIES: (hyperbaricmedicalassociation.org) (hyperbarics.org) HBOT_Case_Histories.pdf
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The International Hyperbaric Medical Association at: (www.hyperbaricmedicalassociation.org) HBOT spect imaging
I have been talking about hyperbaric for some time, but seeing these brain scans before and after is amazing! –Ann Blake-Tracy
Dr. Harch is the leading expert in the US on hyperbaric oxygen treatment. The following are case reports showing brain scans before and after treatment for various ailments. It is amazing to see and even more amazing to experience.
Earlier this year I sent Dr. Harch the most difficult patient I have seen in the past 15 years. It was a worst case senario – a patient on Paxil for six years at double the maximum dose (120mg) who came off “cold turkey”. I have never seen anyone alive in such bad shape. After he saw Dr. Harch the change was DRAMATIC to say the least!!
I have never found anything better for a patient in “cold turkey” withdrawal from an antidepressant than hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Certainly it is very important to follow the other guidelines in the “Help! I Can’t Get Off My Antidepressant!” tape in order to rebuild, but for acute situations hyperbaric certainly seems to be the answer to help in those situations when not even all the helps mentioned here can address all the issues.
# 8 MAGNETIC THERAPY:Another company that has products to assist with pain caused by these drugs or the end result of the drugs (such as arthritis and fibromyalgia) is magnetic therapy by Nikken. As taking pain killers, or most any drug, after being on a serotonergic drug can cause so many serious reactions, I prefer using magnets to prevent those pains. In this way you will not have additional damage from additional mind altering chemicals. They have mattresses that work while you sleep, foot pads you can slip into your shoes, pads that can be applied to local areas of the body, etc. And there is research to demonstrate that magnetic therapy when applied to the head can rid one of depression.
Also what I have always used for pain is Young Living’s Peppermint oil. I LOVE it! It will prevent bruising in injuries and stop the pain immediately. I use it for all injuries – even open wounds, concussion, back pain, neck pain, stiff muscles, broken toe, etc.
# 9 OMEGA 3 OILS:Omega 3 Oils are effective as antidepressants and are non-toxic: In September 1998 the National Institute of Health conducted a seminar on the effectiveness of Omega 3 oils in combating manic depression, schizophrenia, depression, hyperactivity, PMS, etc. Now a new study supports those reports. Although the study looked only at fish oil, flax seed oil is recommended as it does not pose a potential toxicity – toxicity due to polluted waters in which fish are found.
May 6, 1999 Fish Oil May Aid Against Manic Depression, BY MARC KAUFMAN, THE WASHINGTON POST:
Scientists believe they have found a surprising new ally in their efforts to understand and treat the sharp mood swings of manic depression — the Omega 3 fatty acids. Jerry Cott, chief of thepsychopharmacology research program at the National Institute of Mental Health said, “This is the first time we would be testing a nutritional supplement that appears to be having efficacy about to the degree of a synthetic medication.” The body’s highest concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids are in the eyes and the brain, where neurobiologists believe they are essential to the proper functioning of cell -membranes.
If levels of omega-3 fatty acids are too low, they have theorized, then -essential chemical pathways become overwhelmed and mental disorders can occur. Researchers believe omega-3 fatty acids play an important role in both bipolar and unipolar depression. (One of the finest books on the Omega 3 oils is “Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill” by Udo Erasmus. Find more info on his book and the oils he recommends by Googling Udo Erasmus.)
# 10 CRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (www.alleviahealth.com)
“Electrosleep treatment” – an older name for CES – came into the USA from Japan in the late 1960s. This therapy had been originally pioneered in Russia and other East Block countries. Since the current was directed across head, the FDA renamed it “Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES)” in 1978, and now allows its marketing in the USA for the treatment of anxiety, depression and insomnia (CES regulatory status). A major use of CES has been in the treatment of symptoms of the drug abstinence syndrome, including severe anxiety, depression and insomnia. The medical use of CES is now becoming more widely indicated in the USA.
RECENT FACEBOOK TESTIMONY ON CES HELP IN ANTIDEPRESSANT WITHDRAWAL:
Naomi Lee I started CES therapy in March last year , and it stopped me having w/d symptoms whilst tapering. These types of] therapy [CES| are worth checking out.
although I DO recommend the slowest taper of all after seeing so many horrific results of coming down too rapidly).# 11 REIKI TREATMENTS
Many patients have reported this to be of great benefit to them when suffering Akathisia or Serotonin Syndrome or for just overall withdrawal symptoms
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Is any of this beginning to sound like what we so often label as “depression, anxiety, panic attack, etc.”
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Here are some other articles which may help you:
4/16/01 • Nourishing Your Brain
It’s no secret that the fats in fish and walnuts are good for your heart. New research suggests they may also ward off depression and mental maladies.
4/5/01 • Aerobic Exercise Lifts Depression in Treatment-Resistant Patients
WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – A simple program of regular aerobic exercise can substantially improve depression scores in patients with moderate to severe major depression, despite prior failures with pharmacologic therapy.
01/15/01 • Aerobic exercises may help fight depression in the long run
Aerobic exercise may be just as effective as medication at relieving depression and prove easier to stick with, suggests a new study. The findings add to growing evidence that exercise can significantly improve mental health at modest or no cost.
09/01/98 • Omega 3 Oils as Effective as Antidepressants and Are Non-Toxic
In September 1998 the National Institute of Health conducted a seminar on the effectiveness of Omega 3 oils in combating manic depression, schizophrenia, depression, hyperactivity, PMS, etc. Now a new study supports those reports.
I am Dr. Julian Whitaker, I was introduced to Balance3 in 2003 and have been using it in my clinic ever since. This product has been very effective in supporting normal blood pressure. It also seems to help my patients sleep better.”
Eat “brain healthy” super foods such as blueberries, Raw Nuts, and beans
Meditate or give yourself quite time each day
Write and share stories of your experiences
Exercise at least 30 min a day
Get over 8 hours of sleep [Follow the sun patters sleep when the sun goes down and awake when the sun rises]
Watch less Television
Unplug from Computers, Phones & Tables and Get out in nature
Play Strategy and problem solving games
Read something new
St. John’s Wort
Meat & Dairy
White Sugar
White flower
Artificial Sweeteners
Soda Pop
Fluoride