Dear AB
Originally I was going through a stressful
time after many long years of constant stress. I couldn't sleep and was very
anxious and so I was put on antidepressants, I tried to get off but became very
depressed, I was put back on them and something to sleep was added. That
stopped working and I was put on something else for 4 years then That quit
working so, 8 years on antidepressants, and then in 2005 I was completely
depressed , since then I have been on many mood stabilizes and antidepressant
but, still have anxiety and depression.
I was a dentist for 21 years and have three
grown kids, i have not been able to work since 2005 and have been on every
class of antidepressants, been to the Menninger clinic for six weeks and had
transcranial magnetic stimulation. I am now on a variety of med's which keep me
from being suicidal, but,I have no get up and go, I am still anxious
and very depressed. I have been to several therapist. would love to get
off medications and get back to my old optimistic self. B
Dear B,
I suggest you see a doctor of Chinese
Medicine to see if you need some nutrients that would balance the hormones in
your body. This hormonal imbalance is very common in both men and women in
their 50s. If the drugs have caused your nerves to be over-stimulated causing anxiety
I recommend that you read Claire Weeks book HOPE AND HELP FOR YOUR NERVES. I
also suggest you increase your physical activity—try a few things and see if
something clicks, either get a trainer at a local gym, swim, take a course in
yoga or Tae Kwon Do. For repressed fear and anxiety I suggest transcendental
meditation which is very low key or Osho Dynamic Meditation which is very
active. Here are some links to Osho Dynamic Meditation
Another thing for helping with social
anxiety and re-engaging with your fellow man, I suggest a course in Toastmaster’s
International which is available in any small town and is very inexpensive.
I’m sorry I can’t advise you on what to do
about your drug intake as I have no experience with drugs. You will have to see
your medical doctor for advice on that. You can use any of my cognitive behavior
mind techniques whether you are on medication or not as there is no downside
risk to having a better understanding of how your brain works and why you think
the way you do.
Western medicine took a wrong turn when they
rejected out-of-hand the 10,000 year old medical practices of the Eastern
world. We are starting to wake up to energy fields, hypnosis, acupuncture,
massage therapy, etc. We are great when it comes to surgery and diagnosis of
organ failure. However the medical establishment in the US is stuck in its
refusal to apply the theories of quantum physics and views the body only as a
physical machine that operates according to Newtonian principles, ignoring
completely Einstein’s theory of relativity, the fact that matter, even human
cells are not made up of physical matter as the pharmaceutical companies think
of it but rather energy and physical matter so interrelated that they cannot be
separated out. Everybody talks about E=mc2 but they have no idea of the
significance to bodily health.
The use of anti-depressants, etc. is based on a
linear information flow from A to B. But the body should not be viewed in terms
of Newtonian physics but Quantum physics and when you introduce a chemical to
have an effect on one thing, the information, the energy, from that introduced
chemical goes every which way, holistically with all kinds of unintended
consequences.
The Journal of the American Medical
Association in 2000 said that 120,000 people die each year as a result of iatrogenic
illness (as a result of medical treatment) which make it the 3rd
leading cause of death in the US. Dr. G. Null wrote in his 2003 book that it is
now the leading cause of deaths in the U.S. with 300,000 people victims of
iatrogenic illness. We have to think holistically and look for alternatives to
the “magic pill.” However there is light
at the end of the tunnel. People are now seeking alternative and integrated health
practitioners. A. B. Curtiss
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