Guest guest Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 what is good for bad panic attacks and depression? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 hi skelly there is a herbal capsule called sceletium it is very good i used it for a couple of ,months untill i learned how to control my panic attacks - also having someone to talk to helps alot aswell, some one who understands what you are going through regards Tara skelly <pierced_wit_tatts Monday, December 11, 2006 4:03:47 PM panic attacks/depression what is good for bad panic attacks and depression? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 *Panic Attacks can be caused by an imbalance of hormones and chemicals that occur naturally in the body. Here are natural ways to reduce panic: *Keep lights low at night to increase *Melatonin; the sleep chemical *Take warm baths with Epsom's Salts daily for the Magnesium calming *Drink hot Herbal Teas with or without honey like Chammomile or Mint. Vitamins and Minerals and Amino Acis; any or all to help relax: *Thiamine Vitamin B1 *Vitamin B6 *GABA *CALCIUM (found in Cow's Milk; Almond Milk or Soy Milk; drink warm. *MELATONIN *VALERIAN ROOT The Vitamin Company called Twin Lab makes all these; Solgar good too. , " skelly " <pierced_wit_tatts wrote: > > what is good for bad panic attacks and depression? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 You can try drinking lots of water and transfucing some mineral water.. regards Mahesh n www.maheshnbiomedical.com <http://www.maheshnbiomedical.com> , " skelly " <pierced_wit_tatts wrote: > > what is good for bad panic attacks and depression? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 For panic attacks and depression: Try EFT and/or audiotherapy. Find EFT info at mercola.com I can send you more info on doing audiotherapy at home if you need it. Namaste, David In , " skelly " <pierced_wit_tatts wrote: > > what is good for bad panic attacks and depression? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 , " skelly " <pierced_wit_tatts wrote: > > what is good for bad panic attacks and depression? > While it is not completely clear what the exact and precise causes of depression are, there is agreement that certain physical, emotional, and genetic traits can lead towards depression. Whatever the actual causes are, the end result is that the individual who is suffering from depression has a very poor quality of life. Therefore, until we can define what are the real causes of depression, all that we can do is to help them become better. Rather than look at the causes of depression as though depression were a fully understood condition, let's look at it in manageable packets. Exploring and understanding potential risk factors related to depression can go a long way toward making decisions about treatment and acceptance of a bout of major depression. The key is to understand how individual circumstances weave together to create very personal circumstances that affect an individual. Those very same physical and emotional circumstances will cause one person to be vulnerable to depression whilst another may treat those circumstances as a positive influence and powerful driving force. Rgds, Semb http://99health.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 , " skelly " <pierced_wit_tatts wrote: > > what is good for bad panic attacks and depression? > A woman I knew had bad panic attacks for years and had tried different psychiatric medicines. She started taking passion flower capsules, about 3 or 4 a day, and it cured the panic attacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 There are mainly two neurotransmitters involved in controlling panic and anxiety - GABA and Serotonin. Many of the antidepressants act on serotonin and to a lesser extend norephenephrine or dopamine (such as effexor). The benzodiazeine drugs like klonopin activate GABA receptors but cause drowsiness. Also, i find many clients have anxiety due to mercury poisoning genreally from silver amalgam dental fillings. MSM and magnesium work very well to mediate this problem until such time as they can be removed. Mercury has been linked to all sorts of problems, such as autism, alzheimers, most autoimmune disorders, premature menopause, kidney problems, etc. See www.amalgam.org As for raising GABA levels, the best way to do that is to take the precursor to GABA, L-glutamine 3-5 G / day in the am. Glutamine can also be used by the brain as fuel in addition to glucose so it is not sedating but can actually add to mental clarity. You cangenerally feel it working in 30 minutes. Glutamine also heals the intestinal tract, and is involved with production of glutathione in conjunction with SAMe and NAC. Glutamine also helps supress cortisol which is a stress-related hormone. GABA does not readily pass the blood brain barrier thus taking it directly generally has little effect. If a person reacts to l-glutamine with a hyperactive response my experience is that it is due to mercury, so i get them on msm first. Another cool drug invented in Russia is Picamillone, essentially niacin bound toGABA, which does cross the BBB. There's a description about in on www.icuhealthy.com Matthew M. Curtin Managing Director www.icupartners.com 484-798-7000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2006 Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 ---i am writing a book on this Depression protocol We have personnel experience of the effectiveness of them and they do work. Every one of them can have a major influence on you. It is hard to pull out which are the most important Probably tackling karma and doing voluntary work is the most important, however it depends on how you feel and there will be many people where work may not be possible on a daily basis. 1. Firstly find someone to massage your back and legs at least 3 times a week Use peanut oil or a mix of 50-50 olive and peanut oil. Paying particular attention to the spine and choose someone who is sympathy with your condition. It is by no mere chance that massage has been around for thousands of years. It is effective speeds up the toxic removal process, enables blood to flow to many more capillaries and can be a major factor in your well being. We advocate massage on a weekly basis as a normal healthy practice. Here are some reported benefits of massage: Preliminary results suggested cancer patients had less pain and anxiety after receiving therapeutic massage at the James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute in Columbus, Ohio. Women who had experienced the recent death of a child were less depressed after receiving therapeutic massage, according to preliminary results of a study at the University of South Carolina Medical school students at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School who were massaged before an exam showed a significant decrease in anxiety and respiratory rates. as well as a significant increase in white blood cells and natural killer cell activity, suggesting a benefit to the immune system Studies funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found massage beneficial in improving weight gain in HIV-exposed infants and facilitating recovery in patients who underwent abdominal surgery. At the University of Miami School of Medicine's Touch Research Institute, researchers have found that massage is helpful in decreasing blood pressure in people with hypertension, alleviating pain in migraine sufferers and improving alertness and performance in office workers. An increasing number of research studies show massage reduces heart rate, lowers blood pressure, increases blood circulation and lymph flow, relaxes muscles, improves range of motion, and increases endorphins (enhancing medical treatment). Although therapeutic massage does not increase muscle strength, it can stimulate weak, inactive muscles and, thus, partially compensate for the lack of exercise and inactivity resulting from illness or injury. It also can hasten and lead to a more complete recovery from exercise or injury. Research has verified that: Office workers massaged regularly were more alert, performed better and were less stressed than those who weren't massaged. Massage therapy decreased the effects of anxiety, tension, depression, pain, and itching in burn patients. Abdominal surgery patients recovered more quickly after massage. Premature infants who were massaged gained more weight and fared better than those who weren't. Autistic children showed less erratic behavior after massage therapy. " Often times people are stressed in our culture. Stress-related disorders make up between 80-and-90 percent of the ailments that bring people to family practice physicians. What they require is someone to listen, someone to touch them, someone to care. That does not exist in modern medicine. One of the complaints heard frequently is that physicians don't touch their patients any more. Touch just isn't there. Years ago massage was a big part of nursing. There was so much care, so much touch, so much goodness conveyed through massage. Now nurses for the most part are as busy as physicians. They're writing charts, dealing with insurance notes, they're doing procedures and often there is no room for massage any more. Physical Benefits of Therapeutic Massage Massage also provides another therapeutic component largely absent in today's world: tactile stimulation, or, more simply, touch. In 1986, the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami published groundbreaking research on the effects of massage on premature babies. The pre term babies who received massage therapy showed 47% greater weight gain and six-day shorter hospital stays than the infants who were not receiving massage. But is this study evidence of what loving touch can do spiritually, or rather what massage can do on a physiological level? Regardless, babies are not the only benefactors Helps relieve stress and aids relaxation Helps relieve muscle tension and stiffness. Alleviates discomfort during pregnancy Fosters faster healing of strained muscles and sprained ligaments; reduces pain and swelling; reduces formation of excessive scar tissue. Reduces muscle spasms. Provides greater joint flexibility and range of motion. Enhances athletic performance; Treats injuries caused during sport or work. Promotes deeper and easier breathing Improves circulation of blood and movement of lymph fluids. Reduces blood pressure. Helps relieve tension-related headaches and effects of eye-strain. Enhances the health and nourishment of skin Improves posture. Strengthens the immune system. Treats musculoskeletal problems. Rehabilitation post operative Rehabilitation after injury. (Source: AMTA Mental Benefits of Massage Therapy Fosters peace of mind Promotes a relaxed state of mental alertness. Helps relieve mental stress Improves ability to monitor stress signals and respond appropriately. Enhances capacity for calm thinking and creativity Emotional Benefits. Satisfies needs for caring nurturing touch Fosters a feeling of well being. Reduces levels of anxiety Creates body awareness Increases awareness of mind-body connection. Emotional Level benefits Feeling of well-being Reduced levels of anxiety Increased awareness of mind-body connection Enhanced self image A sense of being unified and in harmony 2.The violet ray is also a wondrous electrical device. Basically a high frequency electrical device very popular in the 1900s it produces static like electricity and the end of a glass wand which turns purple ..Use this 3 times a week on the other days of massage, especially on the spine. This device can be used for many other problems as well; many people who have problems with the spine pain have got relief. I have noticed immediate relief and a feeling of betterment very quickly. Some therapists will have these but I recommend owning one yourself as they can be bought quite cheaply. There is even a group on these but make no mistake these devices do have an influence on us. violetray/?yguid=56281623 Even the great Edgar Cayce recommended this device in hundreds of readings for all manor of complaints. Get physical relaxation and stimulation through the use of massage or the Violet Ray and you will find a cure. Cayce said that the Violet Ray stimulates the sympathetic and cerebro-spinal nervous system and it creates a balance. In one reading, on possession, Cayce said that it will drive out negative earth bound entities. These are entities that try to stop you changing the way you think. I did two of these treatments and they were both a success. I gave them the Violet Ray up and down both sides of the spine, three times at a slow to moderate pace. Both had very unhappy childhood's. Their behavior improved from then on and they appear to be still stable. Each needed two treatments only. I believe it would help children with behavioral problems. 3.Connect with mother earth, get a tent sleep out side 3 times a week utilising earth energy. Connect with this planets lovely vibration, to some of you this may seem silly. Without doubt this energy is one of the most profound and beneficial. Generally we are surrounded by whole structures of inanimate matter, matter which is lifeless .A few examples would be concrete brick, dead wood, plaster, carpets, metal radiators and that is just the average living room. When we work or are surrounded with living things such as gardens, nice scenery, mountains, rivers lakes, we generally gain something from these things. This is why so many people retreat to the mountains, lakes, and seaside to gain sustenance from just being there. Each area has its own innate energy and you will have noticed some people attracted with real desire to live near the sea, or the south, north or other areas. Nearly everyone wishes to have a Mediterranean climate with loads more sunshine and thousands migrate there each winter. The earth is a living breathing being of immense power and is quite literally alive and very conscious, many people are engaged in keeping her in a better state of balance and repairing her of which in general we know little about. Just think for a moment of the vast number of plants, trees, etc. that spring out from the planet. Literally billions of different life forms each possessing life force Being close to earth can be very interesting and by close what I mean here is having your back against her and feeling the energy of the earth from the closeness. Don't feel that the energy is going to hit you hard, it is far subtler than that. As an experiment try laying on the floor of your average house and then comparing the feeling you get from laying on the earth on your average lawn. There is a vast difference. Throughout the many trials and tribulations of life this energy has been one of the keystones which has helped many people .It provides a lovely sustenance which helps us keep in balance. I cannot think of any medical problem where this would not help and would and recommend that everyone try it. Those with M.E. or any energy problem in particular would be well advised to try this. Obviously only give yourself just enough, if you feel you are slightly irritated after a while I would say this could be your limit at that time. Like any energy it has to be treated with respect. This is very much filling our more spiritual natures and I would love to see more research done with this energy on the many complaints, which we have to deal with. Very often when camping out much better sleep and a greater sense of refreshment is experienced even when sleeping on air beds as we are much closer to the earth .If one was psychic one could possibly see this energy which would be an entirely new field to explore. Many people will have hugged trees or will have sat with their backs to trees to experience a different kind of energy. 4. Ensure your diet is good raw salad once a day ideal or 5 portions vegetables or fruit daily ensure adequate protein women 60 grams day men around 70grams. Ensure you get adequate minerals all of them particularly calcium and magnesium, iron in the right proportions and combinations. See and get a decent book on nutrition like Adele Davis book lets eat right to keep fit ISBN 0046410171. A new study published in the February 15, 2005 issue of Biological Psychiatry shows that certain foods are better at treating depression than antidepressant drugs. The study found that omega-3 fatty acids and foods high in a compound called uridine were able to reduce the symptoms of depression as well as or better than three different antidepressant drugs that were tested. This research was conducted at the McLean Hospital, which is affiliated with Harvard. It's very exciting to see this kind of study, because it shows yet more scientific evidence for the healing effects of food as well as the relative uselessness of prescription drugs. Based on the results of this study, it seems silly that anyone would continue to use antidepressant drugs to try to treat depression when there are simple healing foods available that do a better job. This is especially true when considering the potentially dangerous side effects of antidepressant drugs that are now coming to light, including increased risk of suicides, violent behavior, and other similar acts of aggression. Ensure adequate water intake of the order 1-2 litres per day that's right water. Blood sugar make sure you are not suffering low blood sugar as this can very quickly affect your mood. Also according to a known therapist who says that some of her patients had food intolerance's or reactions to certain foods which were a significant contributory cause of depression .when certain foods were taken out it seems immediate results were found. So it might pay you to have a test done on the relationship of your foods and you. It seems a great many benefits are obtained when you cut out foods that don't suit you. 5.Ensure your thyroid is working well – producing the correct amount of thyroxin not to much or too little. This can be an important factor we have seen underactive thyroid almost putting people in a state of comatose with brain functioning at a minimal level. 6.Ensure you do at least I hr per day some kind of voluntary work when you are able. Now this touches on a concept where by contributing something to other peoples welfare it is hoped that the universe will respond by offsetting some of the not so good things we have done. I have a whole paper devoted to this subject called karma. I will send a copy of this to you – just e-mail me. I believe that this could be a real key needing total importance in treating many ailments, Edgar cayce devoted many hours to this very topic, and there are many references to it in the bible. The wise among you will consider this very carefully 7.Be amongst people who are giving, friendly who have time for you who love you. What a lovely statement this is but as you become more aware of people and their energies it is very important to choose who to be with for any length of time. Choose people who are good company, people you like to be with. 8.Be or get to a place which personally love or like-very important this, you derive sustenance from the place you are in or the area. Why do you think people travel so far getting to places they like such as the sea, or amongst the mountains. They derive something from being there. Some areas can be very depressing and can be the cause of your depression. Think for a moment the difference of a large city and what you feel against a huge waterfall or in the mountains. The feelings are totally different you choose which is most uplifting. 9.Get and do some work which you like or love, no matter if its voluntary, work can be very therapeutic. Hopefully you enjoy it; in fact you could do a little self-analysis here to discover throughout your life which areas of work you enjoyed the most. While you are there you can discover the ones you least liked but don't dwell on them too much. What we want there with this therapy is a real positive experience you may look forward to on a daily basis if possible. Of course do work when you are able. 10.Ensure you do no acts of a hurtful nature be really mindful of your words which hurt or inflict on anyone –don't want to add to your karma do we! 11.Get an radial appliance and use it. Radial appliance This machine is basically a box with two wires coming out of it, the wires are connected within the box to two pieces of carbon steel which are insulated from each other. The steel is surrounded by blocks of carbon and further surrounded by granulated carbon. The two wires have German silver disks on them which are then connected to the body at special places depending on the treatment being effected. When in use the box is placed in to ice to cool it and then applied to the body. Some of the Edgar cayce research on this device This appliance was prescribed by the readings for at least one hundred and fifteen different ailments. (Its use, without solution jar, would benefit everyone.) It was mentioned in 1027 different readings. An aid to meditation - unite the body, mind and soul (The appliance was activated after 15 minutes in the ice and water 3119-1 as to build up in one extremity and discharge in the other. The system would be improved in every condition that relates to the body being kept in attunement. (The appliance is for) bringing rest to the weary - those who have been under great periods of stress and strain. To those who seek to find an equalizing influence that will assist them in producing a coordination in their physical and mental beings with the spiritual affluence and effect of activity of spirituality upon the body - physical. The appliance will put the body to sleep - irritation will disappear. Rids cold feet the active battery, when kept clean and tight, will last the life of use of the person, there's no ending. - - (The R-A Appliance is good for those) that need an equalizing of the circulation; which is necessary for anyone that uses the brain a great deal - or that is inactive. Will aid the body in every direction. For those who are able to build small items like this I would recommend the book the radial appliance and the wet cell battery by David Macmillin and Doug Richard's obtainable from the Cayce center in Durham England or the ARE in Virginia beach USA.Or you can buy the item from these sources. Radial appliance feedback Psychiatrists have used these and indeed one had built 22 of them and were well satisfied with them. They have put them in their freezers for about 15 or 20 min. before using and the energy generated is terrific. Better sleep has been reported and waking feeling totally rested. Energy levels have also improved. Better sense of well being has also been experienced. Meditations are much better! One person reported a change from the shaky feelings he was having. Sleep was also deep and refreshing which was a great change from previous years The (Edgar Cayce) readings say this heightens all the senses, including memory. Specifically, sight, hearing, and taste are improved. One person noted improved sleep with less sleep required, when using the RA. Improved mental activity with better comprehension. A better sense of well being sense of well being, with a more happier disposition. A dramatic decrease in negative thoughts and an increase in energy disposition was also noted More energy and constipation of long standing is much improved... 12 Spiritual healing, Reiki, find a good healer - but someone you feel an attunement with at a soul level otherwise you can have negative results making your situation worse. We are know witnessing one of the great turnings in our century where old healing practices are re-emerging such as Reiki healing, Colour healing, Seichim, Spiritual healing, Osteopathy, Massage and many others. Some of these are thousands of years old, Spiritual healing is one of those. It is exactly the same kind of energy used by Jesus in so many of his healings. Put simply Spiritual Healing, Reiki is the transference of certain energies through a channel which could be a person or an animal or even the planet, the wavelengths of this healing energy are well outside the limits of most scientific equipment but a lot of people can feel this energy . The energy in my experience has been very uplifting and beautiful which can touch and vastly influence parts of us such as the spirit or soul or our mental selves and our physical selves. It can bring a steadiness and balance and sense of well-being second to none .Its limits as to its use are in the realms of the infinite. A very simplistic analogy would be to liken it to a massive energy reservoir which can be tapped into by people and animals which act as the conduits of this energy and like wires of electricity some of which are bigger than others and so therefore big wires can transmit more energy than smaller wires. Bearing this point in mind the reader can soon appreciate that going to one healer can be vastly different than going to another as it is with so many things whether it be dentists, doctors, policeman or what have you. Spiritual Healing is natural healing energy, which is present in this universe. Spiritual healers work in many different ways to some it is the laying on of hands onto a person or animal, to others it can be sent through the power of thought. To be even in the presence of some healers can have a profound and beneficial effect on people and one wishes that there were more people giving off just as beautiful vibrations as these people were this world would truly transform it. 13 Think good positive thoughts, thoughts are real and have real influence they can make you or break you. Right now we are building you, so encouraging thoughts to your self and others are the order of the day. Laughter, comedy, music, -pick your favourite films your favourite songs your best comedy clips .If it helps make a list of them we are surrounded by so much dross and duty it is all to easy to forget what makes us laugh, us smile, us enjoy . If it helps, find in your life some of the good times when things were a whole lot better. Write them down and dwell there, you will find that sometimes just remembering the good times helps uplift. 14 -avoid at all costs exposure to violence, murders, suffering, death, tragedies, this is what is pumped at us and they call it the news. Beware of films, which have this too. You had better understand this, what you witness can have an effect on you this includes the TV and real life. There is so much of this lower muck around it is hard to avoid, feed upon good things, uplifting things, things that feel like a breath of fresh air. More- steer conversation's to dwell on these things rather than flow with someone else's dwelling on the muck. Very subtle this but you will find there are a lot of negative people out there – all dying to let you feel like them. Be careful who you with. 15 Positive affirmation- that's right programme your self in the mirror, thoughts are things words are things actions are things, all have influence, few people realise these things can have an effect on themselves using these things. 16 sunshine particularly at this time of year Seasonal affected disorder is real We need light and many people are affected in winter by the very short days and lack of sunshine. Light is extremely important for the needs of man. Edgar Cayce recommended 2 hrs a day but not at the height of the day. Sunlight metabolizes vitamin D which is needed for the absorption of Calcium, with osteoporosis now affecting one in three women over 50 and one in twelve men, anything we can do to absorb calcium must be looked at. According to one reputable light therapist who listed ten main benefits from sunlight which include. 1 Production of vitamin D, 2.Lowers blood pressure. 3.Increases heart pumping efficiency. 4.Improves ECG readings. 5.Reduces Cholesterol and hypertension 6.Assists weight loss. 7.Effective with Psoriasis. 8.Increases the level of sex hormones. 9.Helps alleviate Asthma and other lung disorders. 10.Helps improve mood. Tests have also been done with florescent lighting at a school in Florida; the tests clearly showed evidence for increased Hyperactivity, Irritability, Depression and Fatigue.Surprisingly the lighting also affected blind people as well. The clear alternative for florescent lights are the full spectrum type lights where they very nearly replicate sunlight, again tests have shown improved Health and performance, a decrease in headaches, Depression and fatigue. The nice thing about light therapy is that the side effects are experienced by only a small percentage of people, and typically are temporary. They can include a jittery feeling, excitability, mild nausea, and mild burning of the eyes. These typically are go after a few days and/or by temporarily adjusting the distance one sits from their light. An interesting measurement was taken of the amount of lux which was present in an typical office with florescent lighting – the meter used read about 170 lux, which is highly problematic when an average sunny day is between 5000 –10000 lux but can be up to 100000lux. Some people ask can just replacing my ordinary bulbs with full spectrum ones cure me. Interestingly for the majority of people afflicted with seasonal affective disorder Medical research indicates the therapeutic effect comes from the high intensity of light. This high intensity, generally ten to twenty times brighter than regular room light, stimulates the brain to produce the chemical changes responsible for the antidepressant effect. See the research here with all sorts of people http://www.phothera.com/ptref.html where they are Treating people with light therapy on people who have alcohol problems, Eating disorders, winter depression, sleep disorders, obesity, Bulimia, anorexic nervosa, general food intake and sad, Alzheimer's, Behavioral problems with elderly people, Suicidal tendencies are also explored and make interesting reading. The symptoms of SAD usually recur regularly each winter, starting between September and November and continuing until March or April. Sleeping problems - Usually desire to oversleep and difficulty staying awake but, in some cases, disturbed sleep and early morning wakening Lethargy- Feelings of fatigue and inability to carry out normal routine Overeating – A real craving for carbohydrates and sweet foods, usually resulting in weight gain Depression- Feelings of misery, guilt and loss of self-esteem, sometimes hopelessness and despair, sometimes apathy and loss of feelings Anxiety Tension and inability to tolerate stress Mood changes - In some sufferers, extremes of mood and short periods of hypomania (overactivity) in spring and autumn. Treatment Some light boxes emit higher intensity of light, up to 10,000 lux, which can cut treatment time down to half an hour a day. According to some researchers the light has to be full spectrum fluorescent lighting. Although there is evidence it seems for using high intensity florescent lighting. This could be a crucial factor and caution is recommended here as fluorescent lighting has shown to be problematic in a lot of situations. Interesting feedback A doctor had a patient with severe SAD who was from a psychiatric hospital interested. The patient in question was a woman who was about 35. She was an emergency admission because she had tried to commit suicide. He hadn't realized until then that SAD could be so life threatening. He found out that she suffered SAD every winter, but was able to hang on until her kids' February holiday from school when the family took a vacation in sunny Florida, which immediately lifted her spirits. Apparently this year the February' vacation didn't come until the first week of March. She couldn't hold out any longer. Another patient aged Male mid-20s was admitted to this same hospital year after year, generally for several months at a time so severe was his depression. He always came in about the same time of year, usually late September, then mysteriously got well and was fine to go in about Feb/March .He tells us that at other times of the year, he was just fine. Light therapy was used. Staff noticed that he became more sociable. Later he paid better attention to personal hygiene, caring to change his clothes, to bathe himself and to shave. There is a further report of music then coming from his room indicating a better mood. In another study some people can become more vulnerable to feelings of aloneness and other sad thoughts because of the decreasing hours of daylight and that it is the shorter day's length which sets the stage for depression. Scientists. In a now classical research paper authored by Norman Rosenthal and his colleagues found they could predict how many of the people they studied would develop SAD symptoms on the basis of how brief the daylight hours were. As daylight began noticeably decreasing in September, some people were affected. By the time the days bracketing the winter solstice came, almost everyone in the study group was affected. Then, as the season moved away from the solstice toward spring with lengthening daylight hours, the number of affected people began to decline. By the end of May, almost everyone was back to their old selves, some unfortunately even switching into what psychiatrists call mania. To make sure that this association between change in mood and amount of light was more than just mere coincidence, the next step was to supply light to see if it they could reverse the SAD mood. They used two different kinds of light; just to make sure the extra attention paid to the SAD patients wasn't what helped resolve the depression. The dimmer, yellow light they used had no effect. However, the brighter light with a frequency spectrum more or less simulating the frequencies in sunlight, produced a marked change in mood in most (but not all) the patients who received that treatment. Their mood lightened, as it were, with the administration of light. Researchers at medical centers and clinics in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asian and Australia have had much success with light therapy in many thousands of patients with clear histories of SAD for at least several years. Marked improvement is usually observed within four or five days, if not sooner and symptoms often return in about the same amount of time when the lights are withdrawn. Some people take longer than the usual few days to respond to light. Soon after, several research centers initiated clinical trials, and more than 2,500 SAD patients have been studied to date. The method has also been used in private practices, in most cases by psychiatrists, but also by family doctors, psychologists, and psychiatric social workers and nurses 17. There are other spiritual influences present in many cases of depression which I wont go into here , they are real and can be extremely damaging to the self .But mentioning them here could be distressing to many people but for the 1% of you who are aware of spiritual matters I will send this info by e mail. Unfortunately it has been my experience that these can play a major role in giving you depression . 18 another thing that helps more than you think--- hugs – get someone who has some empathy with you to give you a 2-3 min hug not 10 secs but a real hug - see how that feels 19 exercise for those of you who are up to it –find an exercise though that you enjoy walking , running fencing ,climbing, whatever – but something you enjoy 20. the option method - i see this at the minute as a discovery tool for the person about himself or about the conditions they find them self in. About discovering why they are unhappy i can conceive of this also aiding change to some degree within a person . of course this can help with depression where the problem lies within the person ,about himself . see http://www.optionmethodnetwork.com/ or www.option.org 21. coping with bad feelings i would like to add something to this topic ------- you see a lot of people have bad feelings and unpleassant feelings,, what many do not realise is that these feelings are not from themselves .. ie they are from outside forces which is all i want to say on that angle unless you are very spiritualy minded ..... how ever here is a tool for dealing with some of these unwanted feelings......given to me and i can personaly testify to its effectiveness ..when wielded with total ruthlessness and total resolve....and conviction.. that tool is the sword of light -----using your imagination visualise a sword of light and hold and feel it in your hand swing it and feel the way it moves ... many of you will want to practise using this on objects inanimate objects --realy see it feel it and make it come alive......if it helps become a real jedi ..whatever helps.. do not use this on the general people for like any other weapon or misuse of power there is a price for improper use..... but whenever you get a feeling an unpleasant feeling an unwanted feeling wield it then all around you .....you will be surprised how many of these so called feelings disappear when used exactly as described ...... This tool has been tested many times and it works... I would be interested in hearing your experiences with this tool.... Hope you enjoy the read and find the will to tackle the problem, as I said at the beginning getting these things in place can be challenging but not impossible. Like I said at the beginning I consider these to be major influences that can affect the way you feel –there are no promises of a total cure here. phil In , " skelly " <pierced_wit_tatts wrote: > > what is good for bad panic attacks and depression? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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