Posted by JasonL on March 28, 2001, at 14:29:09
In reply to Re: New theories of mental disorders needed (long), posted by Eric on March 28, 2001, at 10:06:30
This has been a an interesting string.
One of the absolute major problems with mantal illness, and medicine in particular is the over all lack of wholeness by which alopathic, western medicine approaches the health of the human body. I've been doing a tremendous amount of study in this area. Its part of my ADD spectrum of super focus.
Depression is a manifestation of the body not working. Genes has something to do with it. We get what we get, but its not predetermined. One might look into "functional medicine" where blood, urine, hair analysis can show certain deficiencies or excess in the body. It has been suggested that often the problem is too much of a mineral, vitamin, ect. in the body that is causing disturbabnces. Human phsysiolgy is emensely importent in depression. It had been show that people with ADD have sugar sensitivity problems that prevent the propper amount of DA an NE from being released into the brain. Also the role of fats is enormous. Implicated in metal disorders, alcoholism, sugar problems...the brain is sixty percent fat. I read an interesting article of a young autistic child that was treated, after thourough diagnostics of blood work, fats, minerals, such that the doctor was stunned when he returned monthhs later. Check the sites exporepub.com, isopathic therapys, biomedx.com.
Analysis of depressed folks tend to show lowered levels of cholesterol, iron, potassium, albumin, urea, nitrogen, and elevated triglycerides. Researches need to study problems with fatty acid metabolism, coenzymes that break proteins and fats down. Some have suggested that depresion has roots in abnormal gut function. (Serotonin is found in high concentrations in the gut.) Another interesting place to check out is the CBC products page and work of Nancy Kane? and her Body Bio Centre in New Jersey. She is the one who turned this autistic child around with certain fatty acids and minerals, ect.Also we would have to consider the funtion of the immune system and metabolism and endocrine system. Hell! Its all related. The major problem thus far being able to acurated see, acurately diagnose what the hell is going on in the bidy.
We are a long way awy from solving this mess. My feeling is that the break throughs will not come with new pharmaceuticals, but with entire shifts in the way doctors and humantiy view the body as a whole.
JAsonL
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