Posted by bleauberry on August 14, 2011, at 9:43:37
In reply to Maybe this is as good as it gets..., posted by mellow on August 12, 2011, at 22:46:27
Ok, so I don't know you or your history or much of anything except what is in your post. That said, my first impression is that you are not a psychiatric patient. You have other stuff involved that is not going to be dealt with by psych meds, and in fact may be made worse by them. That is just one person's opinion with the limited information. I see a lot of clues in what you wrote.
I think you could do a lot better by strengthening the body against all kinds of insults, and that a side benefit of that is mood problems would vanish.
Unfortunately that is a topic that seems remote, foreign, and greek to most of us here. We are so focused on meds....the trees...that we never look at the whole picture....the forest.
Adaptogens. I think you could use one. Which one we don't know. Study them and get familiar with them. My top picks would be Rhodiola, Eleuthero, Ashwaganda. These will work on overall mood stability, lessen or stop swings, energy, cognitive function, and strengthen the body against all kinds of stresses and insults.
Diet. if it isn't really clean, clean it up. By that I mean try gluten free for a couple weeks. At every sitting you should be looking at mostly veggies on your plate, with smaller portions of proteins and carbs. We can't totally avoid sugars or caffeine realistically, but we can reduce them to a bare minimum.
Anti-microbial and anti-toxin stuff....raw garlic or supplements (not de-odorized,,,the good is in the odor), NAC, lots of purified water.
So let's speed forward about 6 months and say you've tried all the above, you've found a couple rather helpful, the others not. Now we can focus on specific supplements or herbs for specific symptoms or reasons, knowing we have at least covered the basics up to this point. Or, it shouldn't be a surprise, you might find in 6 months you have your life back and don't change a thing.
In any case, I could be wrong, I just don't see this new chapter of your life going the pdoc direction as being very fruitful, and possibly harmful. I am all in favor of meds for certain people and certain situations, but I just don't sense that in your case.
Simple basic things in the american way of life cause serious problems and we just seem to bury our heads in the sand and think they have nothing to do with anything. Why is it we have the best medicals on the planet and yet our people keep getting sicker? What's up with that? Ought to tell us something. Our wheat is not good. Our water is not good. Those trace amounts of poisons on our foods...not good. Crap they feed the animals that we eat...not good. I could go on. And how about the intense stress of everyday normal living in today's society and this horrid economy? Geez, no wonder we all think we need a pdoc.
I think you can do some stuff to help thyself and probably be surprised. So when you ask if this is as good as it gets, I am pounding the table with my fists saying absolutely not. Is it the best it can get with what a doctor has at their disposal...maybe, probably, imo.
Oh and forgot to mention a good tea. It's called Calm made by Tazo. Good stuff in it, only small amounts, synergy. Among them are two superstars we hardly ever hear anything about....lemon balm and licorice. Look, I could go on for hours writinig about what the things I have mentioned in this post actually do, but I only have this one day off and am not looking to write a book. Just saying, there's a lot of stuff you can do that is not only therapeutic for your direct concerns, but additionally life improving and global health improving at the same time as side effects. And of course, in your case and many others, I see a good fit for Resveratrol (not the kind made from grapes, must be the kind made from polygonum cuspidatum commonly called japanese knotweed). Source Naturals has some, but I prefer to suggest the whole plant capsules made by Green Dragon Botanicals.
Hope. Tons of it. Just don't rely on a doctor for it. They have told me with their own words they don't know what we think they know and they can't help as much as we hope they can. Reality is what it is. Thankfully God put everything we need on this planet for us to use. We just have to gather them.
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