Alternative Medicines And/or Home Remedies for Depression?
Question by Drummer Chick: Alternative medicines and/or home remedies for depression? I have already come to the conclusion that I have clinical depression.Although I never been officially diagnosed,it is quite obvious and has been proven by multiple online tests.Over the past month,I have been taking “St. John’s Wart” religiously and using aroma therapy to help with the symptoms.My mother is against taking me to the doctor due to her disapproval of modern medicine.She asks that I search online for alternative,natural medicines and home remedies.Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.Thank you! Best answer: Read more... ...
My Experience With Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy (ECT)
... experience with Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy (ECT) – VISIT MY BLOG AT: slmercer.blogspot.com I voluntarily underwent Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy in May of 2010. Prior to my Lyme diagnosis. I had completed a year and a half of psych treatment and had been on every drug and done over a year of intensive therapy. I had also voluntarily admitted myself to three psych wards over a period of 8 months. I was under the misconception that staying in one would mean doctors would have to ‘fix me’ before I went home. Obviously, that didn’t happen because I was misdiagnosed. The Lyme mainly caused neuro deficits. It ...
Indian River County Community Calendar, Updated Jan. 10
... Weight-Loss Coaching Group: 6-7:30 p.m. Alternative Medicine Family Care Center, 3408 Aviation Blvd., Vero Beach. $ 20. … Parkinson's Therapy Consultation: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 10, 17, 24 ….. Anxiety & Depression Workshop: 6-7 p.m. Jan. 15. Read more on TCPalm PTSD: The Soldier's Private War Briefly, TMS uses an oscillating magnetic field to release neurotransmitters over the course of a month of daily outpatient treatments; it bears no resemblance whatever to shock therapy. We were informed by the manufacturer of the NeuroStar TMS … Read more on Truth-Out Read ...
Why Would a Drug Rehab Center Put a 16 Year Old Boy on Antidepressants and Antipsychotics Without?
Question by .: Why would a drug rehab center put a 16 year old boy on antidepressants and antipsychotics without? diagnosing him with depression or any mental disorder, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder? They are administering these drugs to him for aggressiveness and behavioral problems. Since when have antipsychotics been used in adolescents for aggressive behavior? Is this ethical? Is this the 21st century version of electroshock therapy and lobotomy? Why is a drug rehab facility taking someone off of street drugs and putting him on pharmaceutical drugs? Best answer: Answer by Jaymaybe their trying to ween him off the other drugs. Read more... ...
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Electroconvulsive Therapy – — Treatment resistant adolescent depression with upper airway resistance … Filed under: electroshock therapy for depression Case presentationAn 18-year-old Caucasian man presented to our sleep disorders center with chronic severe depression that was no longer responsive to medication but that had recently responded to electroconvulsive therapy. Ancillary, persistent … Read more on 7thSpace Interactive (press release) Medicare & Magellan Behavioral Health to Cover TMS Treatment for Depression Filed under: electroshock therapy for depression Read more... ...
Electrick Shock?
Question by sanko: electrick shock? According to a review of 61 studies of patients suffering from severely debilitating depression, a large majority of the patients reported that missing a night’s sleep immediately lifted their depression. Yet sleep-deprivation is not used to treat depression even though the conventional treatments, which use drugs and electric shocks, often have serious side effects Look at this line “Yet sleep-deprivation is not used to treat depression….” sleep-deprivation means no sleep………..so do they mean if a person is not allowed to sleep then there will be no depression ? Read more... ...