Well, as you can see from the replies so
far received, drugs help some people but
not all people. Drug therapy is a very
controversial topic, because we are
bombarded with the idea that depression
can only be treated by drugs and/or
psychotherapy. We live in a age of
‘chemical happiness’.
But drugs can only mask the symptoms and
do not redress the causes of depression.
Most people have to take their drugs for
the rest of their life, just as we do when
diabetic.
If depression is due to a serotonin
imbalance, which I think is one of the
causes, then we should ask why we cannot
produce sufficient serotonin for us to
feel happy, relaxed and content when we
should. And if depression is due to a
chemical imbalance in the brain , then we
cannot expect talk therapy to be much
helpful either because we are dealing with
a physical disease.
An alternative way of looking at
depression is to consider this to be a
nutritional disorder, a notion that is not
as yet generally accepted.
But to understand this approach we have to
realize that the brain depends on
biological energy to be able to synthesize
serotonin and other ‘happy’ hormones.
This is produced from the foods we eat.
The energy is derived from the sugars we
eat and when there is an obstruction in
the absorption and metabolism of sugar, as
in the case of insulin resistance, then
the brain is starved of energy. It will
then trigger the release of stress
hormones such as adrenaline and so we have
an explanation for the varied and multiple
symptoms of ‘mental’ illness.
The no-drug treatment for hypoglycemia is
going on a hypoglycemic diet, that aims at
correcting unstable blood sugar levels,
insulin and stress hormones.
This is an entirely new approach and with
all things new, there will be considerable
objections by the old guard.
The hypoglycemic syndrome that can be
responsible for depression, can be
medically tested with a special gtth
described at our web site as:
“testing for hypoglycemia and how the
doctor can help” by dr george samra
sydney australia.
We also have paper-and-pencil test called
the nbi (search the web site.)
also read:
“depression a nutritional disoder” at
our web site
please familiarize yourself with the
connection between depression and
nutrition and discuss with your
therapist.
Jurriaan plesman, ba (psych) post grad dip
clin nutr
for more articles see
http://www.Hypoglycemia.Asn.Au
