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The Good News About Depression 

2/25/2015

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I have had periodic bouts of deep depression in my life… Who hasn't?  I sought help on all three levels - emotional, physical and spiritual.
 
All three modalities helped me but overall, my poorly functioning biochemistry prevented me from living a full life and my lack of vitality level prevented me from the ability to reprocess and clear traumas, until something happened in my life wherein I no longer cared to stay in a victimhood pattern. Unbeknown to me, God had created a dreadful and horrifying situation so I could eventually overcome my feelings of victimhood.

From that moment on, I did not have time to concentrate on me - God had made sure that the situation he handed me over was to help empower myself. He knew and had the confidence in me to clear the pathway. He basically gave me all the tools to be a warrior and I did just that! By taking action, and becoming stronger, my ill emotions shifted overnight.

​By the time I re-discovered Nutritional Balancing Science using results from hair mineral analysis while burnout from the ordeal, I was not feeling like a victim anymore, although it did show up on my hair test, which I believe is simply retracing and a need to work out some additional issues. ​The good news is I feel good! I am not depressed or in the very least, I do not let my emotions run my life.  By the Grace of God, I learned to take action and thus identify my needs. 

While depression has been described as the “common cold” of mental health, it should not be ignored, as it has the potential of ruining your life either on a short or long term.  Every present moment that someone is in a depressive mode, are moments that cannot later be taken back. 

Take the time for yourself and consider starting a nutritional balancing program as soon as possible so the dark cloud hanging over you can be replaced with sunshine! 

Your faithful servant,

Josephine, your Holistic health Consultant ©November 2014 

Following is an excerpt on Depression, written by Lawrence Wilson, MD

DEPRESSION - HOW TO OVERCOME IT


Depression is a very common and potentially serious condition.  Doctors often define it vaguely as having four or five or the following symptoms most of the day for at least two weeks.  These symptoms are:

Emotional Symptoms:


  • Constant sadness or an empty feeling
  • Irritability
  • Hopelessness
  • Feeling worthless or guilty for no reason
  • Loss of interest in favorite activities
Physical Symptoms:

  • Trouble sleeping
  • Low energy or fatigue
  • Significant weight change or appetite change
While these symptoms can be vague, when one learns about nutritional balancing science, the causes for many cases of depression become very clear.  Removing these causes makes the depression feelings lift often within weeks or months, without any need for drugs, hormones, or other interventions such as counseling.

A properly performed and correctly interpreted hair tissue mineral analysis or HTMA can identify at least a dozen causes for depression, and guide their correction, as well.  Often correction is quite simple, in fact.  Someday, I hope, doctors will realize that most depression is often biochemically-based and is amenable to correction in many cases using nutritional balancing science.  This article discusses some of the more common biochemical, emotional, mental and other causes for depression and how to correct it.


Warning: Anyone who has feelings of wanting to harm or kill oneself or others should immediately see a qualified doctor for help.  Do not attempt to solve these types of depression problems by yourself.

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CAUSES OF DEPRESSION

In my experience with literally thousands of people with feelings of depression, by far the most important causes are nutritional imbalances.  Here are the main biochemical and nutritional imbalances associated with feelings of depression.

1. Low Energy  


Many people feel depressed because they are  tired or burned out.  Many have what I call adrenal burnout. Depression is just the body’s way of saying it is too tired to want to do much or anything.

The body is toxic, nutritionally depleted, and generally the body chemistry is also out of balance in terms of the oxidation rate and the major mineral ratios in the tissues.  The adrenal glands and/or thyroid glands are often very underactive.

Such people must drag themselves through life, often using stimulants like caffeine, sugar, worry or even use anger as a stimulant just to function.  Life is not much fun.  This gives rise to negative thoughts and negative emotions. The main one is depression.

The body cells may literally send one messages all day long that the body is not well, it does not feel like doing things, and there is little hope.  Everything is more difficult when one is exhausted, and the entire world looks bleak.  In contrast, when one has so much energy one feels like conquering the world, depression is unlikely. 


2. A Simple Need For Rest And Sleep  

This can be a simple cause for depression if it is due to simple lack of rest and sleep.  This cannot be emphasized strongly enough.  The most important factor is often going to bed very early, by 9 PM or even earlier.  Sleep a lot more, and see if your symptoms improve.  If you cannot rest or sleep well, take extra calcium and magnesium at bedtime, herbs such as valerian, or 5 htp, melatonin, or even a medical prescription drug if nothing else helps.

Sleep is absolutely critical for all aspects of health, including your thoughts and emotions.  So do not overlook this important and simple cause for depression.  

3. Low Levels of Adrenal Hormones 


The adrenal glands secrete cortisol, a hormone that provides a natural “high”.  For example, professional athletes and others who take cortisone shots for pain often feel a slight euphoria from this drug.  This is one reason why cortisone is used for pain control.  When the adrenals are exhausted, cortisol production diminishes and the natural high is gone, replaced by achiness, fatigue and often a lowered mood and depression.

A simple test for this is whether you are achy in the morning.  If you are a little stiff and it gets better as the day goes on, your adrenal glands may be tired out and usually nutritionally depleted.  This is extremely common.  The reason the aches and perhaps depression feelings improve as the day goes on is that the adrenals may begin to work better as the day progresses, usually due to stimulating them in some way with caffeine, sugar, worry, fear, etc.  Rebuilding the adrenals does not require any bio-identical hormones and I do not ever use them.
Thyroid

4. Low Thyroid Activity  

This is another cause for depression that is extremely common.  It is related to nutritionally depleted and exhausted adrenal glands.  However, do not take thyroid hormones, in my view, even if your blood T3 and T4 are low.  Nutritional balancing programs, with kelp, vitamins, minerals, digestive aids and several other products, can almost always rebuild and detoxify your thyroid so it works properly.  It is usually much better than hormone replacement therapy, in my experience.

For example, most people need more iodine, and must avoid iodine antagonists like fluorides, chlorides and bromides.  We much prefer using kelp as the iodine source rather than other iodine preparations, which are often a little toxic and can build up in the body.  


MINERALS AND DEPRESSION


5. High Tissue Calcium and Magnesium  

Mineral analyses of the hair of those with depression usually reveal elevated levels of calcium and magnesium.  Calcium stabilizes cell membranes and increases the voltage at which nerve cells fire.  This effectively has a depressive effect on the central nervous system.  This means that you may feel depressed because you have too much calcium in your body tissues.

This is an extremely common cause of depression.  It is a type of depression in which one often feels a sort of heaviness and numbness in the body.  The awareness level may also be lowered, causing one to have odd thoughts and feelings.


6. Copper Toxicity  

A very common mineral imbalance associated with feelings of depression is elevated copper.  This is very common today, due to zinc deficiency, copper in the environment, vegetarian diets, the use of steroid drugs and birth control pills, and due to exhausted adrenal glands.  This type of depression is often accompanied by excessive emotions of many types such as anger, rage, frustration and others.

Women are somewhat more prone to this cause of depression, and it may be worse around the time of the menstrual period in younger women.  Beware that the copper level in the blood, the urine and in the hair can all be normal.  To identify copper toxicity, I find the best method is to use what are called the hidden copper indicators on a properly performed hair tissue mineral analysis.   To learn about this, and to read more about this cause of depression, read Copper toxicity Syndrome.

7. Nickel Toxicity 


Toxicity with nickel is highly associated with a severe type of depression, usually accompanied by suicidal thoughts.  Usually anger is present as well.  This is a very important cause of depression because one may want to kill oneself when it is present.  Amazingly, when the nickel is removed from the body, which can occur within a few months on a properly designed nutritional balancing program, all of a sudden, the depressed and suicidal thoughts just go away, even when one’s life has not changed in other ways.

Note that elevated nickel may not show up on the first hair mineral test, as it can be hidden deep within the brain or other body organs.  

8. Cadmium and Other Toxic Metals

Depression can also result when other toxic metals are present in excess in the body.  These include cadmium, lead, arsenic, aluminum and a dozen others.  They contribute to fatigue, aches and pains, and mental sluggishness.  Many children are born today with too much of these common metals. They are also found in organ meats, some tap water, junk food, medical drugs, cigarette smoke and in drugs like marijuana especially if smoked.

Toxic metals may interfere with energy production, alter neurotransmitter levels and can affect all body systems. Excess copper, mercury, cadmium, lead and aluminum are often found in the tissue mineral tests of those with depression. 

9. Deficiencies of Nutrient Minerals, Vitamins, Amino Acids and other Important Nutrients

This is another critical cause of depression in millions of people today.  The rest of this article discusses some aspects of this cause in more detail.

Correct The Entire Biochemistry for Best Results  


Biochemical factors are very important today as contributors to depression.  Correcting body chemistry, which is not the same as using symptomatic remedies, is an important factor in correcting any depression.  Even if imbalanced chemistry is not the primary factor, it will enhance the effects of psychotherapy, counseling and other therapies. 

HOW TO PROCEED TO OVERCOME DEPRESSION

Testing with hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) can be a very helpful step to identify many imbalances, including mental, emotional and spiritual ones, believe it or not. 


A HTMA will not only reveal the amount of toxic chemicals you have in your body but it will also provide a metabolic blueprint of your own unique biochemistry. From there, we will set up a nutritional balancing protocol designed for you. 


To get tested for toxic chemicals simply contact me directly and we can determine how toxic your body is
!

Source: Lawrence Wilson MD © January 2012, The Center for Development.

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2 Comments
Kalli Prince
8/24/2017 10:54:00 am

Hi---interested in hair analysis to try and determine causes for severe depression and chemical imbalance.

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Josephine
8/24/2017 12:50:17 pm

Hi Kalli,

please email me at josephinefdn@gmail.com

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Please note that there is only one nutritional balancing science, developed by Dr. Paul Eck. All other claims made by other practitioners, not approved by Dr. Lawrence Wilson on his site, have altered Dr. Eck's principles and as such have no in depth understanding of the science, which is very unfortunate.  

Further, altering even one aspect of a nutritional balancing program often ruins it rather completely.  This could be substituting different products that you like better, skipping an aspect of the diet or the supplements, or implementing other diets, such as GAPS OR PALEO, OR something else that people do all the time, such for example using other forms of meditation, other than what is recommended by Dr. Wilson.  In other words, using other products or diets, or meditation, conflicts with the entire program and it seriously reduces its effectiveness. Thus, nutritional balancing science is completely integrated, meaning that the sciences are used together in very unique way and should not be altered by yourself or other practitioners.  


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