Today I want to speak about something that brings up a lot of pushback by those who believe in the ‘chemical imbalance’ as spouted by the pharmaceutical companies as the reason that so many people need their drugs. This comes as a result of an interaction that I just had with a person on Quora who feels that antidepressants saved her life and basically told me that I was a quack.
Well, to tell you the truth, it is rather difficult to have an opinion about someone you have never met or worked within the manner in which one is condemning you, so I take it all with a grain of salt. However, her point is something that I do want to speak to because it is something that is very important in the situation in which we find ourselves where so many are feeling overwhelmed, to the point of major depression and terrible anxiety attacks.
We need to understand that our bodies create these symptoms for a purpose. It isn’t a lack of chemically-based SSRIs (or whatever patented medications are out there to be used) that are the answer for the great many. For the 30% that they work for they will put a bandaid on the symptoms while never looking at the ’cause’ of the problem – the “WHY?” behind why the body is giving these symptoms in the first place.
If it is an emotional reason for having these problems, best to clear out the emotional triggers to these issues – I do this with my clients with a combination of hypnosis and NLP techniques including doing inner child, forgiveness work, and learning how to create safe emotional boundaries with others. However, this is not the only reason why a person may have these symptoms, and to deny that is further harming the client/patient.
Let’s look at other causes for these problems:
Given all the preservatives and other chemicals that are in the foods that most Americans eat, the body is malnourished. In fact, the produce and livestock are also poisoned with genetically modified feed so that the herbicides and insecticides won’t kill the plants. The plants that the livestock you eat are eating or the plants that you are eating are full of these poisons. There are all sorts of waxes and other chemicals put on the produce that one never learns about to keep the produce looking colorful and healthy, yet really demonstrate how manufactured it all is. There are also antibiotics given to the animals not only to keep them from getting sick being in close proximity to one another, but the antibiotics also make the animals grow much quicker.
Organic food is the best way to go, but even then things are mislabeled and even sold as organic at the farmer’s markets in the US by people who bought the stuff where the grocers buy their conventional food. Sadly, one really cannot know for sure what one is buying. My main point here is that the food that we eat does matter in terms of our bodies being able to take the nutrition we are eating to create all the bodily chemistry needed for us to function well. And, that all depends on the minerals that are in the soil as well because much of the farmland in the US is depleted of the minerals that our bodies require.
Hormonal imbalances are another issue that causes a lot of symptoms that look like depression and anxiety but has nothing to do with mental health per se. I had two nurses come to me who needed to have bioidentical hormones compounded for them to let go of their symptoms of depression. They were both going through menopause at the time. Thyroid and adrenal issues can cause these problems as well.
Medication side-effects including the antidepressants themselves can cause both suicidal and homicidal thoughts especially in teens which is why there are black-box labels on them at this time.
A lack of B-12 was an issue that one Quoran wrote on as the reason for her symptoms of depression after years of not being able to be treated with antidepressants. They just never worked for her. She was a bit older and often older people have a problem with metabolizing B-12 and many other necessary nutrients, so this is something that needs to be considered especially in the over 60s crowd.
There is also a genetic issue that can cause what looks like depression which is not depression called Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR). According to this article in PubMed:
“Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) which is a key enzyme for the critical process of one-carbon metabolism involving folate and homocysteine metabolisms. It is known that some polymorphism of MTHFR would result in reduction of MTHFR enzyme activity as well as DNA methylation process, later shown to have significant impacts in various psychiatric diseases.”
If you are a person who is taking these medications and are finding that they are doing well by you, fantastic – just don’t believe that this is the case in the majority of cases because even those mental health professionals who were the most staunch believers of medication are understanding that they really aren’t the way for the majority of their patients who are still unable to be helped with them over their lifetimes.
The investigation into the root cause of the problem needs to be found and coupled with a compelling future to make it worth the effort to actually deal with the issues to overcome these very challenging symptoms. I know having overcome my own diagnosis of bipolar 2 – medication did indeed stabilize me for over a decade, till the medication toxified my kidneys (my kidneys are fine now, so no issue there), and then thankfully Tad James was able to help me deal with the underlying negative emotions with Time Line Therapy (R). That was back in February 2004 and I have never needed medication or a psychiatrist since then. My ex-psychiatrist did follow me for 10 months after I went off the low dose of medication I was on at the time and gave me her blessing when I terminated my 13 years of being her patient as there were no longer any symptoms – meaning the illness was no more.
So, please understand that our bodies are very complex and that taking a pill isn’t necessarily the correct action for many. I tell my clients that depression is much like pain in that it is a symptom for which the cause needs to be found to truly get rid of the problem. And, that means looking at the body as a whole, not just one small piece of the puzzle.
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Suzanne Kellner-Zinck founded Dawning Visions Hypnosis in 2002, She has become an innovator in the use of hypnotism and neuro-linguistic programming in the areas of obsessive compulsive disorders such as: eating disorders, sexual addiction and substance abuse as well as working with those with anxiety and mood disorders.
Her clients have come to work with her from across the United States and as far away as Africa to help them to finally be freed from these emotional issues that once ruled their lives. Today she is in the process of bringing her work to many more in the form of ebooks and other downloadable formats.
She is a member of American Holistic Medical Association and the American College for Advancement in Medicine.
Prior to founding Dawning Visions Hypnosis, Kellner-Zinck worked within vendor programs for the mentally ill working to help them to live up to their fullest potential. Many of her previous clients were able to move out on their own and find fulfilling work.
Kellner-Zinck is a Certified Trainer of Hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic programing through Tad James Company, Inc. and a Master Hypnotist and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming through Advanced Neuro Dynamics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in education and political studies from Curry College.
Dawning Visions Hypnosis is teaching people that they can indeed leave their unwanted behaviors behind as they move forward to living fulfilling and joy filled lives.
