Posted by vince on May 13, 2001, at 21:06:18
In reply to Re: Everyone please read » Neal, posted by JasonL on May 13, 2001, at 16:13:45
> Neal,
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> Six weeks ago I picked up the book. I was at my end. Ready to die. Today, I am glad to be alive. My body is healing itself. No antidepressent can ever replicate the power and innate beaity of our own bodies to heal and get the job done.
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> I hope you find this helpful. You can contact me and I will share with you as much as I know.
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> Because of the hell I have been through, it is my goal to share my success with as many people as I can. I believe that some day, doctors and psychiatrists will incorporate these ideas in their practice as more and more possitive results emerge.
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> Wishing you well,
>
> Jason LohrJason,
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. However, I have become very skeptical of natural cures for depression. I have tried many diets in my life for weight loss, ranging from the Pritikan diet to the Atkins diet, with the Zone diet in between. None of the diets I have tried have made a bit of difference in my mood. So I remain cynical of claims about diet or nutrition as a treatment for mood disorders. I've even tried the nutrition program called True Hope. I was assured it had a 90% success rate in curing CNS related disorders including BPD and major depression. It didn't help. It might have made my ruminations worse. I don't believe that I just happened to be one of the unlucky one in ten.But then again, I've been through many, many conventional treatments for depression, most of the drugs available in this country tca's, ssri's maoi's, atypicals, various combinations, augmentations, neuroleptics, antipsychotics, and as many of the foreign drugs that I could get my hands on. And even though none of these have offered any flicker of relief from the grayish, blackish hell of an existence, I keep looking and keep trying other medications as options come available. I don't even think of this in terms of skepticism nor hope only in terms of, 'what else is there to do?'.
So what the hell, maybe I'll read the book. I doubt that it will help, but what else is there to do?.
Vince
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