Archive for May, 2010

Considerations to Make When Living With Someone With Depression

Friday, May 7th, 2010 No Commented
Under: Depression

There are several different types of depression, and not all of them can be changed by will alone. Loss of a loved one, losing a job and personal tragedies may be helped without medications, but clinical depression and bipolar disorder are real, and they are caused by chemical imbalances. These require something, be it supplement or prescription, to help bring balance back.
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There is a problem with this picture. While strides have been made in changing the general attitude about depression, those who suffer from it still feel as if it is a personal failing. This is one of the things you will probably have to help with if you are living with someone with depression. You may feel helpless, but there are many other things you may be able to help with.

1) Talking it Out: When depression is caused by something that has happened, talking about it is going to be very important. It’s also not going to be easy and will probably involved a lot of Kleenex. Encourage discussion but don’t press too hard. Be prepared for many different emotions to be displayed, including anger, self doubt, loneliness and frustration. These are all natural emotions and it’s best if they are brought out in the open and discussed without judgment.

2) Seek Medical Help: As mentioned above, there are times when it will take a doctor to help resolve the issue. If you suspect there is more to the depression than grief, it may be time for a diagnosis. Without that, nothing can be done with any degree of safety. The person you are trying to help may resist the idea, and forcing them to go may be a mistake. However, if you suspect the situation has gotten to the point that someone’s life may be in danger, over rule the resistance.

3) Find out Options: Nowadays, there are many different treatment options, including some herbal remedies. If the diagnosis is mild to moderate, St. John’s Wort may be an appropriate method. Bipolar disorder and major depression should only be treated by prescriptions as they do not respond appropriately to these problems.
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4) Follow Doctor’s Orders: Once the person starts to feel better, the temptation to stop taking the medications or supplements may be great. This is not a good idea, unless the doctor agrees. It is very likely that the imbalance will return, and it could be worse than before.

5) Offer Quiet, Nonjudgmental Support: Recovering is going to take time and it may not be easy, especially at first. Encourage involvement in favorite past times, but don’t push.

If you need support, there are depression support groups that may be able to help. They may have more suggestions on how you can help your loved one. Don’t be afraid to reach out.

Lose Weight the Vegetarian Style

Thursday, May 6th, 2010 No Commented
Under: Weight Loss

I’ve worked with quite a number of overweight vegetarians and help them lose weight vegetarian style effectively. My method is very simple. Find out the causes of your overweight problem and then work reverse to counteract the effect. Simply put, if there are things you’re doing to gain weight, there must be things you can do to lose back the weight again. Let’s go identify what exactly triggers your weight gain and turn you into an overweight vegetarian. Then from there, we’ll apply the right medicine to cure your fat problem, and lose weight vegetarian easily and safely.
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1. Have You Been Eating Lots of Sweetened Food?

Most sweetened foods are created with refined sugar. Your body will need to use up 27 key nutrients (calcium, magnesium, potassium, vitamin B1, B2 etc) just to digest this little white devil. These 27 nutrients are actually meant to keep your metabolism functioning properly so as to help you maintain your weight. That’s why those who eat lots of high-sugar food tend to have their midsection grow unstoppably.

Tip: Substitute with vegetarian foods made from unrefined sugar since it contains useful minerals, unlike simple sugar which carries nothing good for you but calories. However, control your intake even though it’s unrefined because unrefined sugar also carries high calories.

2. Did You Eat Plenty of Vegetables?

I’ve seen overweight vegetarians eating fruits, nuts and seeds and other whole grain foods, except vegetables. They don’t eat vegetables probably because they don’t like its bland taste and texture. No doubt these people lose weight vegetarian initially, but they soon reach a weight loss plateau for not getting a full spectrum of nutrients.

Tip: Include vegetables by blending with fruits into smoothies for easier consumption. Make it a 2:3 ratio.

3. Have You Been Eating Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP)?

TVP is helpful in transitioning to a full vegetarian. However, ingesting too much can increase your total caloric intake because most TVP foods are infused with simple sugar, sodium and bad saturated fat.

Tip: Try to phase out your TVP one by one and increase your whole food intake like fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, legumes, whole grains etc.
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These are just the 3 common fattening causes for most overweight vegetarians. In a nutshell, to lose weight vegetarian effectively, you must control your calorie intake and boost your metabolism. Once you have these 2 elements in place, you can easily write your name off the “Overweight Vegetarian Club”.

Coping With Autism Diagnosis

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 No Commented
Under: Autism

It is only normal and natural to feel a certain sense of loss when your child is diagnosed with an Autistic Spectrum Condition or a diagnosis of any kind that puts the child in a Special Needs category. It could be Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Asperger’s, Pervasive Development Disorder, ADHD, Tourette’s, or any other mental disabillity and any other mental and physical disabilities.
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Knowing that your child or loved one that you once dreamt of is not the ideal and flawless child and the dream is shattered is very heartbreaking and emotionally upsetting. It can even break a relationship. It may perhaps damage a perfectly normal relationship to cause an immense psychological strain on a relationship.

It undoubtedly puts a huge strain on a family, the family members including siblings and especially the main carer. Psychotherapy or any counselling should be sought to help you with this side of your relationship. Talking through the strain can only help you, your child and your relationship with your partner. Having someone to support each other can only strengthen the relationship and serve to help your child.

Overcoming the hurdle of the initial diagnosis, is by no means an easy one and you must overcome this obstacle and difficulty, by thinking foremost of your child’s needs and the fact that your child needs you to help them. Always try to get the help that they need for them and for you.

Your child or loved one is and always be (whether on a large or small scale) a special needs child who is special and needs special care. Don’t as a parent or carer think of it as a disability (which it clearly is). However, you must think of it in a way that your child is indeed “special” in the most unique way possible and your child ultimately “needs” you, in your own eyes. Therefore, you cannot and should never let your child down. Although, there are days where this may not be possible, we are human after all and we can break down at times. Believe me this has happened to me a number of times. If you have a male partner, you’ll find that it is much harder for them, at least the majority of mothers learn to control their feelings in front of the child most of the time. Learn to go through these feelings, don’t dwell on it, pick yourself back up and help your child or loved one. Never give up entirely.

The only person your child or loved one can rely on is YOU. You have to make yourself stronger both mentally and physically. Be prepared to be strong so that you are prepared psychologically and physically for the challenges. These are challenges and not problems that will inevitably lie ahead of you and your life. I am not going to say that there won’t be challenges, there will be to varying degrees of challenges, depending on the child and how you are handling it. Even with a normal typical child, there will be challenges but to a different extent.

Bereave, cry, seek help, therapy and anything you can to overcome this grief. You will ultimately overcome this grief, it might take a few weeks, months, years but you will triumph over this. Believe in yourself and your child and you’ll overcome this shock of your child’s diagnosis and feeling of being deprived of a normal child you thought you had.

Start focusing on your life and your child in your life. Take one day as it comes and don’t look too much in the future as to what will happen or what won’t happen. Think about what might happen when you are in your child’s life supporting and helping them. Think of helping the child every day and in every way in their special life, with their special needs, that only you being the carer or parent will take care of personally. You will look for seeking further help for them and on their behalf.
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I recommend seeking and attending support groups as soon as you feel ready after the diagnosis and get involved. Meeting other parents in similar circumstances, seeking guidance and support, try to seek therapy for your family and/or child, attending courses on how to deal with the challenging behaviors, etc. This can all help. Read as many books and learn strategies to handle behavioral problems, learn from Autism forums, the internet on what to do and find support groups local to where you are. In the UK, we have NAS – National Autistic Society and in the USA there are far more Autistic Organizations. Take it from me, I have experienced all of this and I conquered it. If I can overcome and conquer this, so can you.

Childhood Diabetes

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 No Commented
Under: Diabetes

Scientific Breakthrough – Diabetes Can Be Reversed

A diagnosis of diabetes is not a death sentence for your child. It does mean that you, as parents, must make some significant lifestyle changes, because this disease is reversible.

Diabetes takes hold when the pancreas stops or reduces its flow of insulin into the body. Insulin is a hormone that converts sugar into glucose, from which the cells in our muscles and body tissues derive their energy. No glucose, no energy to do much of anything. The problem is that too much sugar and carbohydrates that are converted into sugar overload the pancreas. It’s only one organ and can only do so much. And in some case the body cells refuse to accept deliveries of glucose.

The National Institutes of Health says,

“Physical activity and weight loss help the body respond better to insulin. By losing weight and being more physically active, people with insulin resistance or pre-diabetes may avoid developing type 2 diabetes.”

Therein lies the problem. Where do you start to rehabilitate whatever has been damaged?

Here’s an explanation of what the medical profession says is going on:

Type 1 Diabetes – The cause for this diagnosis is simply that the pancreas has stopped making insulin. Your pediatrician may believe that the answer to this problem is to prescribe drugs and/or injections of insulin. This, of course, treats the symptoms of diabetes, but it does nothing to fight what’s causing the disease-the pancreas.

Type 2 Diabetes is the diagnosis when the pancreas manufactures less and less insulin needed to convert the sugar into glucose. Another scenario is when the pancreas is supplying enough insulin but the body cells are refusing to accept it.

Gestational Diabetes occurs during pregnancy and usually disappears after delivery.

Pre-diabetes refers to people who have a problem with high blood sugar but have not yet reached the chronic stage.

Recent research discovered just what may be going on and respected physicians and microbiologists have found the answer.

People living in the Western world began a downhill slide 100 years ago. People began adding more and more carbohydrates to their diet-things like sugar-loaded soft drinks, white enriched bread, biscuits, cakes, pies, snack foods, candy, tobacco and alcohol.

People in undeveloped countries seldom contract cardio-vascular disease, various cancers, arthritis, and, of course, diabetes… They have diets with fewer carbohydrates.

Some members of the scientific community agree that Western Civilization is destroying the pancreas by forcing it to struggle against the sugar onslaught. In many cases the pancreas just wears out.

So where is my government? What is the FDA doing,” you ask?

“The thing that bugs me is that people think the Food and Drug Administration is protecting them — it isn’t. What the FDA is doing and what the public thinks it’s doing are as different as night and day.”

- Dr. Herbert L. Ley, former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration

Does that answer your question?

The most important tips I can pass along to you in this article are once the diagnosis is confirmed, regardless of what type diabetes your child has, to begin making significant lifestyle changes.

1. Begin by setting the example. Cut way back on the carbs: Eliminate the “white” foods like potatoes, rice, white bread, cakes, pies and cookies.

2. Regulate what your child drinks – absolutely no sugar-packed soft drinks. Water is the best thing going to begin cleansing the body.

3. My wife (she was pre-diabetic) and I just started taking Alpha Lipoic Acid supplements. They are a powerful anti-oxidant and will benefit the diabetic. (Get them at Walmart.)

4. Learn all you can about the disease.

Depressive Disorder Symptoms

Monday, May 3rd, 2010 No Commented
Under: Depression

Depressive disorder is a state of low mood and aversion to activity. A depressed person is having feelings of sadness, helplessness and hopelessness. Feeling “depressed” is often similar to feeling “sad”, but both clinical depressive disorder and non-clinical depressive disorder can also refer to a conglomeration of more than one feeling.
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What are the major symptoms of the depressive disorder?

- Psychological or physiological wear out and loss of vitality

- Feelings of guilt, hopelessness, anxiety, dread, or weakness

- Reduced amount of involvement or joy in all, or almost all, daily activities mostly every day

- Altering appetite and detectable weight loss or gain

- Psychomotor agitation or deceleration almost daily

- Feelings of overwhelming sadness or fear or the apparent inability to experience emotion – trouble focusing or making decisions or a generalized retardation and obtunding of cognition including memory – unbalanced sleeping patterns such as excessive sleep or hypersomnia, insomnia, or deprivation of paradoxical sleep – continual thoughts of death, not just fear of dying, haunting suicide ideation with precise plan, or a particular plan of committing suicide or suicide attempt.

Additional clinical depression symptoms occasionally accounted for but not typically taken into account in diagnosis include:

- Lack of attention to personal hygiene

- Concern of “becoming mad”

- Diminishing self-esteem

- Alteration in perception of time

- Sensitivity to noise

- Physiological pains and achings with the impression that they may constitute signs of grave sickness  

The depressive has pervasive and uninterrupted depressive thoughts and conducts. They manifest themselves in every area of life and never pass away. The patient is gloomy, dejected, pessimistic, overly serious, lacks a sense of humor, cheerless, joyless, and constantly unhappy. This dark mood is not influenced by changing circumstances.
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His self-image is distorted: he appreciates himself to be un-needed, incapable, a failure. His sense of self-worth and his dignity are invariably and unrealistically low. This borders on self-disgust and self-denial. The Depressive corrects himself unnecessarily. His interior dialog (occasionally spoken) is derogatory towards himself, blaming and self-critical. Freud called this inner judge the Superego. The Depressive’s Superego is sadistic, grim, relentless, self-denigrating, and, ultimate hatefully suicidal. Dimly aware of this semi-suicidal streak, Depressives are by nature anxious and inclined towards excessive worrying and pondering.

The Depressive extends this leaning to humiliate and punish to his closest and beloved. His masochism is complemented by equally exigent sadism. He’s negativistic, passive-aggressive, discriminative, faultfinding, and correctional towards other people.

Such repeated outbursts are accompanied by feelings of remorse and guilt, frequently coupled with maudlin and flat apologies. It seems that the Depressive fails to shift perspectives, focusing almost always on the “what is”, never even giving a chance to “what could be”. He is lost in the past, wandering thru a forest of self-failures with the Superego as his only companion. Trying to cope with his failures, the depressive often chooses to view the dark side of those around him, judging and blaming like there`s no tomorrow, continuing to fail to see the beauty in the world, thus feeding his inner sadness further.

Panic Attack Treatments

Monday, May 3rd, 2010 No Commented
Under: Anxiety

If you are one of the many people suffering from panic attacks on a regular basis, then you know how debilitating they can be. The sudden dread, the pounding heart, sweating, gasping for breath…these symptoms come on out of the blue, and can have a severe impact on your enjoyment of life. Luckily though, panic attack treatment has come a long way! You have more options than ever to end the anxiety, and live a panic-free life.

So what are your choices? You can undergo professional therapeutic techniques, seek medical intervention and treatment, and learn natural techniques and methods that you can do on your own.

Therapy: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

This is the most common option for people suffering from panic attacks and disorder, as well as for agoraphobia. What this therapy does is focus on your specific patterns of thinking and your behavior, and to see how they may be triggering the panic attacks or making them worse. The experience of having a panic attack often actually increases panic, as you will often become fearful of leaving the house or doing certain things because you might have an attack…and then bring on an attack! Cognitive behavioral therapy helps you think differently about your fears, and see the fear of panic in a more realistic way.

Therapy: Exposure Therapy

This type of therapy exposes you to panic, but in a safe and controlled environment. Why? So you can experience them, and learn new and healthier ways of coping with it when it does happen without risk or danger. You may be exposed to situations that usually induce anxiety in you, or be asked to simulate the feelings of panic so you become more comfortable with the sensations and learn how to deal with them and control them when they arise.

Medical Treatment: Medication

If you have severe panic and anxiety, then you may require medication to help reduce or control your symptoms while you undergo therapy. Antidepressants are commonly used. These need to be taken for a few weeks before they become effective, and of course you need to take them regularly for them to work. Benzodiazepines, on the other hand, are fast-acting anti-anxiety drugs. You can take them during a panic attack and get relief within about a half hour. They are addictive and withdrawing from them can be difficult, so they should only be used in serious situations.

Natural Treatment: Things You Can Do

There are several things you can do on your own that work as panic attack treatment. Avoiding stimulants, such as caffeine, nicotine and certain medications, is a good idea, as they can trigger attacks in some people. Relaxation techniques, such as meditation and yoga, help you learn how to counteract your body’s stress response. And deep breathing techniques can help you stop a panic attack in its tracks, as it counteracts the hyperventilation that occurs with an attack, and also relaxes and focuses your mind. Once you feel an attack coming on, stop and start breathing very deeply… in many cases, this will keep the attack from escalating further.

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