Category Archives: depression

Chromium for Anxiety

Chromium might be a good supplement for anxiety sufferers. As with all supplements the research to prove or disprove this theory simply does not exist, but there are reasons to link a chromium deficiency with anxiety. Chromium is used by … Continue reading

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How Physical is Anxiety

I recently read about a woman who had a mental disorder and was trying to come to terms with the possibility she had been abused as a child. As I read I became angry at the arrogance of psychology. The … Continue reading

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Depression Panic Attacks

Depression and Panic Attacks can often be linked. There is a simple reason for this and that is that low levels of the neurotransmitter Serotonin can lead to both depression and panic attacks. What’s more, people who suffer from panic … Continue reading

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Anxiety Diet

Anxiety diet is much like any other diet, you get out from it what you put in and you need to persevere to see results: less anxiety and a feeling of calmness and wellness. A diet that is good for … Continue reading

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Tryptophan Anxiety Depression Cure

Tryptophan for anxiety and depression is now being touted as one of the best natural anxiety cures you can buy. It is always hard to know if something like Tryptophan is effective or not because it is not marketted by … Continue reading

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NLP The Promise of Salvation from Anxiety

NLP, or Neuro Linguistic Programming to give it its full moniker, has been around for several decades now and seems to promise the world to anyone with issues from anxiety and depression to anorexia and poverty. Does NLP work? I … Continue reading

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Omega 3 and Anxiety – More Info

Since my last post on Omega 3 Oils and anxiety I have been continuing my research and I have found some more useful information. One study published here and quoted here found that supplementing with over a gram of EPA … Continue reading

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Posture anxiety and stress

In this post I want to talk a bit about posture…not the kind of Victorian deportment stuff, although that does come into it. What I really want to talk about is the link between posture and how we feel…I think … Continue reading

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rimonabant – Risks too high

Rimonabant (also known as Acomplia) is a drug which is used to treat obese patients with a risk of developing diabetes. As I blogged about a month or so ago, the drug is considered controversial. There is now evidence to … Continue reading

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Mental health drugs overused

Hi! This article seems to confirm what a lot of us already know. That doctors in the westernised world are encouraged to overprescribe drugs to patients who actually would do much better with other forms of treatment. Yes drugs are … Continue reading

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