Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts |  As a result, bipolar depression is commonly known as manic depression. Other symptoms of mania include overly inflated self-esteem, a decreased need for sleep, and increased talkativeness, racing thoughts, distractibility, physical agitation, and excessive risk-taking. Because bipolar disorder requires different treatment than major depression or dysthymia, obtaining an accurate diagnosis is extremely important. (See manic-depressive /bipolar mood disorder in Part Two.)
This section focuses primarily on various types of unipolar depression. |
Joseph E. Mario
See book keywords and concepts |  Alternates periods oftime passing slowly with depression, time passing quickly with euphoria or mania, or stopped time and catatonia (a bipolar disorder called manic depression). Schizophrenia disequilibrium affects 1 in 100, about 2 million Americans now living, halfrecurrently,25%are hopelessly ill; mainly men. and women in the prime of their lives in city hospitals, with low Oxygen consumption; Vitamin deficiencies (unable to be ascribed to poor diet); high Proteins; and a slight musty body odor. | | Thyroxine forms the neurotransmitters Norepinephrine (Noradrenalin) for ambition, alertness, memory and mood, and Dopamine with Tyrosine, Vitamins C and B6, parent compound for the adrenal medulla manufacture ofNorepinephrine, and of thyroid hormone Tri iodothyronine; precursor for stimulant excitory neurotransmitters L-Dopa and Epinephrine (Adrenalin) for memory, ambition and learning, keeps one mentally awake, alert, counters jet lag, Parkinson's disease's disability and depression (in 4 weeks, with a special form of Phenylalanine); amphetamine addiction, manic depression, and schizophrenia. | | Acety lchol ine precursors should not be used in the depressive phase of manic depression.
Acetylcholine is the most important of the Nerve-transmitting elements used in Brain function, affects nerve tracts in the Brain, required by the nerve eel Is to fire, for Brain and nerve cells' maintenance and repair, lowers and normalizes cholesterol and counters arteriosclerosis; for improved learning, memory, intelligence, long-term planning; for elevated positive mood, alertness, and ambition; causes the release of Vasopressin. |
Eric R. Braverman
See book keywords and concepts |  Deficits are treated as diseases—for example, Parkinson's disease, severe mood disorders, high blood pressure, memory loss, seizure disorders, depression, learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, migraines, sleep disorders, irritable bowel syndrome, manic depression, and anxiety, among others. These conditions most likely require medications; nutritional, hormonal, and lifestyle changes are usually not enough to address them. If you experience any of these symptoms or illnesses, it is important to consult your doctor and get immediate treatment. | | For example, Topamax, which was originally marketed as an antiseizure or manic depression medication, can be an effective medication for obesity, because GABA controls the anxiety related to overeating.
The following lists a range of conditions and the major GABA medications that treat them. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
See book keywords and concepts |  For depression, we have been using 3 to 6 g daily, as well as for manic depression (bipolar disease).
5-HTP: 5-HTP can be taken with food since it is not affected by the ingestion of other amino acids. It is more potent than tryptophan, and the initial dose should be 50 mg, three times daily. If no response occurs after 2 weeks of use, the dose can be increased to 100 mg three times daily, or 300 mg at bedtime for the treatment of insomnia. 5-HTP can cause nausea, so the dose needs to be increased gradually. |
Joseph E. Mario
See book keywords and concepts | | SEE Alzheimer's, Anxiety, Apoplexy, Autism, Circulation, Concentration, Cretinism, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Dementia, Depression, Down's syndrome, Huntington's disease, Hydrocephalus, manic depression, Memory, Retardation, St. Vitus' Dance, Schizophrenia, Senility, and Tourette's Syndrome in Chapter Seven CONDITIONS & CURES; and SEE Brain circulation herbs Gotu Kola, Ginkgo, Butcher's Broom, Fo Ti Tieng, Ginseng and others in Chapter Five.
* * * THE GLANDS * * *
The following is an adventure into the master controllers and determiners of ourbody. |
Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton
See book keywords and concepts |  Some people with manic depression (otherwise known as bipolar disease) have periods of low mood interspersed with periods of tremendous elation, known as mania, in which their thinking processes are clearly disturbed.
These powerful feelings are thought to be caused by imbalances in the level of mood-enhancing natural substances known as neurotransmitters, such as catecholamines, serotonin, and other substances. These are our "happy hormones. |
Joseph E. Mario
See book keywords and concepts | | Aspartame liberates 10% toxic Ethanol and Phenylalanine depleting Serotonin; causingpanic, rage, manic depression, paranoia, violence, Alzheimer and Parkinson's diseases; asthma, tight chest, palpitations; numbness, muscle spasms, cramps, joint pain, multiple sclerosis (methanol toxicity), lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, all describedas "fibromyalgia." Gulf-War Syndrome, chronic fatigue and Epstein/Barr syndromes; lymphomas, cancers, breast cancers doubled to 180,000 per year since the 1981 FDA approval ofNutraSweet, with 300,000 new prostate cancers in 1999. | | SAD), schizophrenia, manic depression (take at night), slows Alzheimer* s and Parkinson's diseases (1000-2000 mg.), insomnia (with B-12); may prevent cataracts; lessens pain and stress; abnormal menses; inhibits Estrogen secretion for 60-70% fewer breast tumors (potentizes the drug tamoxifen 100 times), cervix and skin cancers (20-700 mg.), protects from cancerouschemicals, paraquat, safrole; inhibitsmalignanttumorgrowth,lungmetastasis(10mg.nightly). |
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  In a double-blind trial, people with manic depression were given a very high intake of supplemental omega-3 fatty acids (enough fish oil to contain 9.6 grams of omega-3 fatty acids per day) for four months.44 Ten of 16 people in the placebo group eventually were forced to discontinue the trial due to worsening depression compared with only 3 of 14 taking omega-3 fatty acids. Some scores of depression levels fell as much as 48% in the omega-3 fatty acids group.
EPA alone has also been reported to be beneficial. |
James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch
See book keywords and concepts |  A "mania" in popular terms is an intense enthusiasm or craze. manic depression (man-ik) A psychosis marked by sharp swings of mood between excitement and exhilaration on the one hand, and deep depression on the other. manic-depressive A person suffering from manic depression. Manic-depressive is also a descriptive term for conditions associated with manic depression. masochism (mas-uh-kiz-uhm) Abnormal behavior characterized by deriving sexual gratification from being subjected to pain. More loosely, masochism refers to deriving any pleasure from experiencing pain. (Compare sadism. |
Cynthia A. Foster, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  As I was passing through a particular reading area, I heard some radiologists discussing a case of a lady in her 50's with a long history of manic depression. They were talking about how ironic it was that all these years, she had a tumor growing in the temporal lobe of her brain that was mimicking the manic depression. The only reason they found it was because she couldn't take the headaches anymore - they became more and more severe, prompting a CAT scan. It must have been easy all those years to consider her as the same diagnosis. |
Robert Whitaker
See book keywords and concepts |  They also concluded that while the surgery didn't appear to help schizophrenics, it did reliably make those ill with manic depression less emotional. That was all the change that Moniz needed to see. In the spring of 1936, he announced his stunning success: Seven of the twenty patients had been cured. Seven others had significandy improved. The other six were unchanged. "The intervention is harmless," Moniz concluded. "None of the padents became worse after the operation."13 Moniz had achieved the triumph he'd long sought. All his fears could now be put to rest. |
James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch
See book keywords and concepts | | A person suffering from manic depression. Manic-depressive is also a descriptive term for conditions associated with manic depression. masochism (mas-uh-kiz-uhm) Abnormal behavior characterized by deriving sexual gratification from being subjected to pain. More loosely, masochism refers to deriving any pleasure from experiencing pain. (Compare sadism.) matriarchy (may-tree-ahr-kee) A family or society in which authority is held by females, through whom descent and inheritance are traced. More generally, a matriarchy is a society dominated by women. |
the Editors of FC&A Medical Publishing
See book keywords and concepts |  Andrew Stoll, a Harvard psychiatrist, found that fish oil capsules helped people with bipolar disorder, or manic depression, who go through periods of extreme highs and lows. He says, "The striking difference in relapse rates and response appeared to be highly clinically significant." Stoll suggests the omega-3 fatty acid in fish oil may slow down neurons in your brain, much like the drug Lithium, which is used to treat manic depression.
Another research group from England noticed depressed people had less omega-3 fatty acids in their red blood cells than healthy people. |
Kevin Trudeau
See book keywords and concepts |  I've seen people who had manic depression had it reversed in an incredibly short period of time. Men, and even women, with sexual problems have it reversed in a matter of weeks as Vitamin E increases circulation and oxygenation to all the cells.
Vitamin E increases circulation and oxygenation to the body, thus increases the absorption of all nutrients to the cells, as well as increases the ability of cells to eliminate toxins. It is one of the master nutrients that are needed for optimum health. It prevents heart disease and clogged arteries. The list of health benefits goes on. |
Earl L. Mindell, RPh, PhD with Virginia Hopkins, MA
See book keywords and concepts | | The symptoms of both manic depression and schizophrenia may be worsened by tricyclic antidepressants.
You should stop taking Elavil for as long as possible before having elective surgery. Work with your doctor on this, though; don't stop cold on your own.
If you develop a fever or sore throat while taking this medication, it may be an indication of a serious drug-related side effect.
What Are the Interactions with Other Drugs? | | Psy-chopharmacology Research Laboratory at Harvard's McLean Hospital, is the author of The Omega-3 Connection and is a well-known expert on the use of high-dose fish oil to treat manic depression and postpartum depression. He gives some useful recommendations for choosing a pure, highly concentrated fish oil supplement. He recommends the use of a highly concentrated supplement that contains 1,000 to 2,000 mg (1 to 2 grams) of combined DHA and EPA in the smallest possible number of softgels. (This will mean taking fewer pills a day.) Dr. |
Robert Whitaker
See book keywords and concepts | | They were lockups for the "social wastage" said by eugenicists to be plaguing modern societies; by some esdmates, fewer than 50 percent of the people committed to asylums in the 1930s were ill with schizophrenia, manic depression, or other well-defined forms of "insanity."71
During this period, funding for the state asylums, on a per-padent basis, became ever more parsimonious. By the early 1940s, states were spending less than $1 per day for each asylum padent, which, on an inflation-adjusted basis, was less than one-third what Pennsylvania Hospital had spent on its patients in 1860. |
Lita Lee, Lisa Turner and Burton Goldberg
See book keywords and concepts |  He had been diagnosed with cerebral palsy and manic depression. He complained of anger, anxiety, nightmares, and hearing voices.
Tony was agitated, had involuntary body movements (characteristic of cerebral palsy, but also a side effect of antipsychotic drugs), and his whole face was swollen and puffy—side effects from the drugs he had been given to control his behavior. These included trazodone, an antidepressant that causes drowsiness, for his insomnia; lithium, for manic depression; Paxil, an antidepressant similar to Prozac; Navane? |
Patrick Holford
See book keywords and concepts |  They include boron, which helps the body use calcium and may be beneficial for arthritis sufferers; molybdenum, which helps remove undesirable free radicals, petrochemicals, and sulfites from the body and is therefore useful for city dwellers who want protection from pollution; vanadium, proved to be essential in some animals, which may be useful for the treatment of manic depression; and germanium, which has antioxidant potential. | | Essential fatty acids known as omega-3 and omega-6 are intimately involved in brain function, and deficiencies or imbalances in brain fats are now known to be associated with everything from dyslexia, hyperactivity, and depression, to schizophrenia and manic depression.
Most authorities agree that of our total fat intake, no more than one-third should be saturated (hard) fat, and at least one-third should be polyunsaturated oils providing the two essential fats omega-3 and omega-6. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
See book keywords and concepts |  Even though studies demonstrate that Garum armoricum extract relieves depressive symptoms and anxiety that are often associated with chronic sttess and fatigue, it may not be effective or appropriate for more complex conditions, such as clinical depression or bipolar manic depression. Use of Adapton for these more complex conditions should be only under the supervision of a physician.
Folate
Folic acid is involved in red blood cell health and proper cell division, as well as other functions in maintaining healthy tissues. | | BfiUIUlkl Although many depressed people benefit from natural treatments, none of the above therapies may be effective in patients who have serious clinical depression or manic depression. Such patients may require FDA-approved antidepressant drugs and/or lithium. Anyone who has clinical depression of any type should be under the care of a physician.
MOOD-BOOSTING LIFESTYLES
Exercise
Depressed people tend to be less physically active than their happiet counterparts. Part of the problem is that to the depressed person everything seems futile, hopeless, and requiring too much energy. |
E. D. Hirsch
See book keywords and concepts | | A person suffering from manic depression. Manic-depressive is also a descriptive term for conditions associated with manic depression. masochism (MAS-uh-kiz-uhm) Abnormal behavior characterized by deriving sexual gratification from being subjected to pain. More loosely, masochism refers to deriving any pleasure from experiencing pain. {Compare sadism.) matriarchy A family or society in which authority is held by females, through whom descent and inheritance are traced. More generally, a matriarchy is a society dominated by women. {See also matrilineal, patriarchy, patrilineal. |
John Croft
See book keywords and concepts |  In the adult population, examples include: general depression (such as that caused by low self-esteem), manic depression (now known as a bipolar disorder), premenstrual and menopausal depression, and age-related depression. People who have suffered a stroke or a heart attack often tend to experience periods of depression following their recovery.
Symptoms of Depression
Whatever the cause of a depressive illness, many of the symptoms are the same, and it is worthwhile mentioning a few of the more common ones here. |
the Editors of FC&A Medical Publishing
See book keywords and concepts | | His patients included people with manic depression, fear of open spaces, and even schizophrenia — a severe thought disorder. Some patients reported feeling calm for the first time in years.
Pantry pointers
You can buy flax as seeds in most health food stores and in some grocery stores. Sprinkle them on baked goods, or add them to granola. For the most nutrition, grind the seeds with a coffee grinder and use them immediately. Flax meal is now also
Scramble a healthier egg
Here's an egg-ceptional way to get more omega-3 in your diet — crack an egg. |
Kathi Keville
See book keywords and concepts |  These include skin
8 -i ra rashes, eczema, breathing difficulty, migraine headaches, blurred vision, muscle aches, nervous tension, fatigue, behavior swings, anxiety and even manic depression. Food reactions have been blamed for some cases of paranoia, loss of sight and hearing, hallucinations and catatonic stupors.
Food reactions can be extremely difficult to detect—it can take hours, even days, for symptoms to appear. According to a study conducted in 1973, a delayed reaction is suspected in most such cases. |
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