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Anxiety:
"The Truth About
Anxiety
Anxiety is defined by the
dictionary as, "uneasy thoughts or fears over the
possibility of coming misfortune; troubled, worried,
or uneasy feeling."
It's something we've all experienced to a
greater or lesser degree, especially in this
fast-paced society in which there is much to be
anxious about. A
fluctuating economy, political unrest, rampant
crime...the list of sources of anxiety is endless.
In 1980, the mental health
industry took notice of this fact, and began treating
anxiety as a mental disorder.
Now, a search through the Internet on the word
yields hundreds of anxiety-related sites which
recommend various therapies designed to alleviate
anxiety.
Unfortunately, most of these
therapies involve medication, and it may surprise you
to find out that these medications have no root in
scientific fact.
If you've ever contemplated taking a medication
for anxiety, you owe it to yourself to have the
following information.
The Missing Cause
The Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual (DSM) published by the American Psychiatric
Association, the bible for these types of disorders,
lists no physical causes for anxiety in all the 51
detailed pages devoted to anxiety disorders.
That's interesting, especially considering that
several major pharmaceutical companies have been
marketing drugs purporting to "treat"
anxiety for over 20 years.
If no physical cause for the disorder has been
found, how can a drug treat it?
If you can't readily come up with
a logical answer for that question, you're in very
good company: Neither
can the pharmaceutical companies.
Phrases such as, "It is believed..."
and "scientists believe that..." and
"it may be that..." fill their text under
causes of this disorder, and the cause of anxiety is
stated to be exactly the same as the cause of
depression -- that is, certain neurotransmitters
(chemicals in the nervous system that assist nerve
impulses to travel from one nerve to the next) may
be deficient in people with this disorder.
Working with people taking
benzodiazepines has shown using a cherry extract to
combat anxiety and anxiety attacks works. This cherry
extract - Body Calm - does promote the
production of glutathione. October 31, 2005 a clinical
study demonstrated how the right type of glutathione
in the brain works and and hand with specific genes
and regulates anxiety.
The study also provides evidence
it was never neurotransmitters but only enzymes. Click
here to read story.
If it seems just a bit too
convenient to have one
pharmaceutical treatment for
all these disorders, that's because it is.
For none
of these disorders,
including anxiety, have ever been clinically proven to
have their causes in neurotransmitters.
You can read through the literature for these
drugs, or you can ask your doctor, for nobody can
argue with that statement and, in fact, nobody will.
Fact and Fiction
Interestingly, anxiety as a
disorder only began to be treated in 1980 -- right
about the time that the first in the line of a new,
widely marketed series of antidepressants were
released.
And amazingly (or not), the drug
companies suddenly found that antidepressants could be
used to "treat" anxiety.
Basically, the same line of
faulty logic was being used in the medicinal treatment
of anxiety as was being used for depression -- that
the level of certain neurotransmitters could be
raised, thereby possibly alleviating the
anxiety.
What
Should You Do?
If
you have already started on a course of medication for
anxiety, we urge you to first read for yourself the
full list of side effects for the drug you are taking.
There is a step-by-step method to taper off anxiety
medications as well. click
here .
If
you have not started on a course of medication for
your anxiety, we urge you not to do so.
Please re-read the above information if need
be, but please do not become another victim of a
well-financed scam aimed at cashing in on your
troubles. "
- Article by Bruce Boyers
Alternative Remedies
Alternative remedies which can be used to help relieve depression and anxiety include exercise,.: Even a 30-minute daily walk is proven to help depression more effectively than drugs.
Although any nutritional deficiency can cause and intensify mental and emotional symptoms, those which most obviously affect depression include several of the B Vitamins, Vitamin
C, and a fatty acid called Omega-3.
Magnesium - Not only does magnesium help relieve stress and sleeplessness, but given that is has been found that nearly 75% of Americans are already deficient in magnesium, the need for this nutrient is doubly important. You
can find Natural Calm by Peter Gillham in almost any
health food store.
B-12 This vitamins works with folic acid, and has been found to be deficient particularly in those over 50 years of age. Supplementation of folic acid and B12 often produces dramatic results in people who are depressed because of deficiencies.
For a great way to get these B
vitamins with a breakthrough formula that really
delivers, go here to B-Vitamins
and read why this product really works.
Vitamin
C Deficiency is this vitamin can cause anxiety. It is common in those who have a poor diet (e.g., many Americans), or one low in fruits and vegetables.
We have found a great Vitamin C
supplement too - this brand is a whole food supplement
that the body recognizes as food and thus it actually
gives you body what it needs Go here
to
Vitamin
C
Omega 3 (Essential Fatty Acids) eficiency in Omega 3 fatty acids is especially common in people on low-fat diets. Population studies in different countries have shown that decreased consumption of Omega-3’s correlates with increased rates of depression. Omega-3 can be found as a supplement, or can be included in your diet. It is common in certain seeds, canola oil, soybean oil, egg yolks, and cold-water ocean fish.
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