BEWARE OF MOOD STABILIZERS
Medical scientists have revealed that mood disorders are caused by an imbalance of neurotransmitters. For example, it’s been scientifically postulated that schizophrenia is characterized by excessive dopamine levels, whereas ADD is a result of insufficient dopamine levels; and it has become common knowledge that a considerable portion of the people who suffer from depression have low serotonin levels. In fact, about 38% of people with depression are believed to have low serotonin levels, and these people tend to show improvement in their mood when serotonin levels are increased. However, what doctors don’t tell you is that when you artificially increase serotonin levels with the use of the ever so commonly prescribed SSRI drugs (Celexa, Prozac, Zoloft), you wreak havoc on the delicate balance between your nervous system and your endocrine system, particularly by lowering the production of the male sex hormone testosterone and by increasing the female lactation hormone known as prolactin. The use of these drugs results in the chemical castration of the user, resulting in symptoms that can include weight gain, infertility, impotence, low libido, hypogonadism, gynecomastia, and even depression.
In fact, studies are now showing that the people taking an SSRI drug have significantly lower serum levels of testosterone, as well as abnormally high levels of prolactin. This spells disaster for both men and women’s sexual desire. In consideration of these adverse effects, the use of SSRI drugs for the treatment of depression really doesn’t make much practical sense. Any transitory elevation in a person’s mood will quickly be defeated once they realize they can’t enjoy intimacy with their partner. Unfortunately, many of you reading this may be able to personally relate to such a demoralizing experience.
The outrageous part is, scientists and drug manufacturers are well aware that these drugs spell disaster for your reproductive system. As a matter of fact, virtually every anti-psychotic drug commonly prescribed for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are classified as “dopamine antagonists.” The mechanism of action behind these drugs is that they counteract the production of dopamine by increasing the production of an antagonistic hormone. Many hormones in the body have an antagonistic relationship with other hormones. Take testosterone and estrogen, for example. The more estrogen circulating within your body, the less testosterone you have and vice versa. These ratios are determined by your sex. Well, guess what the antagonistic hormone to dopamine is… Prolactin – the hormone women produce to stimulate breast milk production during pregnancy!
MEN ON PSYCH MEDS DEVELOP BREASTS
The use of anti-psychotic drugs induces a condition known as “hyperprolactinemia,” or excessive levels of prolactin. Now just think for a second what this means for a man’s body. You may have heard in the news that the popular anti-psychotic drug known as Risperdal has caused gynecomastia (man boobs) in men! Men are developing breasts as a result of taking Risperdal and a number of other anti-psychotic drugs. Consequently, many disgruntled men have already sought legal compensation for this humiliating injury, forcing drug corporations to pay up billions of dollars in damages. I think what’s really psychotic are the drug companies pushing these drugs and the authority figures who prescribe them to unsuspecting men.
YOU ARE AN INDIVIDUAL
I mentioned earlier that around 38% of people with depression have low serotonin levels; but what about the other 62% of people diagnosed with depression? Well, it’s been discovered by the efforts of scientist, Dr. William Walsh, that there are 5 known biotypes of depression, including but not limited to those with low serotonin, high serotonin, people who are overmethylated, and people who are undermethylated. In simplest terms, methylation is the process in which the body converts vitamins and minerals to other metabolic substrates, so that biological processes that are essential to everyday life can be performed, such as antioxidant and cellular energy production, or in this case, neurotransmitter production. When this process is sluggish or inhibited, people are considered undermethylated; and when it is overstimulated, they are considered overmethylated. Having said that, depression and many other mood disorders, have highly variable underlying causes. What may be the cause of one person’s condition may not be the cause of the next person’s condition. And yet, doctors are prescribing the same drugs and the same standardized treatment across the board for all people with mental health conditions. This standardized approach often results in either no improvement or a worsening of symptoms for the patient.
This is the sheer stupidity of the scientific rationale of medical professionals. Doctors diagnose their patients with a number of psychiatric disorders without a single test result. Doctors then prescribe mind-altering drugs without even assessing their patients’ neurochemistry and without any consideration for their individual differences. In addition to their “hit or miss” methodology, drug manufacturers and biochemists know that you cannot affect isolated changes in the body without setting off a cascade of chemical fluctuations, many of which are highly detrimental, when you administer an artificial drug compound. And yet, they continue to study each biochemical of the human body in a vacuum and apply myopic focus on discovering ways to manipulate individual chemicals; as if they can affect isolated change without distorting the body’s biochemical balance as a whole. All of this is possible because doctors fail to inform their patients of how their bodies behave and how pharma drugs distort their body’s delicate equilibrium. Until the pharmaceutical industry loses its stranglehold on medical education and strategy, this defective logic and methodology will continue to be pawned off to the public as “science-based” medicine.
PSYCH MEDS CAUSE PSYCHOSIS
Another serious injury doctors are inflicting upon their patients occurs when they prescribe an SSRI drug to people suffering from depression who have high levels of serotonin to begin with. In fact, about 20% of people with depression have high levels of serotonin! These are the people whose mental stability becomes dramatically worse when prescribed an SSRI drug. A most disturbing finding has been discovered by a recent analysis of 50 different school shootings dating back to the year 1990. According to a paper titled, A Proposal for Prevention of School Shootings, published by Dr. Walsh of the Walsh Research institute, 45 of the shooters were actively taking an SSRI drug. Notably, none of the school shooters showed any signs of behavioral disorder until they began taking the drug. Moreover, the fine print on the drug insert of these medications warns the user that consumption can cause homicidal and suicidal thoughts. Doctors who are prescribing mind-bending psychiatric medications merely based on symptoms, without a concrete diagnostic test to warrant their prescription, are playing Russian roulette with their patients’ fertility and sanity.
A SOUND SOLUTION FOR MENTAL HEALTH
Here at Holistic Solutions we provide a definitive look into the underlying cause of your symptoms by determining the precise level of each neurotransmitter. By taking the guesswork out the equation, clinical decisions can be made safely and appropriately based on concrete test results. Once your neurotransmitter levels are confirmed, we can begin addressing your symptoms naturally and holistically by implementing a systematic program consisting of detoxification, nutrient support, adaptogenic/nootropic herbs, stress reduction exercises, and behavioral modifications. Our program focuses on restoring balance to the mind without the use of chemically disruptive drugs. The added benefit is, when you improve your mental health naturally, you don’t have to sacrifice the health of one organ system for another. Our clients report feeling rejuvenated in all aspects of their health!