There
is always hope. Depression blinds us to that
fact. If we can somehow hold on to our hope,
just maybe we canfind a way to get through.
Without emotion, man would be nothing
but a biological computer. Love, joy,
sorrow, fear, apprehension, anger,
satisfaction, and discontent provide
the meaning of human existence.
Arnold M. Ludwig---1980
What
is depression / can alternatives help...
Being clinically depressed is very
different from the down type of feeling that all
people experience from time to time. Occasional feelings
of sadness are a normal part of life, and it is that
such feelings are often colloquially referred to
as "depression." In clinical depression,
such feelings are out of proportion to any external
causes. There are things in everyone's life that
are possible causes of sadness, but people who are
not depressed manage to cope with these things without
becoming incapacitated.
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As one might expect, depression can
present itself as feeling sad or "having the
blues". However, sadness may not always be the
dominant feeling of a depressed person. Depression
can also be experienced as a numb or empty feeling,
or perhaps no awareness of feeling at all. A depressed
person may experience a noticeable loss in their
ability to feel pleasure about anything. Depression,
as viewed by psychiatrists, is an illness in which
a person experiences a marked change in their mood
and in the way they view themselves and the world.
Depression as a significant depressive disorder ranges
from short in duration and mild to long term and
very severe, even life threatening.
What
causes depression?
Despite 35
years of research antidepressant drugs
still
can cause adverse
side effects
Depression
is big business
It takes about
10 years and costs around £350
million pounds to develop a new drug
Many drugs fail at some stage in their testing phase
The patent on a new drug only lasts 10 years - during this time development
costs must be recouped and profit earned for new drug developments
Prozac launched in 1987, and Seroxat available from 1998, earn their
manufacturers about one billion pounds per year.
It costs the NHS £20 to treat a patient for one month with
Prozac or Seroxat
World-wide, 37 million patients have received Prozac since its launch
in 1987
Once out of patent, generic forms of the drug can be sold at a fraction
of the cost of the original because the manufacturer does not have
to bear the development and testing costs
It costs the
NHS £1
to treat a patient for one month with
a generic antidepressant
The global market for antidepressants was worth $10 billion in 1998
and it is estimated that it will grow 20% each year to 2006. The
Japanese consume very few antidepressants.
Reboxetine, the first selective noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor
is being tipped as the next big
money spinner
It is conceivable that in the future antidepressants will be available
'over-the-counter' i.e. without prescription.
(Source: Kohn, 2000)
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ALTERNATIVES HELP???
The group of symptoms which doctors
and therapists use to diagnose depression ("depressive
symptoms"), which includes the important proviso
that the symptoms have manifested for more than a
few weeks and that they are interfering with normal
life, are the result of an alteration in brain chemistry.
This alteration is similar to temporary, normal variations
in brain chemistry which can be triggered by illness,
stress, frustration, or grief, but it differs in
that it is self-sustaining and does not resolve itself
upon removal of such triggering events (if any such
trigger can be found at all, which is not always
the case.)
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Depression and Stress
Hormones
The most common drugs used today to treat depression focus their attention
on the brain chemicals, serotonin and norepinephrine. Increasing evidence,
however, now indicates that another player in the brain, corticotropin-releasing
factor, should share the spolight. Studies have shown that abnormally
high activity of this stress hormone is present in many cases of depression.
Furthermore, research shows that drugs that block the action of corticotropin-releasing
factor have the potential to lift the dismally low spirits of the depressed.
The new insights help explain how depression arises and may lead to new
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Instead, the alteration continues,
producing depressive symptoms and through those
symptoms, enormous new stresses on the person:
unhappiness, sleep disorders, lack of concentration,
difficulty in doing one's job, inability to care
for one's physical and emotional needs, strain
on existing relationships with friends and family.
These new stresses may be sufficient to act as
triggers for continuing brain chemistry alteration,
or they may simply prevent the resolution of the
difficulties which may have triggered the initial
alteration, or both.
The depressive brain chemistry
alteration seems to be self-limiting in most cases:
after one
to three years, a more normal chemistry reappears,
even without medical treatment. However, if the alteration
is profound enough to cause suicidal impulses, a
majority of untreated depressed people will in fact
attempt suicide, and as many as 17% will eventually
succeed. Therefore, depression must be thought of
as a potentially fatal illness. Friends and relatives
may be deceived by the casual way that profoundly
depressed people speak of suicide or self-mutilation.
They are not casual because they "don't really
mean it"; they are casual because these things
seem no worse than the mental pain they are already
suffering. Any comment such as, "You'd be better
off if I were gone," or "I wish I could
just jump out a window," is the equivalent of
a sudden high fever;
SYMPTOMS
OF DEPRESSION
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Symptoms of Depression
An estimated one in ten Americans suffer from depression, an illness
that affects both physical and mental well-being. Often chronic
in nature, depression can be triggered by adverse life circumstances
or occur simply "out of the blue." Frequently, a combination
of genetic, psychological and environmental factors contribute
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The most common symptoms are set out
below . If these have been experienced for more than
two weeks it is essential to seek help. People may
suffer from two or three of these symptoms but are
unlikely to experience them all.
Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness.
Feeling useless, inadequate, bad.
Self hatred, constant questioning of thoughts and actions, an overwhelming
need for reassurance.
Being vulnerable and "over-sensitive".
Feeling guilty.
A loss of energy and motivation, that makes even the simplest tasks or decisions
seem difficult.
Self harm.
Loss or gain in weight.
Difficulty with getting off to sleep, or (less frequently) an excessive desire
to sleep.
Agitation and restlessness.
Loss of sex drive.
Finding it impossible to concentrate for any length of time, forgetfulness.
A sense of unreality.
Physical aches and pains, sometimes with the fear that you are seriously ill.
In severe depression, these feelings may also include:
Suicidal ideas.
Failure to eat or drink.
Delusions and/or hallucinations.
MORE INFORMATION
Depression is much misunderstood by the public, yet it affects many people
of all ages. It is estimated that one in five people will suffer from depression
at some point in their lives.
Depression is an illness where the feelings of hopelessness and helplessness,
linkled to the inability to concentrate, may make it hard for some people to
carry out normal daily activities.
Depression is an illness with a wide range of physical and psychological symptoms,
which sometimes make it hard to recognise and understand.
Personality may play a part in depression. Although anyone can become depressed
under particular circumstances, some people seem to be more vulnerable than
others. This may be because of things that have happened in childhood, such
as abuse, or because of our individual make up (including body chemistry).
A lot of effective, intelligent and creative people suffer from depression
and yet make an outstanding contribution to life. Often, information about
their depression is only revealed after their death, as people misunderstand
the illness. Amongst such people are Florence Nightingale and Sir Winston Churchill,
who used to call depression his "black dog". Depression can effect
anyone and does not reduce your value as a human being.
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How may I measure my depression?
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The items below refer
to how you have felt and behaved **during
the past
week.** For each item, indicate the extent to which it is true, by
circling one of the numbers that follows it. Use the following scale:
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0 = Not at all
1 = Just a little
2 = Somewhat
3 = Moderately
4 = Quite a lot
5 = Very much
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| 1. I do things slowly..............................................0
1 2 3 4 5 |
| 2. My future seems hopeless...............................0
1 2 3 4 5 |
| 3. It is hard for me to concentrate on reading.....0
1 2 3 4 5 |
| 4. The pleasure and joy has gone out of
my life..0 1 2 3 4 5 |
| 5. I have difficulty making decisions...................,0
1 2 3 4 5 |
6. I have lost interest in aspects of life
that
used to be important to me...................................0 1 2 3
4 5 |
| 7. I feel sad, blue, and unhappy............................0
1 2 3 4 5 |
| 8. I am agitated and keep moving around............0
1 2 3 4 5 |
| 9. I feel fatigued.....................................................0
1 2 3 4 5 |
10. It takes great effort for me to do simple
things......................................................................0
1 2 3 4 5 |
11. I feel that I am a guilty person who
deserves to be punished........................................0 1 2
3 4 5 |
| 12. I feel like a failure...........................................0
1 2 3 4 5 |
| 13. I feel lifeless--more dead than alive...............0
1 2 3 4 5 |
14. My sleep has been disturbed:
too little, too much, or broken sleep.....................0 1 2 3 4 5 |
15. I spend time thinking about HOW I might
kill myself...............................................................0
1 2 3 4 5 |
| 16. I feel trapped or caught...................................0
1 2 3 4 5 |
17. I feel depressed even when good things
happen to me.........................................................0
1 2 3 4 5 |
18. Without trying to diet, I have lost,
or gained, weight...................................................0
1 2 3 4 5 |
It is important for people to know
that:
Depression is an illness that can
affect anyone at any age.
It is not connected with and does not develop into insanity
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ANXIETY
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Heart Palpitations
- Gone!
Shortness of Breath
- Gone!
Anxiety Attacks -
Gone!
Sleepless Nights
- Gone!
Fear of Social Situations
- Gone!
Inability to Relax
- Gone!
Worry, Worry, Worry
- Gone!
Instead you'll have.
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Personal Self-Confidence...
Top Performance on
the Job...
Relaxation in Social
Settings...
Ability to Have Fun
Again...
Belief in Yourself...
Peaceful Sleep...
Daily Joy and Serenity..
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ANXIETY
.Cranial electro stimulators offer
a non-drug therapy for the treatment of ANXIETY,
DEPRESSION and INSOMNIA. CES has been used in numerous
countries around the world for over 30 years. It
involves the application of mild microcurrent electrical
impulses to the head via electrodes applied behind
the ears or by means of ear-clip electrodes
CES should be used under direction of a licensed health care practitioner.
Individual results will vary, but many patients report significant improvement
of their Stress-Related Symptoms over a period of 2 to 3 weeks daily use.
FREQUENCY AND DURATION: Optimal CES
treatments are 60 minutes once daily or 30 minutes
two times daily for the first three weeks. In some
studies 40 minutes 1 time per day, five days per
week has been found to be adequate. For chronic conditions
many patients find CES is actually more effective
when used every other day. After first two weeks
of daily treatment application may be reduced to
maintenance level ranging from one 20-minute application
every other day to one 20-minute application every
three days. Treatment should not be discontinued
as ineffective until 2 weeks of twice daily applications
have been completed.
PRECAUTIONS: Optimally CES treatment
should be applied in early hours after awakening
and while in relaxed and quiet environment. Normally
it is best not to use CES within three hours of bedtime.
Exercise caution when driving or operating machinery
for one hour after treatment. Do not apply electrodes
directly over the eyes or the carotid sinus area
(upper side of the neck below the ear and behind
the jaw). Do not sleep during CES treatment
Cranial Electrotherapy,
a Profound Alternative Therapy
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ANXIETY & Cranial
Electrotherapy
Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES)
has been used as a treatment for anxiety
in several parts of the world for over a
quarter of a century. American medicine has
only recently begun to realize its use as
a safe and effective treatment. Studies show
that Cranial Electrotherapy treatment yields
highly significant reductions in anxiety,
whether the patients were in a psychiatric
setting, a scholastic setting, an outpatient
setting, or an in-patient general hospital
setting. Further, while many different kinds
of anxiety have been studied, as measured
by the six different psychological measuring
instruments found in these studies, they
all responded significantly to CES treatment.
Less intense or less permanent forms of anxiety - the so-called 'situational
anxiety' in which a person habitually responds to personally threatening
events in his environment with an anxiety reaction - respond to Cranial
Electrotherapy treatments within a week or less. The more permanent
forms of anxiety - the so-called trait anxiety, or that underlying
level of anxiety that a person typically carries with him at all times
- require a longer period of Cranial Electro treatment.
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Suggested Frequecies for Anxiety
Anxiety 304, 6130
Depression & Anxiety 3.5
Hz
Anxiety .5Hz,
5Hz, 7.82Hz 10.00Hz
Depression, anxiety, trembling, weakness
- 3.5Hz,
800Hz
High blood pressure, hypertension1Hz,
14Hz,
17Hz,
20Hz,
65Hz
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DEPRESSION
Studies show that reactive
depression (that which results from acute
changes in the patients life situation such
as a job change or divorce) is decreased
after 6 days of Cranial Electrotherapy treatment.
More deep seated depression (endogenous)
in some cases required 3 or more weeks of
daily treatment. For this reason, many physicians
routinely prescribe a minimum of 2 weeks
to a month of daily Cranial Electrotherapy
treatments in depressed patients, since it
is frequently difficult to gauge the type
or depth of depression with great accuracy.
Since many patients have a 'depression habit' physicians should include
a home CES unit in their treatment plan so that the patient can meet
any new sign of impending depression with effective treatment and thereby
break the behavioral reinforcement chain that has both led to and maintained
the habit. In this way, a maladaptive habit can be effectively controlled
or broken without the use of frequent medications and/or repeated visits
to the physician. Other research has shown that Cranial Electrotherapy,
when used this way is neither habit forming nor addictive. Such patients
use it only when they experience an impending medical necessity.
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A few Suggested
Frequencies
Depression - 100hz
Depression
(due to drugs or toxins) - 1.1Hz, 73Hz
Depression (due to outside circumstances) - 35Hz, 787Hz
Depression, anxiety, trembling, weakness - 3.5Hz, 800Hz
Easily depressed 727Hz 787Hz 880Hz 10,000Hz
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INSOMNIA |
Because Cranial Electrotherapy was
originally called 'Electrosleep' in European countries,
many earlier American studies were designed to learn
whether or not such small amounts of electric currents
would actually put people to sleep. That is, just
as 50ma of current - called 'electro-anaesthesia'
- put an individual into anesthesia so that surgical
procedures could be performed, 1ma of Cranial Electrotherapy
current was assumed to put them into a normal state
of sleep if 'Electrosleep' worked.
Such studies discovered that while Cranial Electrotherapy does not necessarily "put
a person to sleep", it does accomplish some very therapeutic changes in
the sleep patterns of people who complain of insomnia. The studies below show
that whether measured by the patient's own ratings, psychiatrists ratings or
by electroencephalograph or polygraph recordings before and after Cranial Electrotherapy
treatments, the following effects of CES in insomnia can be expected:
1. Sleep onset latency is reduced. That is, once a person has retired for the
evening, the amount of time it takes him to actually fall asleep is reduced
from one to two hours or more to the more normal twenty minutes or less.
2. The number of awakenings during the night are reduced. That is, while most
insomniacs awaken three or more times during the night and have difficulty
falling asleep again, those treated with Cranial Electrotherapy typically awaken
no more than once or twice following therapy, with most reporting no awakenings.
Furthermore, after awakening, they return to sleep much more promptly than
before.
3. Cranial Electrotherapy treated patients spend more time in stage four sleep
following CES treatments. That is, patients spend more time in the deepest,
most restful stage of sleep than they did prior to Cranial Electrotherapy treatment.
It should be noted that some patients who have deprived themselves of REM sleep
- the stage during which dreaming occurs - by taking drugs or alcohol as a
sleeping aid, sometimes spend the first two or three nights in unusually vivid
dream states when first starting CES treatments. This is considered another
indication of the therapeutic effectiveness of Cranial Electrotherapy in that
persons are known to become increasingly disorganized mentally, some even to
the point of psychotic-like symptoms, when they do not engage in the normal
amount of dreaming.
4. Finally, it was discovered that many patients receiving Cranial Electrotherapy
treatments report feeling more rested when they awaken in the morning following
Cranial Electrotherapy treatments.
Treatment parameters: While some patients begin to respond after the second
or third day of treatment, others do not have their best response with fewer
than 24 days of treatments lasting from 15 minutes to 1 hour. The beneficial
effects have been measured in some experimental groups for as long as two years.
Some people with insomnia have a habitual pattern of responding to situational
stress with an interruption in their sleep patterns. The best results are obtained
when Cranial Electrotherapy is used each time unusual stressors occur in their
life situations that would ordinarily cause poor sleep. The Cranial Electrotherapy
device user is thereby trained over time to expect a good night's sleep no
matter what stressful interruptions occurred in the normal flow of daily life.
A few suggested sequences
for
INSOMNIA
Insomnia 10hz, 9hz, 8hz, 5hz,
2.5hz, 1hz
Insomnia 76hz, 78hz, 11hz, 12hz, 14hz and 16hz
Insomnia (see also Parasite general set) - 3.59hz, 3hz, 7.83hz, 10hz, 1550hz,
1500hz,
Sedative effect (Reported use on bleeding, bruises, insomnia, sinusitis)
-2.5hz
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Foremost among the treatment problems
among chemically dependent persons is the need to
help them through the psychologically and physically
demanding period of withdrawal. The body reacts to
the depressed physical state engendered by alcohol
and other drugs with a rebound stress reaction. This
reaction commonly includes states of extreme anxiety,
depression, and insomnia, for which Cranial Electrotherapy
treatment is known to be effective.
Underlying the addictive state is an insidious and progressive destruction
of normal brain functioning including an often incapacitating memory loss,
inability to process information involving abstract symbols, and other dysfunctions
associated with the organic brain syndrome, and advanced condition which is
known as Korsakoff psychosis.
Studies on the use of Cranial Electrotherapy in chemical dependencies are among
the best controlled and well designed research in the U.S. They indicate that
Cranial Electrotherapy is a highly effective adjunct to methadone withdrawal
in heroin addicts, significantly shortening the time to symptom - free withdrawal
when compared with methadone alone, and significantly lowering withdrawal anxiety
as measured by the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale.
Further, the anxiety and depression accompanying and following withdrawal of
both alcohol and other drugs in polydrug abusers is significantly reduced when
patients receive Cranial Electrotherapy as a post withdrawal treatment.
Most importantly, perhaps, is the finding that Cranial Electrotherapy treatment
halts and significantly reverses brain dysfunction in these patients as measured
on seven different psychological scales of cognitive function, bringing many
such functions back to the level of the pre-addiction state in the majority
of patients studied.
Another problem in the treatment of chemically dependent persons is frequently
recurring 'dry withdrawal' in which the individual suffers withdrawal symptoms
within several weeks, then again in several months. The phrases used to describe
these phenomena are a 'dry drunk' followed by the 'dry withdrawal'. These psychological
states lead to high recidivism rates among these individuals as they return
to treatment after "falling off the wagon".
Cranial Electrotherapy is now thought of as one of the most effective, non-drug
treatments for these periods of withdrawal, and a patient who has a personal
Cranial Electrotherapy unit available should be able to use it to prevent a
full-blown withdrawal reaction at such times. By doing so he can reduce the
need for additional medical treatment in a clinic or hospital setting, and
will be less likely to resort to alcohol because of the discomfort accompanying
these withdrawal states.
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ALTERNATIVES HELP
CES FAQ
Indications
and Usage
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Pre-customized Built in Programs,,,You do not
need a computer to run this unit,, All the programs
are built in...
 .5hz Stress buster
100hz Feel better, Blast those moods
Depression The very best frequencies we have
found to help lift the feelings of depreseeion
Insomnia/sleep These frequencies can take you
gently down into deep delta (sleep)
Depression
BT9 Endorphin enhancer,stop drugs nicoteen alchohol,lifts
depression
Meditation Reach deep states of meditation and
hemispheric syncronisation,,program includes
7.83 schuman resonance and 4.5 the shamanic frequecy...
20mins
Pain in the body 20 Plus well tried pain frequencies
in one program
Strokes Help alleviate the side effects...
Alzheimers
Sound Healing Use with your head phones these
frequencies have been used world wide to help
with learning disabilities see the work of
Dr Alfred Tomatis
ADD/ADHD
Anxiety/PMS/Migrain Over 20yrs of trail and error
have produced this amazing set of frequncies
1 - 10.000 Ramp this program takes aprox 1 hour
and scan all the rife crane frequencies and
their harmonics, used with the wrist straps
can easily be run overnight whilst sleeping
or watching TV
Alpha-Theta stim |
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Depression
The clinical approach is 15
or 20 minutes per treatment, once a day. Those
office visits are important to a doctor. But
a person with his or her own NET or Tuner can
treat themselves as often as needed -- though
a person should keep in mind that body cells
react immediately to minute pulses of electric
current and one can have too much of a good
thing. Probably the most important part of
treatment is the intention of the user. Do
you really want to change yourself for the
better?
BT9
Tuner
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Depression
The BT7 (bio tuner, formerly
brain tuner) by Dr. Bob Beck has been helping
people relax for over 20 years. Bio Tuner is
an experimental, battery powered electronic
instrument that delivers minute levels of relaxing
energy to the body through electrodes. These
micro-current energy pulses appear to stimulate
and re-balance certain brain neurotransmitter
chemicals such as endorphins, seratonin, dopamine,
etc. that may be involved in many stress related
conditions.
BT7
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