How many here have noticed that besides
depression they also have anxiety,
cognitive disorders, ocd, and phobias
(panic attacks)? Left untreated I had
all of those symptoms to varying degrees
over the years. I just think there might
be a universal "trigger" that regulates
most if not all mood disorders and I have
to think that that's the key to cracking
the riddle of mental disorders. I know
that all the people I know with depression
also have some sort of cognitive
disfunction and many of the other symptoms
I described above.
Also, i'm still of the mind that my
depression et al are symptoms and not the
disease. I have read that some
researchers are finding that most mood
disorders are caused by a lack of
coherency in the brain, which generally
means that their brainwave patterns, when
compared to normal brains, shows a
signature of incoherency. Most people
with depression et al have little to no
alpha production and alpha wave production
is linked to calmness and stability.
What causes this anomaly, though, is the
real question. And I suspect it's on the
cellular level and cells that used to
function normaly have somehow been "turned
off" and have lost their electrical
charge, so they can no longer serve their
function in the brain, which sets off a
whole host of disfunctions. There is
strong evidence that using devices like
ces and sending tiny electric pulses to
the brain can restore function in the
cells and correct brainwave patterns
(essentially by recharging brain cells
that had been dormant). But ces doesn't
seem to work for everyone and that's a
riddle in itself. How do the cells get
"turned off" in the first place?
Extraordinary life circumstances, such as
inordinate amounts of stress, trauma, or
abuse is a plausable answer. Genetics
seems to play a role in this too, since
individuals who have idealic upbringings
can grow up to be depressed.
Anyway, back to the original question, how
many suffer from a combination of
symptoms? My theory is that most of us
do suffer from a host of other problems,
at varying degrees, which falls in line
with the lack of brain coherency theory.
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Haley
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 122
Posted: 06-16-04 19:51pm
I had several overlapping anxiety
problems, but have now come to believe the
root of the problem was my inaccurate
thoughts and distorted thoughts. I just
finished a 12-week group using cbt and it
has eliminated most of my depression and
panic disorder. The two books we used in
my group are really good and I would
recommend them both highly: been there,
done that? Do this! By sam obitz for
anxiety and depression and mastery of your
anxiety and panic-third edition by
michelle craske and david barlow for panic
disorder. Cbt teaches you exercises on
how to counter distorted thoughts and
once you get good at using the tools like
the tea form you start to feel better and
better
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whirlybird
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Posts: 16 Location: Midwest
What I've Found (negative Thoughts) Posted: 06-17-04 11:56am
I can buy the negative thoughts line, but
only up to a point. In other words, what
comes first the chicken or the egg?
I'm getting great help from the use of
ces, although I still have nicotine and
caffeine addictions that are impeading my
progress. But when I do feel balanced,
which is getting more and more frequent,
my negative or inaccurate thoughts just
stop. I once again have full cognition
and everything appears to be working
normally. Hence, I think those
inaccurate thoughts are a result of that
lack of coherency in function of our
brain. If the the neurotransmission is
not regulated properly, then information
coming in is going to be percieved
inaccurately and inaccurate thoughts will
follow. Restore proper function and
neurotransmission and thoughts will be
able to flow as they should. Therapy
programs do help, but they only introduce
strategies for dealing with the stress
that you are dealing with at that
particular time, which in turn helps
alleviate the symptoms. If you stop
therapy or your enviornment suddenly
changes, then those strategies are no good
and the negative thoughts return. I
still think the goal is to "repair" the
brain much like a mechanic who repairs our
car engine. He physically changes parts
that allow the engine to run efficiantly,
again, regardless of the incoming stresses
put on the engine. I believe ces is
doing that for my brain. I guess it all
depends on the seveity of your condition,
because therapy programs alone will not do
it for me at all. I need serious repair
and a "rebuilt engine" ; )
ideally, the best treatment would be a
combination of both learning strategies
(cbt) and some sort of "physical"
intervention treatment, like ces. I've
found that drugs are big waste of time.
My brain becomes numb and my ability to
feel real emotions is deadened, not to
mention the sleepless nights and the
sexual side effects. I'm a big believer
in signals and when you can't reach orgasm
or can't sleep, then your mind/body/soul
is trying to tell you that something is
wrong.
