Millions of people suffer from bipolar disorder, anxiety, panic attacks, depression and ADD/ADHD without a known cause. If you or someone you know suffers from anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, mania, ADD/ADHD or even panic attacks, you owe it to you to find the real cause of your problem. There are many natural treatments available that effectively combat these diseases.
Neurotransmitter Imbalances May Cause Anxiety, Depression and More
Neurotransmitter testing is a new tool doctors, alternative health providers and psychiatric professionals alike can use to identify proper treatment for symptoms associated with bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, ADD and more. Most doctors offer prescriptions for symptoms of depression or anxiety without testing the patient for biochemical imbalances. This “trial and error” method of medicine is dangerous to your health and well-being.
Fortunately, many companies now offer sophisticated testing equipment to help health care providers identify neurotransmitter imbalances in the body. Through simply blood and urine analysis most healthcare providers can assess your baseline neurotransmitter and even hormone levels. This in turn can help them decide what treatment choices are ideal for your symptoms.
Many times health care workers can treat neurotransmitter imbalances or hormone imbalances without prescription drug therapy. What kinds of testing will your healthcare provider order? Here are just a few neurotransmitters or hormones your practitioner may order to correct symptoms including panic attacks, insomnia, depression and more:
1. GABA – This is a major inhibitory neurotransmitter. It can help prevent the body from being too excited and induce a more relaxed or calm state. If you have low levels of Gaba you may feel anxiety, experience panic attacks or experience mood swings.
2. Serotonin – Serotonin is an important neurotransmitter for regulating mood, emotion and anxiety. It also helps regulate food cravings. Imbalances may lead to mood swings and insomnia.
3. Epinephrine – This is simply adrenaline, and is vital to the proper function of our body’s metabolism. Mental focus, attention and awareness are all impacted by epinephrine.
4. Dopamine – This neurotransmitter may impact our tendency toward addiction and various other behaviors.
5. PEA – Irregularities in this important neurotransmitter may result in mood disorders, psychotic symptoms, ADD and even migraines.
Of course, this is just a small sampling of the many neurotransmitters that can get out of balance. Fortunately with proper care and understanding of what is out of balance, you can work to correct things naturally. They are many treatment choices that don’t involve drugs that can effectively correct imbalances in each of these areas.
Treating The Cause Not The Symptoms
Many times treating the cause of a problem is more effective than treating just the symptoms. Far too often doctors prescribe patients medications that have harmful effects. These medications may treat symptoms in the short-term, but does nothing to address the underlying reason people are having symptoms.
Fortunately many experienced holistic MD’s and other healthcare practitioners provide comprehensive services and can offer neurotransmitter testing to their patients. This combined with hormone testing can help you determine why you are experiencing symptoms and what steps you can take to correct them naturally.
Natural Therapy is Available To Heal Many Symptoms of Mental Illness
While many prescription drugs are available to treat depression, anxiety, mania, ADD and more, most drugs don’t actually cure the problem. More and more however, holistic doctors are recognizing there are ways to address the causes of problems and not simply the symptoms.
Many times simple adjustments to one’s diet, correct supplementation to correct nutrient deficiencies and treating hormonal imbalances are sufficient to make a dramatic impact on one’s health and well-being. Getting to the cause of a problem is the most effective way to treat one’s illness not only the short-term, but also in the long-term. If you or someone you know suffers from symptoms of depression, manic depression, anxiety, ADD, panic attacks or even insomnia, you owe it to yourself to find new ways to heal your body and not just treat your symptoms.
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Anne Arthur is the author of Night and Day. Working with Dr. Benjamin Galyardt, this guide teaches patients the dangers of drug therapy for mental illnesses and provides vital information about natural alternatives. Learn more about treating anxiety, depression, bipolar and more without prescription drug therapy by visiting http://www.bipolarwithoutdrugs.com or http://www.bipolarwithoutmeds.com
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