Saturday, October 5, 2013

Overcoming Depression With Visualization Techniques


It is perfectly normal for you to feel frustrated, angry, and sad, even all at the same time. However, if it goes on for a much longer period-and accompanied by headaches, anxiety attacks, loss of appetite, weight loss, and listlessness-it may mean something more serious. You could already be suffering from depression.

Depression is a disorder that is very common that it affects close to 20 million American adults every year. However, it is also usually ignored that 15 percent of those who are depressed will end up committing suicide due to lack of support or embarrassment of the situation.

If you think are you depressed or going into such path, know that you are definitely not alone. You have plenty of help. You can run to your friends and family. There are several support groups all over the country. You can also ask for medical help from your physician. Most of all, you can help yourself. One of these best ways is through visualization.

Visualization is simply creating images and new perceptions that will eventually change the way your mind thinks about your pressing challenges and disorder. Usually, the main gist in relation to depression is to help you combat the symptoms and get rid of the negative emotions that are usually associated with depression.

One technique is called sand sifting. In this visualization, you think of yourself as a butterfly net where you start to filter out the emotions you are currently feeling. You allow those bad vibes to pass through the small holes while you catch the good ones and permit them to linger a lot longer.

You can also follow the chalkboard method, where you imagine yourself writing down all the negative thoughts and feelings you currently have. Then with vigor or power, you grab a one huge board eraser and remove them from the board.

A very excellent visualization technique is to picture yourself out as a warrior willing to fight off the bad elements to make yourself the victor. You label every enemy as the things you hate about your life and think of yourself battling each one out in an arena until you can get rid of them all.

How to Make Visualizations More Effective

Visualization is not an easy process, especially if you are burdened with negative energy. However, there are ways on how to improve your receptiveness and your ability to visualize. For one, you can make use of subliminal messages. These are often referred to as quotes or passages that will serve as your life's mantra. The message will get embedded into your subconscious mind that it almost becomes second nature to you. You do not have to think about it. You simply immediately believe in it yourself.

If you cannot come up with your own mantra, you can download several mp3s or buy CDs that contain several subliminal messages. These are repeated hundreds of times all throughout the track to make sure your unconscious will definitely store the information well.

How to Relieve Depression in Children Through a Change in Diet


Parents never want to see their children suffer, either physically or emotionally. Unfortunately, clinical depression in children has become increasingly common. Turning to prescription drugs can be a scary decision, and they often turn out to be unsuccessful in alleviating the problem.

It is common for a child's depressive symptoms to be the result of nutritional deficiencies or food allergies. The gut-brain connection is important to consider when dealing with issues regarding depression or other mood disorders.

Use an Elimination Diet to Find Food Allergies

Depression is common in children and adolescents who have celiac disease. The only way to treat this disease is by avoiding gluten in the diet. A gluten-free diet has been found to be effective in relieving symptoms of depression in children with celiac disease.

Celiac disease often remains undiagnosed. Young children who are tested may yield negative results if their underdeveloped immune systems haven't begun to produce the "anti-gluten" antibodies that are measured in blood tests.

Children may also test negative for celiac disease, yet still have some level of gluten intolerance. It has been found that people still show evidence of intestinal damage from gluten even without the presence of the anti-gluten antibodies.

Gluten isn't the only substance in food that can cause reactions such as depression. Intolerance to dairy, certain plant toxins, or chemical additives like MSG are just a few examples of foods that can trigger mood disorders.

In order to determine if food allergies are an issue, an elimination diet is most effective. Remove what might be the offending substance from your child's diet for a period of three weeks to a month. Record any differences that you and your child discover.

If the symptoms of depression persist, try cutting out another type of food. Be sure to remove only one type of food or substance at a time so that you will be able to pinpoint the exact problem. Also, be sure to save any observations on paper. This process can also provide helpful information for your child's physician.

Remove Refined Sugar from the Diet

Sugar is an addictive substance that triggers a dopamine response in the brain. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays an important part in feelings of pleasure and motivation. Dopamine levels must be in balance for a healthy brain.

Binging on sugar is a common way for both adults and children to find comfort when they are feeling down and depressed. Unfortunately, sugar is not only unhealthy for the body, but can also cause fluctuations in dopamine levels. Although a sugar binge can make you feel good, that feeling is only temporary.

Sugar in the diet also causes extreme fluctuations in blood sugar levels. Sugar consumption can make you feel hyper and excited when your blood sugar level spikes, then sluggish and depressed when it crashes down.

A high-sugar diet also increases the likelihood of developing diabetes. The Yale School of Nursing found that children with diabetes have a two-fold greater risk of becoming clinically depressed than those who don't have diabetes. Diabetic adolescents have a three-fold greater susceptibility to depression than an average adolescent.

Depression in children can often be the result of problems in the diet. Many children suffer from undiagnosed food allergies that can bring about a variety of mood disorders. Elimination diets or the removal of refined sugars from the diet can provide relief for depressed children.

Food is Not Your God Anymore


Reductil... What Really Works

Mechanisms for regulating food intake are still not clearly established. That the hypothalamus plays a part in these mechanisms, however, seems certain. Numerous studies seem to indicate that a cluster of neurons in the lateral hypothalamus function as an appetite center (meaning that impulses from them bring about increased appetite). Other data suggest that a group of neurons in the ventral medial nucleus of the hypothalamus functions as a satiety center (meaning that impulses from these neurons decrease appetite so that we feel sated, or satisfied. What acts directly on these centers to stimulate or depress them is still a matter of theory rather than a fact.

One theory (the thermostat theory) holds that it is the temperature of the blood circulating to the hypothalamus that influences the centers. A moderate decrease in blood temperature stimulates the appetite center (and inhibits the satiety center). Result: the individual has an appetite, wants to eat, and probably does. An increase in blood temperature produces the opposite effect, a depressed appetite (anorexia). One well-known instance of this is the loss of appetite in persons who have a fever.

Another theory (the glucostat theory) says that it is the glucose concentration and rate of glucose use that influences the hypothalamic feeding centers. A low blood glucose concentration and rate of glucose use stimulates the appetite center, whereas high blood glucose concentration inhibits it. The use of (Reductil) as a drug for weight loss is highly linked to the body's own appetite control mechanisms, where it suppresses appetite an stimulates the body to use its own energy resources.

The active ingredient of (Reductil) is sibutramine. Sibutramine was originally developed as an antidepressant (fights depression), and it exerts its effect by helping two other substances: noradrenaline and serotonin stay as long as possible in the brain. Noradrenaline is the hormone of stress. It gushes through our blood at times of fight or fear moments to help us use all our bodily capabilities to either fight or run away from the stress at hand. I don't think anyone who might be reading that article ever had the desire to eat when faced by any threat. Serotonin is a local hormone that controls the release of another local hormone called leptin whose receptors are in the brain and their activation by leptin inhibits impulses that increase appetite, and stimulates impulses that decrease appetite.

This drug is rapidly absorbed from the gut, and it is extensively metabolized (broken down) in the liver, and its resulting substances have a half life (time for the body to breakdown half of the substance) is 14 - 16 hours, and is responsible for its effects. That's why (Reductil) should be taken early in the morning, so that it doesn't make you awake and disturb your sleeping time, especially on the first day of taking the drug.

(Reductil) shouldn't be taken carelessly by patients. It should be prescribed only for people with Body Mass Index (BMI) of 27 or more who have other heart or blood vessel risk factors, or 30 or more in their absence. It should be stopped if weight lost after 3 months is less than 5% of the initial weight. It should be stopped also if weight lost stabilizes at less than 5% of the initial weight thereafter (despite increase in concentration of Reductil), or if users regain more than 3 kg after previous weight loss. It should not be given for more than 1 year.

If one want to calculate one's own BMI, Divide your weight in kilograms by the square of your height in meters. So for example, if your weight is 115 kg, and your height is 180 centimeters (i.e. 1.8 meters), so your BMI can be calculated as 115/(1.8)2 = 115/3.24 = 35.4, so, if you have no other contraindications to use (Reductil), you'll definitely be able to use it.

Being part of the antidepressant family, (Reductil) is not the drug which you might be drinking alcohol during its course of treatment, because both will exert a depressing effect on brain function. So try to be more conservative at birthday parties or celebrations please. The dose of (My Reductil) is 10-15 mg per day by mouth.

One of the most reported side effects experienced by users of (Reductil), and which - at the same time - are self-limited with continued use or - sometimes - symptomatic treatment, is lack of sleep especially in the first night or two of taking (Reductil), and the best way to handle that is by taking the pill very early in the morning.

Another very popular side effect, dry mouth, which occurs in more than 10% of users, but it's nothing to worry about. It may require the user to consume 2-3 litres of water a day, and always carry an extra bottle of water around, but to look at it from another optimistic view, drinking a lot of water daily actually fills the stomach and decreases appetite, so it's helpful anyway.

There is a famous forum on Yahoo about how good (Reductil) is as an anti-obesity drug. I've been to that forum reading people's feedback on that drug, and how it really helped most of them with their weight loss battles. Here are some of the remarkable quotes people said after sing that drug: "With My Reductil, I just have no interest in food." One guy with inactive thyroid gland said: "Reductil is the only thing that helped me." Another one quoted: "My Reductil stops you needing to eat. It gets rid of the hunger, but willpower needs to be strong." A last one: "Food is not my God anymore."

There is also one last relation between (Reductil), blood pressure and headache. That relation needs to be understood by patients in order not to be confused to the extent of quitting treatment for no reason. As I notified earlier, (Reductil) depends on noradrenaline and serotonin inside the brain to do what it does. As all would know, noradrenaline narrows blood vessels everywhere in the body which contributes to raising the blood pressure a little, while serotonin, dilates blood vessels, and in the brain, may cause the headaches that (My Reductil) users may experience especially on the first days of treatment. The point is: Don't just quit (My Reductil) if your blood pressure rises a little bit. You can stop it if the rise in blood pressure is severe (more than 180/110), so that's why doctors recommend that (Reductil) users should check their blood pressure closely throughout its use (twice weekly during the first 3 months). You shouldn't worry much about the headache because it goes away later, and as far as your blood pressure is fine, take a panadol or something or the headache and life will go on.

In fact, you should benefit from the 3 months that you start your (Reductil) in, and not rush losing weight too fast. Losing weight so fast may let you get saggy skin, or let your kidney fall off inside your abdomen due to quick loss of the fat pad attaching it to the wall of the abdomen, so those first 3 months should be used by you wisely. The first month is all about surviving the changes that taking (Reductil) will have on your life. The second month should be all about trying to establish an eating pattern. The third month should be all about introducing a more extensive exercise program.

The last thing to be mentioned here is that (Reductil) should not be used in (severe) increase in blood pressure. It should not be used at all with peripheral occlusive arterial or coronary heart disease, arrhythmias, enlarged prostate condition, and in severe liver or kidney disease. It shouldn't also be used to treat obesity of endocrine origin, or those with a major eating disorder or a psychiatric disease. It also shouldn't be taken together with a tricyclic antidepressant, because both may lead to central nervous system toxicity.

Fish Oil For Depression - Discover How to Eliminate Your Mental Problems


Every year nearly 10% of all American adults suffer from depression and 15% of those cases finally end up as suicide. Depression is an often an underestimated disease, but since more and more cases have occurred it is now taken more seriously by society and medicine.

But what can you really do when you or a person close to you suffers from a depression?
Antidepressants are a common treatment that is recommended and prescribed, but these are strong medications that have many side effects, can be very dangerous and are most certainly not appropriate for every person that has a depression.

But there is also another, better way. Recent scientific studies have shown that fish oil for depression is a quite effective alternative. The Omega-3 fatty acids that are contained in fish oil are often missing in persons that suffer from a depression and by regularly ingesting a dietary fish oil supplement they can be effectively restored and help to overcome the depression.

But fish oil can also help you if you suffer under a depression and take already antidepressants.
Fish oil for depression has also shown great results when taken together with a regular antidepressant. The recovery process was speeded up extremely and the patients treated with this combination of medicament and dietary supplement could stop far sooner to take the dangerous antidepressants than others.

Fish oil for depression was just recently discovered by scientists and the exact effects and processes aren't completely clear yet. What we do know though is that omega-3 oil has in any case a positive effect on people with a depression. Currently doctors and scientists from all over the world run numerous test and studies to find out more on how exactly omega-3 fatty acids can help depressive people.

It is obvious that omega-3 fats alone will not drag you out of a depression (many other factors like a caring family or good friends play an important part too), but it can make things definitely easier and help you fight your way out of it.

What Does Clinical Depression Feel Like?


In this article I will be discussing clinical depression symptoms and what they feel like to those that suffer from this condition. If you are not already aware about clinical depression symptoms, than this article will definitely be a benefit to you especially if you or someone you know has depression. In addition, if you know someone that is suffering from depression to the point of where they may be suicidal please refer them to a medical expert. Many people who suffer from depression get suicidal.

Clinical depression symptoms have been described as severe feelings of loneliness, worthlessness, as well as sadness. Clinical depression is much more than just being sad, the condition is very repetitive to the point of anything and everything can become negative to you. A lot of sufferers from the condition of depression often isolate themselves away from everyone else. They may cry a lot or even pull over when driving to an empty parking lot just to cry. It should come as no surprise that those that have depression do not like others to know that they are sad. Which can surely cause several hardships throughout the course of time that your clinical depression is it's worse.

Often times, those with depression abuse the people that love them which sometimes leads to so much isolation that they never have a chance to say goodbye or apologize. These types of situations in conjunction with your already going depression can make for very intense episodes.

Clinical depression episodes usually occur when the suffer is delving into negativity. As we said before, the negative can take over the positive to a point where you now hate everything. You hate everything about yourself, you don't think you can do anything good, you don't think your life is doing okay, you think everyone hates you, you have a hard time with social functions, etc. This can make it very difficult to find help in the first place especially if you have social limitations within your depression.

Another bad thing about depression, is the fact that those with the condition often times want to sleep a lot. Sleeping levels in excess of 12 hours a day just because they can't deal with their everyday lives. This type of sleeping is not healthy to the body, especially when meals and fluids for the body are missed. One last tidbit of information for this article is the fact that those with depression are mainly running from life. Which is something that I believe everyone needs in their lives in order to function and be successful.

Friday, October 4, 2013

The Bipolar Psychic


The most common psychiatric diagnosis among those with extraordinary psychic skills is Bipolar Disorder. Also known as manic depression, manic-depressive disorder and bipolar affective disorder, this diagnosis describes a category of mood disorders. In the case of many psychics, there are presences of a multitude of episodes of abnormally elevated mood throughout their lives. Moods bounce back and forth from major depression to times of mania or experience both emotions simultaneously.

Episodes of one mood or another can last days, months, even years at a time. In extreme cases, psychic can experience psychotic symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations. Depressive episodes are associated with distress and disruption leading to elevated risk of suicide. Manic episodes are associated with creativity, goal striving and positive achievements, though usually acted out without forethought or logical thinking.

Psychics tend to have mild to severe bipolar disorders throughout childhood and adulthood. Periods of heightened emotional stress can accelerate the disorder as well as increases in psychic sensitivity. Increased psychic sensitivity can lead to stronger and more frequent episodes just as periods of heightened emotional stress can increase psychic sensitivity. While this disorder may always be an underlying part of the psychic, there are treatments that can help bring the disorder into varying levels of control. Treatments include psychological based behavior therapy and stress management and psychiatric based medicative treatments. Psychics are encouraged to meditate on their psychic skill as a means to focus their transmission and reception of emotions as to spare themselves and others of unnecessary additional stress. Some psychics may find control through meditation via attempting to narrow the reception/transmission channel that they use to send and receive emotional packages of information. Ignoring a condition such as bipolar disorder will only lead to increased complications, sensitivity and frequency of episodes.

Common signs and symptoms of mania include:

* Feeling euphoric and optimistic or experience extreme irritability

* Unrealistic, grandiose beliefs about one's abilities or powers

* Sleeping very little, but feeling extremely energetic

* Talking so rapidly that others can not keep up

* Racing thoughts

* Highly distractible, unable to concentrate

* Impaired judgment and impulsiveness

* Acting recklessly without thinking about the consequences

* Delusions and hallucinations (in severe cases)

Bipolar disorder not only affects mood, but also energy level, judgment, memory, concentration, appetite, sleep patterns, sex drive, and self-esteem. Additionally, bipolar disorder has been linked to anxiety, substance abuse, and health problems such as diabetes, heart disease, migraines, and high blood pressure. Psychics with any degree of bipolar disorder can improve with treatment and lead normal lives.

Sources

* Dominic Lam, Kim Wright, Neil Smith (August 2002), "Dysfunctional assumptions in bipolar disorder." Journal of Affective Disorders, Volume 79, Issue 1.

* National Institute of Mental Health - http://www.nimh.nih.gov

Menopause and Depression - How to Recognize the Symptoms


What Are the Causes?

Whether you are premenopausal, perimenopausal, right in the middle of menopause, or the significant other of someone experiencing these menopause and depression,you have probably asked yourself this question and many more. No one is certain why some women experience depression during menopause. In general, women are more likely than men to experience symptoms of sadness or depression. This is even more so during perimenopause and menopause. But there seems to be no single reason that can be identified.

It does seem that even women who have never had a history of depression, but are approaching menopause may be at increased risk for feelings of sadness and depression, and hormonal imbalances or hormonal changes are at least partly to blame. Depression seems to be more common in the perimenopause period, but can continue into menopause itself.

You may find yourself feeling sad or anxious. Some of the reasons could be increased stress related to changes in your body which can accompany menopause. It is not uncommon for women to feel a loss, not just related to no longer being able to bear children, but also with how our bodies are changing, sometimes on what seems like a daily basis. It is normal to grieve what many woman see as the loss of their youth and desirability. This can carry over into increased frustration when dealing with family or co-workers and with other regularly stressful situations in our daily lives.

For most women the symptoms of menopause and depression are manageable, but feelings of anxiety or depression at any time must never be ignored and should be discussed with your healthcare provider.

Other Risk Factors

Compared to before perimenopause and menopause, a woman is at least 4 times as likely to have symptoms of depression once she begins to experience perimenopause symptoms. Changes in hormone levels are the most significant symptom associated with the onset of menopause and depression, but certainly not the only one.

The risk of developing depression during perimenopause or menopause seems to be greater in women who have hot flashes, but can still be a concern for women who do not have other symptoms. Not surprisingly, the more extreme your symptoms, the more likely the chance you will experience sadness, anxiety, or even depression.

Women who had PMS or were smokers before menopause, seem to be much more likely to have symptoms of depression. Lifestyle plays a role as well. If you do not eat a healthy diet, get regular exercise, or have some sort of system in place to help reduce stress in your daily life, you are more likely to have menopause and depression symptoms.

Depression Solutions - The Twelve Top Physical Causes


Searches for solutions to depression are all too often assumed to lie in the emotional realm. That's because depression was considered to be an emotionally-generated symptom, so the assumption was that it would be resolved through the emotional realm. That's why it was addressed with counseling or therapy - often years of it, and that's why physical issues were typically overlooked or put aside.

Then it was considered to be 'all in your head' due to a chemical imbalance in your brain such as a serotonin deficiency, or a disturbance in serotonin metabolism. That's why it was addressed with anti-depressant medications that affected serotonin levels in your brain.

But that can be a big mistake, because sometimes it's not just 'all in your head.' Here are twelve physical conditions that can give rise to depression symptoms. If you or someone you know is suffering from depression, be sure to check out all of these conditions in looking for a solution.

What is depression?

Depression is an emotional symptom, often seen in a negative attitude, low mood and loss of interest in people and things that are normally of interest. It may even involve feelings of guilt, low self-worth, having low energy, poor concentration, disturbances in ability to sleep, disordered appetite. The feelings of sadness, despair and discouragement can be profound.

All these emotional symptoms are the main reason depression is usually approached as having emotional origins that require emotional approaches - psychotherapy, counseling and/ or treatment with anti-depressive drugs.

But here's the thing: contrary to what we usually assume, depression, more often than not, has its origins in physical problems. This means that these emotional symptoms are resolved by

addressing the physical issue(s). Below is a summary of the prevalence of this symptom along with a list of the most common sources of what can only appears to be an emotional issue. If you or someone you know gets depressed, be sure to get these physical conditions checked out!

Who gets depressed?

Depression is common, affecting about 121 million people worldwide. In the United States, it's estimated that in any given year depressive disorders are estimated to affect approximately 18.8 million American adults, or about 9.5% of the U.S. population age 18 and older.

In terms of gender, depression affects both sexes. Unfortunately, depression has had a reputation of being a women's condition, but this is incorrect. Actually more than 6 million men in the U.S. have depression each year. The symptoms of depression in men are similar to the symptoms of depression in women. But men tend to express those symptoms differently.

How do men and women express depression differently?

In women, depression may be more likely to cause feelings of sadness and worthlessness. Depression in men, on the other hand, may be more likely to cause them to be irritable, aggressive, or hostile.

Either way, the depressed person is suffering, and those around them suffer as well. Therefore, adopting an immediate, problem-solving attitude is essential. Everyone - the depressed person, family, friends, co-workers - benefits by this 'let's get this resolved' approach. Be sure to check out every one of these physically-generated causes of depression:

1. Low thyroid (T1 or T4):

Revealed by a blood test or muscle testing, this symptom can often turn around by increasing dietary intake or even supplementing with iodine along with removing all sources of exposure to fluoride, including fluoridated drinking water, toothpaste and dental sealants. Fluoride knocks iodine out of the thyroid, causing low thyroid functioning and thus leads directly to depression.

2. Low adrenals.

In the go-go modern world where people are stretched to capacity and beyond, adrenal glands get overworked constantly. Like anything else, they can only take so much, and then they start to give out. The result is low energy, low motivation and, guess what - depression!

Various stress-reduction and stress-management techniques in combination with direct support of adrenal glands with herbs often reverse this. Two of the herbs adrenal glands 'like' the most are Ashwaganda and Licorice. (However, don't take Licorice long term if you have high blood pressure.)

3. Sex hormone imbalances.

Whether in men or women, sex hormones that are out of balance are major contributors to symptoms of depression. Therefore it's always worth it to get the levels of estrogen, progesterone and testosterone (for both men and women) checked. If any are too high

or too low, they can cause depression.

4. Food intolerances.

Time and time again, I've seen this as a top physical cause of depression in my clients. And the biggest food intolerance of them all is wheat, followed only by lactose and then gluten. In fact, various experts estimate that 30-50% of people are gluten intolerant, while the incidence of lactose intolerance varies by race from about 5% of the population in far Northern Europeans to 95% in native African ones.

The solution is to omit these from the diet and allow the body to detox what remains - a process that takes some time. Various authors have noted that the symptoms of manic depression (bipolar disorder) and the symptoms of gluten intolerance are exactly the same, making this a crucial factor to check when depression symptoms occur.

5. Toxic metals.

Modern people are exposed to toxic metals from the dental substances in their mouths, from drinking water, food, air and more. A toxic metal body burden can produce very deep-seated and profound depression - absolute hopelessness and despair.

This is also true during a metals detoxification process, which is why it's always essential to undertake even the diagnosis of toxic metals under the guidance of a skilled and experienced

professional. The good news is that the depression flushes right out with the metals.

6. Toxic chemicals.

These are everywhere now in the modern world. Estimates say that each individual is exposed to some 100,000 with more added daily.

A quiet study was conducted in which surgeons were asked to remove a small piece of fat from each patient while conducting the operation. These were then sent in to a central laboratory and tested for chemicals. The fat sample with the lowest number listed well over 200 toxic chemicals! For some reason the results of this study never made the headlines.

Many of these cause depression by mimicking sex hormones, where they get into the cell receptors the body's own sex hormones should be regulating.

Just as with toxic chemicals, the services of a competent and skilled practitioner are required to detox these chemicals safely and effectively, and again, any depressive symptoms they cause disappear right along with the chemicals.

7. Infectious agents.

A great variety of infectious agents exist in the world, Among the most common forms are bacteria, viruses, yeast, molds, worms, parasites and spirochetes.

We all know what it feels like to be under the effect of these in acute situations like getting the flu for example - a depressing enough circumstance. But we can also be affected by chronic,

low-grade infections our bodies continue to fight without our ever realizing it. These wear us down, use up our resources, make us chronically tired, vulnerable to other bugs besides the ones we've been fighting.

The ways to discover their presence can be as varied as the bugs themselves, ranging from blood tests to stool samples to muscle tests. For anyone with chronic depression symptoms, thinking "chronic low-grade infection (or infections)" can be a productive route to address.

8. Anemia.

This is a condition of low red blood cells. No matter what the reason, the body cells, including the brain, don't get enough oxygen when there are too few red blood cells (RBC's) This can produce depression.

Anemia can result from loss of blood, from lack of iron in the diet, from lack of absorption of iron, from stomach ulcers, medications, colon cancer, trauma or B vitamin deficiency (see #9).

9. B vitamin deficiency.

There are many B vitamins we need for proper brain and nervous system functioning. Some of the more prominent ones in this regard include vitamin B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6 and especially B 12 and folate. Since we don't manufacture them, we require daily dietary intake to maintain healthy levels and stay out of depression.

And we also need to diminish or entirely avoid substances that strip our bodies of these essential nutrients, including refined sugars, alcohol, caffeine and nicotine.

In many instances, what has appeared to be intractable depression is completely turned around by adequate intake of natural sources of vitamin B such as those in nutritional yeast, for example.

But don't take synthetic B vitamins - these damage the peripheral nerve plates - those tiny little nerves at the far edges of our bodies that feed back information about what's going on there to our brains so they can make adjustments.

10.Low blood sugar.

This condition causes depression in a manner similar to that of anemia, only in this instance the problem is not getting enough oxygen to the brain, but getting enough blood sugar to the brain. Physical problems such as diabetes, syndrome X (also called metabolic syndrome) can produce this symptom if not properly managed. Many people report their depression entirely resolved by supplementing with Inositol - another B vitamin.

11. Poor blood circulation.

Blockages, weaknesses or cramping in arteries negatively affect blood circulation and can result in depression for the same reason anemia does - not enough oxygen to the brain.

Where blockages exist, they can often be cleared by taking a proteolytic enzyme such as bromelain (from pineapples) on an empty stomach.

Blood vessel weaknesses are often strengthened by bioflavonoids. A rich food source of some kinds is found in the white membrane inside citrus peels, while the blue and purple range of fruits - blueberries, raspberries, grapes, bilberries - provides others.

12. Prescription drugs.

Last, these are becoming a greater and greater contributor to the incidence of depression, even as more and more drugs are created to treat depression.

Therefore a careful review of any and all prescription drugs is called for when anyone suffers from depression.

And that review should include not just the drug, but all ingredients the product contains, including fillers and excipients. Two of the most common ones found in modern drugs - especially generic ones - are wheat and lactose... and these are two of the major contributors to food intolerance-generated depression.

It's always worth it to ask your pharmacist if any of the prescriptions you've filled can cause depression. For an online list of such drugs, search under 'medications that cause depression.'

Of course, there's every reason to combine the positive effects of eliminating these dirty dozen physical depression-makers with the benefits of counseling or therapy.

As many of my colleagues emphasize, in this modern world, everybody deserves therapy!

Can We Ever Get Over the Stigma of Depression?


For as long as health professionals can remember, our country has developed a negative stigma towards depression. People who have suffered from depression in our country tended to suffer in silence, or not seek the appropriate treatment because of the shame associated with admitting they have a mental illness. For instance, in the United States, during the 19th and 20th centuries, almost every form of mental illness was linked with a stigma of a moral failing or a sign of weak character.

Currently, patients diagnosed with depression are viewed as broken, helpless people who need lifelong assistance. The stigma of being depressed is often compounded by shame, guilt, and discredit for not being a "productive" member of our society. People often measure their self-worth by building their career or taking care of their family. However, the depressed person feels like a nobody when their depression makes them unable to work or earn a living for their family. In fact, the majority of Americans agree that if they admit to their boss that they are diagnosed with clinical depression, they will lose their jobs.

However, in the attempt to ameliorate the issue of depression, pharmaceutical companies have increased production and advertisements of anti-depressants. With over 27 million people currently taking anti-depressants, it has become increasingly more acceptable to take medication for this condition. Simply stated, instead of resolving the problem within a person, we are using medication as a Band-Aid to avoid any signs of weak character. So, has the stigma associated with depression changed in any significant way? Signs are pointing to no.

Tipper Gore said it best when she stated, "the last great stigma of the 20th century is the stigma of mental illness." It is generally thought that a depressed person has "trouble coping," a "bad attitude," or a "poor outlook on life." However, depression is a combination of environmental and biological causes, and our society has a lack of understanding and acceptance for this condition. Why is it so scary to be open about our weaknesses? The stigma surrounding depression developed from living in a country where feelings of uncertainty and vulnerability are considered weak and unacceptable. Therefore, people easily lose touch with their feelings by avoiding situations where a strong emotion is present.

As health professionals, our mission is to reduce the stigma associated with depression. Although many celebrities have admitted to their struggles with depression, the stigma of mental illness still remains in the working world. In order to reduce this stigma, there needs to be a larger public health and educational approach to this condition. There are various groups who are working diligently to educate the public and diminish the myths and stigma that surrounds mental illness. For instance, people of all ages need to be informed about the signs, symptoms, and treatment for depression.

If our society becomes more knowledgeable and aware of depression, we can reduce the stereotyping that is often association with this condition, making is more acceptable in our culture. It is important to promote the unique strengths that are required to endure depression. It takes much courage and mental toughness to get help for this condition, especially under its current stigma. This is also a good opportunity to teach others about overcoming adversity, and assisting their peers who are also struggling with depression. The key to overcoming the stigma of depression is to realize that your individual self-worth is a function of who you are, not what you do or how much money you make. Repeating this mantra can help you re-define how you view yourself.

Clinical depression is a medical condition, and is just as important as a disease such as diabetes, lupus or hypertension. Therefore, our society needs to stop making depression strictly a moral issue. Is the patient with a heart complication or a pancreas disorder considered weak, lazy, and defective? Of course not, and neither is the person who suffers from depression or mental illness. Depression is a diagnosable condition that needs to be treated with as much respect as any other disease, and in this manner, we can eliminate the stigma of depression in our society.

How to Cheer Up a Female Colleague From Work


What can you do if a female colleague from work is sad and depressed? How can you cheer her up? Here are 7 tips on how to do that:

1. Compliment her hair.

This is very important for a woman. If you like her hair, there's nothing wrong in complimenting it. Don't do just to make her feel good. Only do it if it's true.

2. Send her a bouquet of flowers

Call someone and tell him to a bouquet of red roses with a note to her. The note should write "From your secret admirer. You look beautiful today."

3. The happy email

Send her a happy power point in an email to make her smile. Maybe one with a lot of men :) or one that is just funny.

4. The award goes to...

Talk to some other colleagues and make up a new award at the office. This award could be for "the best suit", "the most efficient employee", "the most funny colleague", "the greatest purse of the day" etc. Be sure, that your colleague is one of the ones who will receive the award.

5. Take her on a shopping adventure

Ask her if she wants to go shopping with you later. Talk a little about where she wants to go and what she wants to buy. This will make here happy and she will think about the things she is going to buy all day.

6. Motivational quotes

Send her an email filled with motivational quotes. This will raise her spirit.

7. A little gift

Buy her a little, symbolic gift. It could be a little chain lock, a small stuffed animal toy, a chocolate that she likes, etc.

Ten Ways To Survive The Depression And Make A Profit


1. Only attempt to make money where you KNOW you can really make it. Don't attempt to make money in new directions unless you can 'test the water' very cheaply and can afford to lose the time and money that you have invested.

2. Have a good long look at your expenses. Where can you obviously cut down? What can you do without?

3. Try to pay all your bills immediately. By doing this, you gain greater peace of mind because you can always delay paying if necessary. You may need a cushion to fall back on which you won't have if you are already paying bills at the very last moment.

4. Keep track of your spending and try to spend less. For example, when you go shopping and normally spend $20, take only $15. This will FORCE you to cut back. If you are in business, keep track of each days expenses compared with each days takings. Never spend more than you take. Compete with yourself on the smallest weeks expenses and largest weeks takings.

5. Look, look, look all the time for LOWER prices on the items which you must buy. Check the quality first; it is amazing the savings that can be made.

6. If you have the time but little money, don't spend that time brooding or getting depressed. Read books that will uplift you. Learn more on the subjects that could help you make more money and plan your way to more money. Keep active. You won't get anywhere if you don't.

7. If you don't have time, it is still important to keep your spirits high. Record some lifting chapters or quotes from books and play them while you are working. Keep a note-pad handy and write down any ideas you have to improve your situation. Try to find fifteen minutes to half an hour each day to plan your work and make a plan for the future. This is vital as it will save you more than the half an hour spent.

8. Before borrowing to raise capital, look around your house and find unwanted things that are obviously things you could do with out. Sell these. You could raise quite a few hundred dollars this way if you are lucky.

9. Don't go for big money fast. Only a very small minority EVER achieve it. Aim to cut costs a little each week and increase your income a little each week.

10. If you really need to borrow, always remember that you Must pay it back PLUS interest. There is nothing wrong with borrowing if it is carefully planned. Take into account your initial expenditure, advertising costs and the time it will take before you will get paid. NEVER borrow unless you have thoroughly tested as much as you possibly can first and even then, plan for things taking longer than you thought as well as being much harder than you first thought.

'Slow but sure' is a must. The good thing is that if you can survive during a depression, you will be sure to find it easier after it.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Mood Swings, Depression and Lack of Sleep - Are You Trying Too Hard to Be Normal?


I have a love hate relationship with Raffaello Colombo because of her 'pure science' approach to the human psyche. Whenever I attend one of her lectures she manages to push all my buttons about the nature of the human psyche yet at the same time she makes me think more deeply about ideas I take for granted.

How so?

Once, in a previous lecture, she demonstrated that religious experience can be had on tap just by electrically stimulating a certain place in the brain!

I got my own back after the lecture by demonstrating to her how thought can instantly impact on the body; that one can make one's hand grow in an instant as much as quarter of an inch just by intending this for a few seconds. (Ha ha, nothing like instantly measurable results to blow the mind of a scientist.)

Anyway, back to her lecture on mood swings and musing about mood, sleep, humanity, and the danger of 'normalcy' ever since.

If you only sleep a few hours a night, this is time to prick up your ears. Some useful info follows.

If you're not manic, depressed or bipolar or prone to mood swings of any type, have no sleep irregularities whatsoever and consider yourself 'perfectly normal' you can save time by just skipping down to 'what's normal for humanity?'

Colombo spoke about the fact that mood decides and informs the life of a person. She also spoke about the historical link between creativity and 'the melancholic temperament'. I'm interested in this as a hand analyst because this tendency is visible in one's hand, (through the degree to which one's headline (thinking style) curves down into the spiritual 'unconscious' side of the hand. (the moon). )

What I found really interesting was the idea that there are degrees of mania. And what really is 'normal'?

Gradations of mood:

Severe mania
Hypomania
Hyperthemia
'Normal'
mild depression
moderate depression
severe depression

We're mostly all familiar with the extreme version of mania where the person is overly confident to the point of putting themselves and others at risk. (eg. Movies Eternal sunshine or Mr Jones.) Or the slightly less extreme form which Colombo labelled 'hypomania'.

What are the characteristics of hypomania?

  • Elevated mood, euphoric, unusually cheerful

  • Uncritical self confidence/ inflated self esteem,

  • Decreased need for sleep

  • Over activity and acceleration of thinking

  • Distractibility

  • Increased involvement in goal-directed activities (!)

  • Not able to consider the painful consequences of behaviour. Therefore, excessive involvement in pleasurable activities (eg. Buying sprees or indiscriminate enthusiasm for sex.)

  • Rapid non-stop talk without regard for other's communication wishes (difficult to interrupt)

  • Objective time slow/subjective time fast. Time is too fast so one is not capable of doing 'mind reading'/getting feedback from others.

  • Flights of ideas: Feeling one has the capacity for more thought than others, don't understand why others are so slow. Joking, punning, amusing irrelevancies.

Colombo also described the characteristics of depression and the tendency to swing up and down, like a pendulum. The higher you go, the lower you go.

What was most interesting to me was Colombo's description of a mild form of mania, a state called 'hyerthemia'. Also, she gave the key how to control this and stop yourself slipping into a more extreme form of manic behaviour.

Sleep is the core of the problem and therefore points to the solution. If your sleep is totally unbalanced you will start tipping in the direction of mania. If you want to control this you have to control your sleep either naturally or chemically (taking fish oil, vitamin D and minerals ( magnesium, chromium and lithium) or by taking sleeping pills. All foods, whether natural or junk, have a chemical effect. We tamper with sleep and mood all the time through the quality of the food we eat or our use/abuse of caffeine, alcohol and drugs.

So what is hyperthemia and have you got it?

Hyperthemia (I love the proximity to hyperthermia!) is a state of elevated mood, cheerfulness, optimism, where one is overly confident but not totally out of control. It is characterised by being able to achieve a super human go-go-go work load without rest or much sleep.

Colombo said you know you are in this state if your sleeping pattern is irregular. People who 'suffer' from this condition are often highly successful. The danger is that if one stays in this state too long one can progress to full blown mania characterised by irresponsible behaviour and the other symptoms listed above.The other danger is the cumulative lack of sleep could tip you into the other side of the pendulum swing, namely mild or severe depression and longer periods of required sleep.

You can prevent yourself toppling into depression by making sure you get enough sleep. You carefully manage and control the pendulum swing, making it shallower rather than deeper.

So what is 'normal' for humanity?

Raffeala Colombo prescribes (chemically induced) 'normalcy' as the solution and this is where I disagree with her. I think this is extremely dangerous advice for humanity at this point in our evolution. Not the method of getting there so much as the condition.

I maintain that if most humans didn't have hyperthemia flushed out of them at an early age, this would be the rightful 'normal' state for humanity. We are extraordinary beings, capable of transcending the human form. Deep down we know this and fear it too. Because if we acknowledge that we are at the steering wheel of our own lives then there's no one else to blame...

The main problem with humanity is that we totally under value our potential and capabilities. Both as a species and individually. Humanity is in danger of slipping and the entire world with us because we are all pretending to be far smaller than we really are.

Hence the powerful wake up call by Marianne Williamson '.....our real fear is we are powerful beyond measure....your playing small does not serve the world.....'

The extreme manics are right in a sense. But they are leaving out essential details such as, yes we are spirits at play and we are capable of everything but we do also have a body. This is a material world and there are responsibilities (and also delicious rewards) that come with this... I think to really cure mania one shouldn't aim to bring them right down to the lowliness of 'normalcy' but rather teach them the rules of this universe and self mastery skills to cope with being in a body.

I think of the many people doing really important work right now to help us step into our full human potential one man stands out and that's Paul Scheele of Learning Strategies.

Why?

Because he teaches practical techniques to step past one's conscious mind to access infinite mind. E.g. His PhotoReading program.

I think the world is speeding up and information doubling for good reason. It's forcing us to each connect with source/our infinite genius minds.

How does Scheele's system work? The starting point to this method is intention. Once one has clear objectives about why one should read/listen to anything one then has choice. Do I need/want this or not? Then we step beyond conscious mind which goes too slow and allow genius mind to find quickly exactly the phrase we need.

If we are fully connected to source we can do this anyway (like Emma Kunz could) without seeking information outside of ourselves. It all comes down to intuition. But sometimes we confuse the small voice of fear with our genuine intuition/connection with source. Actually, there is a huge difference. We need to learn to recognise the difference and we can do this by monitoring how the thought makes us feel or other signs. For example, when I get genuine intuition I get a tickle on the back of my neck.

Depression Symptoms Revealed


So, are you depressed and need helpful ways on how to overcome depression? Well, you've come to the right place. There are many ways to overcome Depression. Here are a few tips you can use to overcome Depression.

One of the many ways that you can get over Depression is by exercising. Try to at least exercise for 30 minuets each day. Even if it's just light exercising, such as going for a nice long walk, even a light jog. When you exercise you release "feel good" hormones, which are called endorphins. Releasing endorphins is very good for people with depression.

Another great way to get over depression is by getting enough sleep at night. Make sure that you're getting at least 8-9 full hours of sleep each night. Try to go to bed at the same time every night, that way you will develop a sleeping schedule, which is a very helpful thing to do for people who are trying to overcome depression. This is also important to do when you're depressed, so that you don't develop Insomnia. People who are depressed have a higher chance of developing Insomnia if they don't get the right amount of sleep each night.

Always try to avoid drinking alcohol when you're depressed. Sometimes drinking alcohol can make the depression worse. So, if you're trying to overcome depression, stay away from alcoholic beverages.

Another thing you should do when trying to overcome depression is, eat healthy foods. Eating healthy foods can help you feel good. Try eating a lot of whole grain or whole wheat foods, and fruits and vegetables. Also, a great thing to do is take a multivitamin each day, so you get all the nutrients you need.

Try to avoid sugary foods and drinks. Sugar may give you a boost of energy, but however, in the long run it will make you tired, because it causes your blood sugar to drop. When your blood sugar drops that can leave you feeling down in the dumps and it's not good if you're trying to overcome being depressed. It's always good to stick to water and fruit juices instead.

Going to see a therapist is another great way to help overcome depression. Talking to someone is great when you feel depressed, but its even better when it's a professional, because they can help you by giving you ways to cope with whatever is making you depressed. Going to therapy is effective for many people. If you can't afford a therapist, you can always buy a self help workbook. Self help workbooks often times have a section on coping skill for depression, and they're also great for most people to use.

Setting goals for yourself is another great way to overcome being depressed. Even if the goals are really small ones, such as, getting up out of bed in the morning. When you accomplish those goals, you will feel better about yourself and boost your self esteem. Boosting your self Esteem is a great way to overcome depression.

Those are some helpful tips and ways on how to overcome Depression.

Manic Depressive Disorder Can Be Successfully Managed


Manic depressive disorder (now known as bipolar disorder) is a mental disorder. Wikipedia indicates that 1% of the population of the world have bipolar disorder. There are many sources which quote an even higher percentage. The disorder can be very debilitating. However, it is one that, with a strong desire and a proper treatment regime, can be successfully managed.

Manic depressive disorder is said to be one of the worst mental disorders to be diagnosed with. You might ask how this can be. If you had manic depressive disorder you would know how this can be. The disorder can cause wild changes from mania to deep depression. Thus you have to face two extremely different mental conditions. There can be quick changes or the change from one to the other or it can take years.

You may be 100% clear of all manic or depressive symptoms. However the disorder can still be in full control of your life. Firstly, you can decide that you are now free of manic depression. This can lead to a decision to cease taking your medication. Amongst your medication most likely there were some called mood stabilizers. You are then left very much at risk of another bipolar episode. Suddenly you are gripped by bipolar all over again.

An alternative to this is fear. Whilst you are living without any bipolar symptoms you might be living in fear as to when the next episode will arrive. Unfortunately this is all too common amongst those of us with bipolar symptoms. The disorder can not only control the person who has the diagnosis. It can have a pronounced effect on their friends and loved ones. They too, find life difficult when an episode occurs. Also, they can live in fear of the next episode arriving.

If you are diagnosed with manic depressive disorder that diagnosis stays with you for the rest of your life. However that does not mean that the disorder has to control the rest of your life. There is good news for you. The disorder can be managed. I have read many comments on the internet of people saying how grateful they were to be properly diagnosed with the disorder. From there many have managed the disorder and regained control of their life.

About thirty years ago I was diagnosed with manic depressive disorder. The symptoms totally controlled my life. I felt that I could not continue my life in that fashion. My first thought was suicide. Clearly, my various attempts did not succeed. Today I am very grateful for this. Many people with the disorder consider this option. The American National Institute of Mental Health advises that 20% of those with the disorder successfully commit suicide.

I have mentioned that I have attempted suicide on a number of occasions. Today I am very grateful that all my attempts were unsuccessful. Seven years ago I met, and very quickly married (5 months for the curious) a wonderful lady. We are very happily married. Judy, my new wife has been a great source of strength in my management of manic depressive disorder.

I know that manic depressive disorder can be managed. I have learned to manage my own bipolar symptoms. I have known friends who have succeeded in managing their symptoms. There are references to countless such people on the internet. Basically I have achieved this by studying the disorder. I practiced what I learned about the disorder. It has worked for me. It has worked for many others. Why shouldn't it work for you?

Bipolar Test - Are You Bipolar?


If your think that you may suffer from Bipolar Disorder, the first thing you should do is take a Bipolar test. Bipolar Disorder is sometimes misdiagnosed as depression, so by taking this Bipolar test, you should be able to work out if you are showing classic bipolar symptoms. Read on to take the Bipolar test...

Part a) Is it bipolar or depression?

1. Do you feel that you need less sleep than usual?

2. Are you more talkative than usual and feeling like you have to keep talking?

3. Does it feel as though you are having too many thoughts and ideas to process at once?

4. Are you easily distracted?

5. Have you been going on spending sprees and spending money that you don't have?

6. Do you suffer from mood swings, extreme highs and terrible lows?

If you have answered yes to more than two of the bipolar test questions above, please move on to bipolar test b & c (if not, it is unlikely that you suffer from bipolar disorder).

Part b) When you are on a high (mania):

1. Are you more hyper than usual?

2. Do you find yourself getting into trouble, fights or arguments?

3. Do you feel elevated and increased self confidence?

4. Does your level of self esteem drastically increase?

5. Do you find that you talk more quickly?

6. Are thoughts and ideas constantly racing through your mind?

7. Do you have more energy than usual?

8. Do you have lots of goals, new ideas and ambitions?

Now move onto bipolar test part c...

Part c) When you are on a low (depressed):

1. Do you feel as though you have little of no energy?

2. Do you find that you loose in things you customarily enjoy?

3. Do you have feelings of guilt?

4. Do you have feelings of worthlessness?

5. Do you have difficulty with your short term memory and find it hard to make decisions?

6. Are you feeling tired, have a lack of energy and fatigue?

7. Are you persistently sad and anxious?

8. Do you feel irritable and constantly restless?

Bipolar test results: If you have answered the majority of the questions in bipolar test b & c as yes, there may be a chance that you suffer from Bipolar Disorder. Be sure to seek help from a medical professional to discuss your situation and symptoms. For even more information on where to go from here click on the links below.

Stigma Against Mental Illness? No Way!


I have read numerous articles over the years complaining that people who have been diagnosed with mental illness not only have to struggle with their illness but the universal stigma against the mentally ill.

I have wondered for a long time why people who have been diagnosed with mental illness don't stop complaining about the stigma, and why they don't put more energy into complaining about the diagnosis.

For instance. When I was diagnosed with manic-depression (they call it bipolar now) as a young woman in my 30s, I asked for some explanation of what, specifically, was my problem. I got such a hodge-podge of confusing-information that I rejected the manic depression diagnosis of me as medically unsound. The medical doctor could give me no medical explanation, or point to any physical evidence that proved I had a mental disorder.

The answer I got was "You feel helpless, you are in a lot of pain, you can't sleep, you feel depressed, you can't concentrate, and you have no zest for living."

"Yes," I said. But what is causing all of these problems?"

"Depression is causing your problems?

'You're telling me that depression causes depression.? That's like saying measles causes measles."

"Well," the psychiatrist continued, "Nobody really knows exactly what causes depression. It's some kind of chemical imbalance in the brain, associated with low serotonin levels and anti-depressants are the recommended cure for it."

"What do the anti-depressants do?" I asked.

"They make you feel better."

"How?"

"Nobody really knows."

"Do the anti-depressants cure the chemical imbalance?

"That's not clear."

"Well," I said. "My father and brother have also been diagnosed with manic depression, and they are both on anti-depressants, and they are either depressed still, or they are manic. And not only that, they are each on different medications. And neither one is able to work anymore. They are both writers. I am a writer. How do I know how the anti-depressants will work on me?

"We'll try one. If that doesn't work, we'll try another. We just have to start you on some and see how they work for you."

"I don't think I want to take any."

The psychiatrist got very upset when I said that I didn't want to take his anti-depressants. He even raised his voice, looked sternly at me and said, "You can't come into my office and sit there like you are a student in class taking notes on what I say. That's not how it works, and this session is now over."

My husband tells me that I am much too confronting and argumentative, and he's embarrassed by my attitude toward doctors, and no wonder doctors don't like me. Maybe so. But here was somebody going to stick me with a mental illness diagnosis, and I didn't think he had a good reason to do so. I didn't think I got a good enough answer to what I thought was a reasonable question. What is physically wrong with me that needs to be fixed by drugs?

So I never took anti-depressants for my supposed bipolar mental disorder. And I accept no stigma. The whole thing is ridiculous. And that is the reason I went back to graduate school and became a board-certified cognitive behavioral therapist. I'm one of those people who went into the field to help myself.

And I must say that I found very little in the psychology or psychiatry I studied in graduate school to help me out of my bipolar condition. I certainly did suffer a lot of pain from depression and manic episodes for many years. And not until I studied neuroscience did I finally understand what was wrong with me.

What was wrong with me was that I had no idea how my brain worked. I had no idea what a neurotransmitter was. I didn't know how I got from one thought to another. I didn't know what powered the brain. I didn't know that if you understood the neurological process of pain perception, you could get yourself out of any depressive episode with a few mind exercises.

I didn't know that the brain always followed the direction of its most current dominant thought, and you could make any thought dominant by thinking it over and over, repetitively. I didn't know that depression only happened in the subcortex, and there was never any depression in the neocortex. I didn't know you could quickly separate the message that you were depressed from one part of the brain to the other.

So for all you fellow sufferers of depression. Accept no stigma. And learn something about how your brain works. Probably your psychiatrist can't help you there, but there are books available so that you can educate yourself. It's no harder to learn how your brain works than it is to study to get a license to drive your car. Would you let your car take you anywhere it wanted? No. You learn how it works, you memorize the rules of the road, and you make your car take you safely where YOU want to go.

As long as you don't know how your brain works, it takes you where IT wants to go, and you are never safe. Now there's real stigma for you.

Comorbid Conditions


Many other medical conditions may occur along with autism. These comorbid conditions are also important in determining the diagnosis of autism. The comorbid conditions may be used to indicate autism; however, they do not have a direct effect in causing disabilities associated with autism. Autism is firmly diagnosed as a cognitive disability that starts in early childhood, continues through adulthood and has an effect on the development of imaginative, communication and social interaction skills.

Over 40 comorbidities have been associated with ASD. (Zafeiriou, Ververia, & Vargiamia, 2007) Some of the most common comorbid conditions are:

Anxiety Disorder

Anxiety disorders apart from those that are included in the autism disorders may occur, however it is difficult to say it is a comorbid anxiety problem.

Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder is also known as manic depressive disorder. It may have other comorbid conditions in itself.

Bowel Disease

Gastrointestinal symptoms are known to affect a large percentage of children with autism. Constipation and inflammation of the intestines are among the common bowel diseases that are comorbid with autism disorders.

Depression and other Psychopathological Disorders

Various phobias, depression and some psychopathological disorders are known to occur with autism, though this has not been examined systematically.

Fragile X Syndrome

This has an effect on two to five percent of the population with autism. In this condition one component of the X chromosome is defective, and therefore looks fragile when viewed under a microscope. If a child has Fragile X, then there are high chances that his or her sibling will have Fragile X.

ADHD

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may co-occur in children with autism. The co-diagnosis of ASD and ADHD is prohibited by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition). ADHD treatments are not very successful among children with ASD. Other kinds of medication and therapies are required for its treatment.

Mental Retardation

Some individuals with mental retardation are reported to also have autism.

Neuroinflammation and Immune Disorders

Many comorbid conditions connected to autism may be triggered by some immune disorders. Recent findings have shown that neuroinflammation and immune disorders are present in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid of some patients with ASD.

Non-Verbal Learning Disorder

This is typified by a considerable difference between greater verbal scores and lower performance scores in IQ tests. Disabilities related to motor, social and visual-spatial skill are also noticed.

Motor Clumsiness

Children with autism frequently have low levels of motor handiness and they acquire motor skills in a delayed period. Coordination may be poor which may affect their posture, handwriting, etc. Conceptual learning skills are also affected by this.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Recurring obsessive thought and actions may affect a child with autism. These are stereotyped repetitive behaviors that are not essentially enjoyable.

Tourette Syndrome

Tourette syndrome affects 6.5% people with autism. It may occur due to genetic factors or serotonin, glutamate and dopamine abnormalities.

Seizures

Seizures occur in one in four children with autism. It is caused by irregular electrical action in the brain, which can cause short-term unconsciousness, staring spells and body convulsions.

Sensory Problems

Sensory problems apart from the sensory symptoms of autism may occur as a comorbid condition. For instance damaged tactile perception is known to affect children with autism more than adults. Related motor problems such as poor motor planning may also occur.

Tuberous Sclerosis

This is an uncommon genetic disorder that causes benign tumors in the brain and other vital organs. One to four percent of people with autism are known to have tuberous sclerosis. 25 to 61% people with tuberous sclerosis may be diagnosed with autism.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

3 Popular Drugs Used To Treat Bipolar Disease


For many disorders, bipolar disorder included, there is not just one but many drug treatments available. Here are three of the most popular drug treatments currently being used to treat bipolar disease.

Lithium

Lithium is commonly known as the first mood stabilizer. Although it was discovered in 1817, it was not until much later in the century that it was found to have mood stabilizing properties, specifically anti-manic capabilities. By 1969 it was the preferred method of treating manic depression.

It is not known exactly how lithium works with the brain to stabilize moods. It's theorized that those afflicted with bipolar disease have a chemical imbalance in the part of the brain that controls emotions and that lithium helps to restore the correct balance.

Today, lithium is usually the first drug treatment attempted when treating bipolar disorder. It is especially effective if there is a family history of bipolar disorder. If a family history does not exist, Lithium tends to be less effective and other treatments may be attempted instead.

Recently, because of its toxicity and other negative effects, some medical professionals have begun to shy away from prescribing lithium.

Valproate

In the United States, valproate is the second most popular drug used to fight bipolar disorder. This seems to be mainly a direct result of the many lithium side effects and concerns. Even among doctors that prefer lithium as a first choice, valproate is usually a strong second choice. Also, as mentioned above, lithium is not always effective for treating bipolar disorder. In these cases, valproate is often considered a good alternative treatment.

Although lithium and valproate appear to have similar efficacy in treating bipolar disorder, there have been no head to head clinical trials between the two so a definitive conclusion cannot be reached. However, because valproate is less stressful to the human body, this may be a natural drug preference for some.

A second concern with using valproate is that while it has been proven to be effective against bipolar mania, it has been less effective against bipolar depression.

Carbamazepine

In Europe, carbamazepine, introduced in the early 1960s, is the second most popular drug used for treating bipolar disorder. Although, studies have proven it to be effective for bipolar disorder, it has not been approved worldwide.

And as with the drug valproate, carbamazepine while effective for treating bipolar mania, has also been less effective at treating bipolar depression.

Conclusion

Of the top three drugs used to fight bipolar disease, they all seem to be relatively equal in treating bipolar mania. However, when it comes to treating bipolar depression and in reducing feelings of suicide, lithium appears to have the clear edge.

Unfortunately, many of the studies that current bipolar treatment is based on are 15 or more years old and are very much out of date.

Fortunately, the scientific community, recognizing this, is becoming more interested in studying new treatments for bipolar mania. There are many medical trials underway that will test the potential for a new class of bipolar drugs and hopefully lead to much needed help for families dealing with this emotional wrenching disease.

Depression Fighting Supplements - Natural Diets to Reduce Depression Symptoms


Almost every person on earth has some kind of depression in his life. There are many situations in life when we feel a lot depressed and that is completely normal. There are times when we are not able to achieve our goals or we regret about something. Similarly there are many other occasions when we feel depressed. In this article, we are going to discuss about the natural diets and supplements to reduce depression symptoms.

Anti-Depression supplements can help you a lot in life during the various situations which affect your mood a lot. There are many people who feel depressed for most of the time. That is not normal at all. If you are like that, you need to use some good natural supplements or diets to fight the depression symptoms. These can be very helpful and can help you fight the physiological problems associated with it.

Here are a few supplements or natural diets which can help you a lot:

1. Acai Berry Supplements - This is a wonder fruit which comes from forests in Brazil and other countries in the Americas. It is very helpful to fight the mood swings naturally without any side effects. These also enhance the energy levels in your body.

2. SamE tablets - This is another good method to reduce the depression.

3. Fish oils are known to provide a lot of relief to the patients suffering from depression.

4. Maca is another great supplement found in South America which is very useful to fight the depression naturally without any side effect and with long lasting changes.

Clinical Depression and Symptoms


Ways of Diagnosing Clinical Depression

The well-known term of 'clinical depression' is generally used to describe a more severe form of depression which is also sometimes known as 'major depression' or 'major depressive disorder'.

The diagnosis of depression can differ significantly, and can range from mild and occasional bouts of sadness, to severe and persistent episodes. It is important to seek advice from a medical professional to properly diagnose all forms of depression.

The most significant symptoms of clinical depression are listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of the United States and are stated below.

Clinical depression symptoms include the following:


  • A general loss of interest or pleasure in most common day-to-day activities

  • Feeling in a Depressed low mood most of the day, nearly every day

  • A Significant and noticeable weight loss or weight gain

  • Either sleeping too much, or alternatively, not being able to sleep (on a consistent basis)

  • Slowed thinking or slowed physical movements that others notice

  • A feeling of worthlessness or inappropriate guilt for unknown reason

  • Losing ones concentration or periods of being unable to decide

  • Feelings of tiredness, fatigue or low energy levels nearly every day

  • Thoughts of death or thoughts of suicide on a recurring basis

If a person experiences 5 or more of the symptoms noted above, over a period of 2 weeks, AND one of those symptoms above is either a depressed or low mood OR a loss of interest or pleasure in day-to-day activities, they should see a Medical Professional immediately. We should be aware though, that some types of depression may not fit this strict definition and a Doctor will be able to provide proper diagnosis.

Clinical depression can cause significant and regular disruptions in someones daily life. Work, school and/or social activities can all be affected to the point of a person being unable to attend.

It is worth remembering that depression does not discriminate and it can affect men, women and children of all ages and from all cultural backgrounds.

Clinical depression isn't the same as depression caused by a significant loss (such as death of a loved one), or even substance abuse, or a medical condition such as a thyroid disorder.

It is comforting to know that clinical depression symptoms will usually improve with either psychological counseling, antidepressant medications or perhaps a combination of the two, giving the person suffering from the disorder a great deal of hope for the future.

Analyze Your Positive Thinking!


If you want to find out how positive you are, answer (to yourself) the following questions as honestly as you can.

I know you may have heard some of this before, but remember that repetition is the mother of skill, I hope you can find something that help you to turn your life for the better, use it as an exercise for your mind power.

When something unexpected forces you to change your plans, can you see a hidden advantage in this new situation?

Do you enjoy and like most of the people you meet?

When you think about next year, do you tend to think that you will be better than you are right now?

Do you often stop to admire the things of beauty all around you?

Do you praise your spouse / best friend / lover / more often than you criticize him or her?

Do you get surprised when a friend lets you down?

Do you think you are happy most of the times?

Do you feel comfortable making yourself the target of your own jokes?

Do you believe that, overall, your state of mind has had a positive effect on your physical health?

If you made a list of your 10 favorite people, would name be there on it too?

When you think back over the past few months, do you tend to remember your success before your setbacks and failures?

This is just a small analysis or a way for you to think about ways and aspects of your life that you can improve, if you are flawless in everything, keep the faith, you are someone whose optimism is a powerful healing force. If not and you tend to be pessimistic. Think of ways to improve your pessimistic approach to life. Start thinking Positive!

But above all use it for your personal development, to strengthen your inner power and to start using the power of your mind.

And Now, Supercharge Your Positive Motivation

Motivation is the driving force behind life-enhancing change. It comes from knowing exactly what you want to do and having a burning desire to do what's necessary to get it. It keeps your dream on track as it is the power of motivation that keeps you going when the going gets tough. Motivation take you to Action!
So, here is how to supercharge your positive motivation:

Create a picture board and fill it with images of your desired goals. The car you want to own, the house you want to live in, the area where you want to live yes, they're the obvious ones. Others could be pictures of holiday destinations, trophies, first-class travel tickets, clothes you want to buy, fine restaurants you want to frequent - whatever you can think of that gets your pulse racing. Let your dreams go, even if it seems impossible to you now, don't worry just do it and forget how you will get it.

GET FURIOUS. If you want to change your life for the better then get furious about where you're at right now. Having an indifferent attitude towards change isn't what's needed and it won't create a burning desire within you. So ask yourself: "Why do I want to change?" Is it because debts? Job? Is your life bored? Are you tired of doing the same thing every week? THEN GET FURIOUS ABOUT IT. Change happens in an instant, just decide what you want to change and DO IT!

Manage your Time, yes, time is one of the most precious resources you have and it is also a non renewable resource. You can either use it fully or misuse it. If you want to create change you're going to have to invest time to make it happen. Start minimizing the time you waste on irrelevancies: Television, newspapers, weekends spent shopping, partying, dining out, all of that is valuable time that you can use much more effectively by investing it in you. Remember this: If there is something that is equal to all of us is time, but it's how you use the time you have that counts. So, make your time count!

Don't be a Sidekick. Are you a mindless little sheep who's too timid to pursue your own way? Do you have to follow where everyone else goes, doing exactly what everyone else does and therefore, who gets the same levels of happiness as all the other you follow? Does this describe you? Are you too frightened to be different than all of the others because they wouldn't like it if you decided to follow a different path? So you dutifully trot along following all the others because if they're doing it then that's how it is right? Listen to this: If you do what everyone else does you'll just get what everyone else gets. Do you want to be a mindless, timid little sheep who blindly follows all the other sheep? Or do you want to be a leader, who possesses the courage to be uniquely you and to do what you want to do and make your dreams happen? If so then this means you have to be more like a Lion than a sheep. Check what most people do and DON'T DO THAT!

Conquer your Fear. Fear is the force (in your mind) that is determined to stop you in your tracks and steal your dreams from you. But it can only do this if you let it. Are you going to let this "state of mind" crush your dreams, steal your happiness and break up spirit?. Refuse to let fear spoil your life and start taking action now! Remember: The Only thing you have to fear is fear itself. Conquer fear by Taking Action!
What are you waiting for?

Imaginative Authors, Successful CEO's Accountants, and the World of Creativity


What do:

Imaginative authors
Successful CEO's
Accountants who think outside of the box

Have in common??

The answer -- Creativity

A fascinating topic - what is creativity: what are the characteristics of a creative person: can it be measured: can it be taught?

Why are some people creative? An interesting perspective comes from Sigmund Freud. Freud postulated that creativity arises as a result of frustrated desires for fame, fortune and love. An Interesting view point, don't you agree?

In a similar psychological vein, Arnold Ludwig found a correlation between depression and creative achievement. This view is supported by recent comprehensive and laudatory research by J. Jamison at the University of Pittsburgh. She provides evidence that psychological suffering is an essential component of artistic creativity? Her theories are proven by extensive examination of the links between manic depression and creativity in the lives of artists such as Van Gogh, Byron, and Virginia Woolf. The presence of bi-polar depression was evident in well known individuals such as Ernest Hemingway and Theodore Roosevelt. Indeed many such individuals indulged in self destructive behavior including suicide.

Beyond the "artistic group" there are some interesting links. J P Guilford postulates that creative people (compared with others in the general population) identify multiple, rather than singular, answers to a set of problems. Indeed, the literature discusses "thinking outside the box" as an example of creativity.

From a business perspective, a worldwide study of 1600 Chief Executive Officers identified the MOST crucial trait for successful leadership is CREATIVITY. Not drive, or personality, or technical expertise - but creativity. This explains why CEO's can successfully migrate from firm to firm regardless of the market niche. It's about finding unique, clever, out of the norm solutions to complex problems.

The same is true of "creative accountants" who explore gray and multiple options outside of what may considered normal accounting methods. A very sought after trait in this profession.

Indeed, getting ones arms around the bowl of jello called creativity is an inexact science. Creativity amongst artists oftentimes comes to those who have troubled demons. For writers, the flurry of ideas of ideas and words is sometimes followed by extended periods of blank pages and darkness.

Creativity in business is essential to leadership excellence. Those who are noncreative remain in roles such as managers or technocrats. Creativity is indeed a career changer. Consider those with whom you have worked.. the creative leader comes up with ideas, strategies, and concepts which amaze those of us sitting around the table. " Where did that come from?" We shake our heads, gather our laptops and implement these previously unimagined ideas.

Treatments Of Clinical Depression - Herbs As Alternative Treatments Of Clinical Depression


There is a variety of treatments of Clinical Depression. Some come with some very serious side effects. We will discuss some of these treatments and their effects. We will then discuss the use of herbs as alternative treatments of Clinical Depression.

Treatments of Clinical Depression

Electroconvulsive Therapy - ECT is also known as shock therapy. The patient is given two medications: a general anesthetic and a muscle relaxer. Electrodes are placed on the scalp and wires are attached to them. A series of shocks are delivered. A seizure should result if the therapy was done correctly. There will only be mild movements in the hands and feet due to the muscle relaxer. The patient awakens and is very confused. They remember nothing surrounding the treatment. People have reported loss of memories sometimes years' worth of memories are gone.

Vagus Nerve Stimulation is an invasive surgical procedure where a kind of pacemaker is placed in the chest. It is connected to the Vagus nerve that runs from the neck to the brain. This nerve is thought to influence mood. Research appears somewhat contradictory with some reporting this procedure works while others report that there isn't enough evidence one way or the other.

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation - TMS is still an experimental procedure but many hospitals and clinics offer it anyway. It is performed using a magnetic coil that is charged with pulses of electricity and passed over the scalp. The current penetrates the bones of the skull and stimulates nerve cells in the brain. TMS has the potential to become very precise and capable of targeting specific areas of the brain. Studies are still being done.

Antidepressants work on the chemicals in the brain thought to influence mood, namely Serotonin and Norepinephrine. They work to balance out the brain's chemicals by affecting the levels and the brain's ability to use them more efficiently.

Herbs as Alternative Treatments of Clinical Depression

Herbs are used in many ways including flavoring foods, as part of salads, and in healing or treating health conditions. For centuries they have been used in tribal rituals and by Shaman in healing practices. They can be used in their natural form, brewed in teas, smoked as in aroma therapy (similar to incense) and in moist compresses that are applied to injuries.

There are herbs known for their positive effects on moods. They include Chamomile, Green Tea, and Grape Seed. Each of them affect mood and they may also benefit other health conditions.

Herbal supplements for the treatment of Clinical Depression should be manufactured to pharmaceutical standards. The metabolism of each ingredient should have been tested at the molecular level. The interactions of the ingredients should have been tested as well. This ensures their potency, effectiveness, and quality. You know you are getting what the label says you are getting.

Conclusion

Treatments for Clinical Depression include medical procedures such Electroconvulsive Therapy - ETC, anti-depressant medications such as Prozac, and Herbal Supplements using specific herbs known to influence mood. If you feel you are depressed get help as soon as possible. You and your doctor can find resources that may be available such as psychiatrists or counselors. Your doctor can be a great asset in treating your depression (or any other health condition) and you can be your own advocate.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Choline Bitartrate: Facts That You Should Know


Not too many people know that essential nutrients cannot be formed by the human body alone. In order for the body to acquire them, we need to obtain them from external resources such as food, fruits and vegetables. There are also nutrients that can be obtained both from external resources and by being produced by our body such as cholesterol which help us with cell formation. Unlike cholesterol though, essential nutrients like choline bitartrate can only be obtained from other sources and cannot be produced by any organs of our body.

It is a member of the B vitamin complex family, which assists the human body in cell matabolism. Unlike other nutrients, it does not need to be dissolved by any compounds as it is water soluble.

If you are active in rough sports that are likely to cause you injury, you might need to take choline bitartrate supplements. This is because this nutrient helps in making cells work toward your recovery whenever any of your tissues are injured. Aside from helping your body recover in a much faster pace, this nutrient is also known as being effective in treating Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. It could also help lessen the risk of cardiovascular disease as it can lower the amount of homocysteine in the body.

You might have heard of it advertised as effective in increasing mental functioning. While there may be truth to this, it is not proven by any clinical trials yet.

Choline bitartrate can be found in a number of resources such as supplemental vitamins. These can be purchased over the counter, and can be found under a number of product names. This nutrient can also be found from natural resources like legumes, wheat germ, peanuts and egg yolks.

If you are considering taking it as a supplement, please talk to your doctor first. Aside from possible side effects like diarrhea, it could also cause depression. Manic- depressive patients are known to have a worsen case of depression, and even people who do not have this condition are known to be depressed after taking choline bitartrate at least 20 grams a day.

It is possible to overdose on choline bitartrate, and symptoms of this includes dizziness, vomiting and nausea. It could also cause insomnia, a stiff neck, restlessness and headaches when taken at a high dose. If you are taking choline bitartrate at more than 16 grams/ day, you may notice yourself emitting a fishy body odor. This is due to an intestinal bacteria which is necessary for breaking choline down. You can stop the fishy body odor by eating a high- fiber diet, eating yogurt or drinking milk.

While choline bitartrate supplements can help increase one's memory, not all people can take it. If you are pregnant or suspects that you are pregnant, or if you are breast feeding, you need to talk to your doctor about choline bitartrate first. Failing to do so might lead to serious conditions as well as overdosing.

Different Forms of Antidepressants and Treatment


Anyone who thinks he/she is sick from recurring depression must go for medical advice and recommended depression drugs from a health professional. Those who've suffered the symptoms of depression for over a month will have to approach a doctor as soon as possible. Delaying a checkup will make matters worse. People suffering from depression must be absolutely cooperative when bringing up health issues with the physician. The doctor must have right amount of facts to come up with the best analysis on the condition. One needs to give their clinical past, preparatory laboratory tests, and previous physical examinations. The advised medicines will come from a complete analysis of the patient's medical past and the disease's present condition.

Quite often, depression comes from medicines or a sickness relating to the disease itself. Anticipate the depression to be tone down once the causes and symptoms have been evaluated and medicated. Depression medications are usually given to those who need acute or emergency medicines, or long-term medication. Critical medicine is prescribed to "remove" the serious indicators of depression, clearing the course to contentment. The continuation medication is taken after the person is better. Continuation medicines prevent the recurrence of symptoms and the depression. Maintenance medicine is given to those who've had one or more instances of depression. Treatment is maintained throughout a longer period, hindering the repeat of the psychological condition.

Depression medicine works successfully in treating the three levels of depression's symptoms. Symptoms begin with mild depression, then moderate depression, and may escalate towards critical depression. Medication plays a important part in the therapy used for every symptom level. The involvement of drugs like antidepressants have proven to be effective and fruitful. The medication is commonly works with a medicine called happy pills. The medication can also be combined with psychopharmaca, or psychotherapy. Even if these therapies assure beneficial outcomes, their overall effect will take some time. Such methods grow within certain period of some months. The finest medicines, however, are capable of giving promising treatment in a month. Medications assure quicker treatment while psychotherapy works towards a long-term solution.

Side effects are expected in nearly all antidepressants. The typically recommended medicine are SSRIs or serotonin reuptake inhibitors. These inhibitors' extra effects are commonly sleepiness, nausea, sleep problems, and sexual complications.

The other kind of medicine is the uncommon antidepressant, which changes the brain's amounts of dopamine and norepinephrine. Its side effects are fatigue, weight gain, dry mouth, unclear vision, and sleepiness. Most people taking depression medication medicine experience withdrawal symptoms as soon as they abruptly stop taking the medicines. To prevent addiction, do not try sudden withdrawal. Instead, decrease intake over a certain period.

As expected in any other clinical disorder, depression is aptly healed during its early periods. Early treatment decreases the likelihood of severe signs and recurrence. The prevention of more critical symptoms is solved using a precise analysis and medicine recommendation. Once the doctor has dealt with the problem, it should be treated as soon as possible. Delaying medication can lead to severe recurrences, which can cost more because of the increased intensity and indications.

How Post-It Notes With Quotes About Success Can Get You To The Top


Quotes about success when heard somewhere, gets a person thinking. There are many quotes that even make us forget what we were previously thinking. Going through motivational quotes written on Post-it notes may help us in picking ourselves back up in times of distress. At times we may not even know that they are there and are lost in our own world of gloom or distress, staring off into space. Sometimes that place we are looking is exactly where the post-it note is. And it may just prove to be the push we needed to get back on the track.

American Psychologist and Philosopher, William James said, "Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."

At other times we may be tense or depressed about something completely different and that is when a post-it note with a quote may catch our eye. It diverts our attention, changes the focus and alters our thinking. Sometimes a great quote just moves us and boosts our whole being. It is as if the words and their meaning speak directly to our heart and soul, encouraging us and egging us on in several different ways to be better as we could be.

Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company, said, "Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right."

Sometimes we may be stuck at a difficult problem and may have decided that it is a dead end with no way out, when a solution may present itself in the form of a quote on a post-it note. Even at times when we are just sitting idle and doing nothing productive, a quote or a saying can get us thinking and results in creative thinking or even just a healthy exercise for our brain. There are some quotes about success that are like riddles and are fun to read as they sometimes result in us thinking over it for hours!

"To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.- Goethe, German writer

Great quotes on success are not just a mere selection of words or sentences arranged together. It is a mixture of ingenuity, insight and sentiment. I have read quotes that instantly changed my condition and lifted me up from the depression. It can change depression to determination in a matter of seconds. They can change sadness into happiness within no time and renew our hopes. When faced by a difficult problem and feeling tense they can relax us in an instant. Such quotes speak with wisdom, show creativity, and create emotions in a rather effective and remarkable manner. Such an example is of Paulo Coelho's words in his book 'The Alchemist',

From observation we can tell that diverse people are motivated by different quotes originating from several renowned corners. There is no one method that makes a useful quote on success. Instead, each quote is distinctive and it affects everyone in a different manner.