Comments on: Upcoming talk: Holistic Treatment of Depression http://chriskresser.com/upcoming-talk-holistic-treatment-of-depression Medicine for the 21st century Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:43:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Kresser http://chriskresser.com/upcoming-talk-holistic-treatment-of-depression#comment-2540 Chris Kresser Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:11:17 +0000 http://chriskresser.com/?p=77#comment-2540 Thanks for sharing your inspiring story, Laura. Thanks for sharing your inspiring story, Laura.

]]> By: Laura http://chriskresser.com/upcoming-talk-holistic-treatment-of-depression#comment-2539 Laura Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:10:27 +0000 http://chriskresser.com/?p=77#comment-2539 I would like to mention that I was on an antidepressant/mood stabelizer as a treatment for bipolar disorder for over eleven years successfully weaned off a few years ago.  It was not an easy process, and my doctors were skeptical at best, but the results speak for themselves.  I am currently doing things I only dreamed of doing, and taking it slow for now (by ONLY homeschooling four children, and teaching a children's music class in our small community as opposed to staying in bed 50% of the time).  I'm truly enjoying my life in a way that I was told was not possible for me without the right "cocktail" of prescription drugs (which, by the way, I never did find).  I have come out of a deep freeze!  I must take a nutritional supplement to keep me stable, but they have incredible health benefits.  I have much more energy, ablilty to concentrate, and enthusiasm now.  A lot of bipolar people worry about losing creativity if their highs are stabelized.  I have seen the opposite.  My creativity is thriving, but now I have the means to see my creative efforts completed, not set aside when I fall into another depression.  There is hope out there! Laura I would like to mention that I was on an antidepressant/mood stabelizer as a treatment for bipolar disorder for over eleven years successfully weaned off a few years ago.  It was not an easy process, and my doctors were skeptical at best, but the results speak for themselves.  I am currently doing things I only dreamed of doing, and taking it slow for now (by ONLY homeschooling four children, and teaching a children’s music class in our small community as opposed to staying in bed 50% of the time).  I’m truly enjoying my life in a way that I was told was not possible for me without the right “cocktail” of prescription drugs (which, by the way, I never did find).  I have come out of a deep freeze!  I must take a nutritional supplement to keep me stable, but they have incredible health benefits.  I have much more energy, ablilty to concentrate, and enthusiasm now.  A lot of bipolar people worry about losing creativity if their highs are stabelized.  I have seen the opposite.  My creativity is thriving, but now I have the means to see my creative efforts completed, not set aside when I fall into another depression.  There is hope out there!

Laura

]]> By: Chris http://chriskresser.com/upcoming-talk-holistic-treatment-of-depression#comment-343 Chris Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:06:04 +0000 http://chriskresser.com/?p=77#comment-343 Hi Jesse, I hope you're able to make it too! Glad you enjoyed the cholesterol talk. Best, Chris Hi Jesse,

I hope you’re able to make it too! Glad you enjoyed the cholesterol talk.

Best,
Chris

]]> By: Jesse Edmunds http://chriskresser.com/upcoming-talk-holistic-treatment-of-depression#comment-342 Jesse Edmunds Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:15:07 +0000 http://chriskresser.com/?p=77#comment-342 Hey Chris, I saw one of your talks on cholesterol a while ago with my friend Erin. It was great. I hope to be able to attend this one too. Hey Chris, I saw one of your talks on cholesterol a while ago with my friend Erin. It was great. I hope to be able to attend this one too.

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