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Naturopathic Medicine Treatment for Depression

Clinical Depression Treatment Overview

 

A naturopathic doctor dealing with client that are suffering from clinical depression can be effectively treated with a natural medicine modality such as Naturopathic Medicine. Vitamins and herbal remedies are often used, as well as lifestyle adjustments such as exercise and a dietary change to whole, organic foods. Additional supplements, such as amino acids and minerals, can also be very helpful. Visiting a Naturopathic Doctor is an excellent way to understand the causes and therefore help reverse clinical depression using natural medicine remedies and lifestyle changes. Depression is a type of mood disorder characterized by feelings of sadness, irritability, helplessness and hopelessness. Other symptoms include weight loss or weight gain, too much or too little sleep, lack of interest in day to day activities as well as loss of libido or thoughts of death or suicide.

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Hypothyroid Diseases

 

Thyroid diseases were very rare in the past but they have reached epidemic numbers lately. The latest results are because more then 90% of hypothyroid diseases started with an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto’s disease that goes after your thyroid. Because your immune system has stopped recognizing your thyroid as part of your body Hashimoto’s attack your thyroid. Basically your thyroid is genetically weakened because you are like the rest of us in todays environment you are toxic and possibly stressed from living in a toxic, polluted and stressed world. Because of this over exposure to toxins your immune system becomes confused and attacks your most vulnerable gland your thyroid. The result of of which is your thyroid is unable to supply the hormones as it was designed to do and so you end up with something called hypothyroid disease.

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Bioidentical Hormones

 

What are Bioidentical Hormones?

Bioidentical hormones are manufactured in the lab to have the same molecular structure as the hormones made by your own body. By contrast, synthetic hormones are intentionally different. Drug companies can’t patent a bioidentical structure, so they invent synthetic hormones that are patentable (Premarin, Prempro and Provera being the most widely used examples).

Though bioidentical hormones have been around for years, most practitioners are not that familiar with them. There are several branded versions now available for use in the kind of hormone replacement therapy (“HRT”) typical of synthetic hormones. This is generally a one-size-fits-all dosage regime.

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