Posted by Chris O on August 30, 2015, at 5:52:22
In reply to 5 years on orthomolecular, posted by Christ_empowered on August 19, 2015, at 16:48:58
That's awesome that OM has worked for you. I guess if you feel that OM is making you better, that is what is important in the final evaluation.
I have been taking high doses of vitamin D and B-12 for the last several years. (My levels of these two vitamins are chronically low when I go for checkups.) The B12 levels have gone up, but my vitamin D remains consistently in the low 20s. I have no idea if this low level of D affects my anxiety disorder, but taking high-dose D supplements does not seem to make me feel any better. I suspect the low D level has nothing to do with my anxiety disorder and depression, is insignificant, or is the result, not the cause, of my mental health issues.
Hopefully, you continue to see improvement with OM. Me, I'm at the point where if I'm going to take something (i.e. a psychotropic) or do something (i.e. a new treatment) long-term, I want real results (i.e. materially measurable benefits) in my life; for example, a full-time job that takes care of my financial needs, relationships that are non-toxic that I can manage effectively, property ownership (I'm serious), and a complete dissipation of the paranoia/codependency issues that dominate my being. I'm not taking an AP or SSRI or other psychotropic for like, 10% or 20% decrease in symptoms, with serious weight gain, triglyceride and blood sugar increases, future TD, and other "everything has risks" nonsense. I know too many people who have been on and off these meds with little or no benefit. Despite my incredible suffering and desperation, I find it increasingly hard to buy into something as bumbling and market-driven as psychiatry. Perhaps Calvinist neoliberalism will eventually produce the consumable object that will heal our of our childhood and genetic "wounds." But I doubt it. I have trouble believing that neoliberalism alone does much of anything (except endlessly promote the Horatio Alger myth) for those suffering the deepest economic and psychic wounds.
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