Category: Mood Disorders
Got Stress?
Who doesn’t. Everyone has stress to some degree. We live in a world where we are constantly on the go regardless of our place in it and we don’t always see eye to eye with everyone or everything in it. For the fun of it, I decided to look up to see how stress is defined these days in a good old dictionary and this is what I found.
A mentally or emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health, usually Read more [...]
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Stress and Sleep
I have been treating young mothers for over 20 years. I have observed that mothering, as busy and demanding as it is, takes precedence to individual maintenance of physical and emotional health. Early in my career while in school at ASU for my undergraduate in Exercise Science, I noticed how much better everyone felt upon starting a regular exercise routine. It seems to immediately lift the mood and improve stress response to daily tasks. I also quickly noticed that eating three meals daily also Read more [...]
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Your Guide to a Less Toxic Bedroom
You are probably wondering after reading the title of this blog what does she mean by a less toxic bedroom? How could my bedroom be toxic? Most people don't even realize that the most important place in the house, where you spend most of your time, could be negatively impacting your health.
Your bed can be a major source of chemical exposure. If you think about it we should be spending at least 7 to 8 hours a day in bed and if you are sleeping on a typical mattress than you could Read more [...]
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Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Multiple Chemial Sensitivity is a condition that is comprised of a variety of symptoms that are initiated after coming into contact with chemicals such as paint, pesticides, herbicides, gasoline, fragrances in perfumes, candles, air fresheners, dry cleaned clothes and even drier sheets. Anything with a newly purchased smell is the worst. New furniture, cars, carpet and mattresses are examples of this. The most common symptoms seen are wheezing, coughing, headaches, dizziness, nausea, rapid Read more [...]
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Vitamin D and Depression
An area of intense vitamin D research is its relationship to depression. Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a situational mood disorder brought on by decreasing daylight in the winter months. High doses of vitamin D during these months have proven to be a very effective natural remedy for SAD, leading most practitioners to believe that normal neurotransmitter function depends in part on adequate vitamin D synthesis.
Vitamin D levels are inversely related to those of melatonin, another mood-regulating Read more [...]
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