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Psychosis An Immune Disorder?

  • December 09, 2016

Mainstream medicine’s tenuous grip on the causes and treatments of psychiatric illness is revealed on a regular basis. This was illustrated most recently by a Lancet study that showed immune disorders are responsible for a number of psychosis cases.

The murky science behind psychiatric medicine has been long established. Unfortunately, this lack of precision has led to allopathic treatment protocols that are extremely imprecise and dangerous. For example, antidepressants called serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are widely prescribed for depression but may leave you with a new set of mental challenges, specifically symptoms of mania or bipolar disorder.

This is symptomatic of a failed approach based on inaccurate assumptions and financial incentives provided by pharmaceutical manufacturers. Rather than treating the underlying cause of mental illness, stopgap measures with horrible side effects and of dubious efficacy are widely prescribed to vast swathes of the population.

There are alternatives to intrusive and toxic pharmaceuticals. Research also shows that brain hormones associated with social behavior, oxytocin and vasopressin are activated by vitamin D. Add this to the expansive list of reasons to optimize your vitamin D levels.

The effects of stress on your mental and physical health are well-documented. Anxiety can be considered a type of stress response, typically involving a sense of fear, dread or apprehension. An empowering tool to deal with anxiety, stress, headaches and myriad other ailments is the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). It is an empowering multipurpose tool that can help cope with stress and positively impact your health.