WHY ARE SO MANY DEPRESSED

C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D.

Published statistics are so remarkably variable that one wonders how to trust any! Some published stats range from 10% to at least 37%. Unequivocally, those with any significant problem have very high rates of depression, with stroke, cancer, Parkinsonism, HIV and chronic pain among the highest. My own impression is that only 20% of individuals are TRULY happy-with about 40% depressed and 40% just below clinical depression!

“Causes” of depression:

Poor self-esteem
Low levels of oxytocin
Low levels of magnesium
Low levels of taurine
Low levels of B vitamins
Low levels of lithium
Low levels of tryptophan
Significant illnesses of any kind

Clinical associations with depression:

Low serum norepinephrine
Elevated High Sensitivity CRP
Low levels of serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine, melatonin, cholinesterase, beta endorphin
Family history of any emotional disorder
Childhood abuse
Smoking parents
Alcoholic parents

Other abnormalities in depression:

Abnormal EEG-focus of hyperactivity, usually in right frontal lobe but may be any area
Failure to follow photostimulation

Predispositions to depression:

Unwanted pregnancy
Pregnancy out of wedlock
Anesthesia at delivery
Divorce or other major trauma in first 7 years of life
Inadequate physical activity
Poverty

Personally, I consider anti-depressant drugs not only inadequate but more dangerous than not taking them.

My recommendations in order of essentials:

Eat only real food. Avoid fast food restaurants, processed foods, MSG, Aspartame, bread, alcohol, sugar, tobacco, more than one or two cups of coffee, all pop
Use Air Bliss once or twice daily. It is by far the easiest and simplest approach
Add my Essentials one or two daily; vitamin D 3, 50,000 units once week; Magnesium Lotion and either L-taurine, 3000 mg daily or meat broth-cook one pound of any flesh food in a quart of water, seasoned with onion, salt, etc and drink one cup daily
Add Lithium orotate, 15 to 20 mg daily
Push yourself to increase exercise! Start with simple bouncing in place 2 minutes and adding one minute each day
Get outside an hour a day if possible
Listen to great music an hour a day (not rock)
Get good total body massage at least once a week
If not better in a week add Shealy RelaxMate one hour at bedtime
If this does not make a huge difference within 2 or 3 weeks, try a Fisher-Wallace Cranial Electrical stimulator, one hour before noon every day
If this does not work within 3 weeks, see a good Past Life Therapist

Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. is the father of holistic medicine. He recommends autogenic focus (the basis of the Biogenics System) as part of your overall commitment to self-health. Register to download your FREE autogenic focus MP3 now.