Anxiety & Depression

[Gracie]

The U.N. agency is urging people to seek treatment for depression, which can lead to disability and even death.

Which is what they secretly hope for. Stay in bed, wait to die and hope its soon.

 

[yiostheoy]

Just get you some happy pills !!!

Then Life Is Good !!!

 

[beckycoles]

Yes, its time we start taking depression more seriously both in the field of research as well as awareness. Learning to read the symptoms and read them quickly is essential. Many people stay away from individual counseling because of the various prejudice they have. Awareness and research will help break the yoke and lead lead people to happier and healthier life. You can speak more about this with relationship therapists Newport Beach.

 

[waltky]

Probiotics may help with depression...

Probiotics Show Promise as Mood Elevator
May 25, 2017 - A new study suggests that probiotics, so-called "good" bacteria that aid in digestion, may also ease symptoms of depression. The finding adds to a growing body of evidence that what happens in the gut affects the brain.

Some 300 to 500 bacterial species inhabit the human gut, many aiding in digestion and the proper functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. Experts say some of these bacteria produce proteins that communicate with the brain.

Your gut, your mood

The gut flora not only play a role in helping to orchestrate the neural responses that regulate digestion, scientists say, but evidence is emerging that gut bacteria can also affect a person's mood. Premysl Bercik, a gastroenterologist at Ontario Canada's McMaster University, researches what he calls the microbiota-gut-brain axis, or the communication between the gut and the brain through the millions of bacteria that live in the gastrointestinal tract. Bercik said between 40 and 90 percent of people with irritable bowel syndrome, a distressing intestinal disorder, also battle symptoms of anxiety and depression.

A new study suggests probiotics show promise in decreasing anxiety and depression.​

Research led by Bercik suggests the gut bacteria themselves may have an effect on mood. In Bercik's pilot study of 44 patients with irritable bowel syndrome and mild to moderate anxiety or depression, half of the patients received a daily probiotic — a beneficial gut bacterium called Bifidobacterium longum — and the other half were given a placebo. The participants were followed for 10 weeks. "What we found was that the patients that were treated with this probiotic bacterium improved their gut symptoms but, also surprisingly, decreased their depression scores," Bercik said. "That means their mood improved. And this was associated also with changes in the brain imaging."

Depression, anxiety improve

At the beginning of the study, the patients' levels of depression and anxiety were scored. The patients also underwent high-tech brain imaging to see which structures were activated in response to happy and sad images. At six weeks, 64 percent of patients taking the probiotic had a decrease in their depression scores compared to 32 percent of the placebo patients.

A second round of imaging showed changes in multiple brain areas involved with mood control in the patients who felt better. While the participants' gut symptoms improved, Bercik said it was not to a statistically significant degree, suggesting the probiotic may have improved their anxiety and depression independent of symptom relief. Results of the study were published in the journal Gastroenterology.

More study needed

Bercik says larger studies are needed to confirm the findings. "However, I think that it shows a great promise," he said. "I mean new treatments, not only for patients with functional bowel disorders like irritable bowel syndrome, but it may also offer some new treatments for patients with primary psychiatric disorders like depression or anxiety."

B. longum was developed by Nestle, a Swiss food and drink company, which funded the study. It is not yet commercially available. However, Bercik says it's possible other probiotics found in the gut have the potential to improve mood. And he doesn’t stop there. Bercik says he envisions a form of personalized medicine using genome sequencing techniques to create microbiome profiles of individuals, which can be tweaked with oral probiotics for maximum health.

Probiotics Show Promise as Mood Elevator

 

[Gracie]

Heya Waltky! Just wanted to give ya a

 

[waltky]

Hey Miss Gracie...

... Uncle Ferd jealous...

... possum blushin'.

 

[Gracie]

Give all of 'em a big ol hug for me.

 

[anotherlife]

The cause of anxiety and depression is deindustrialization. It was internationally measured, that the happiness level of the most unskilled Indian rickshaw drivers was a lot higher than most Americans. This is because it is what you may achieve in the future is what makes you happy, and what you may lose in the future is what makes you an anxiety. Western people can only lose, they have been losing since 1999 continuously, and now they are down to their 1985 level, still nose diving quickly. May I suggest that western people take advantage of their second amendment and resolve their future by trying out if the bullets are soft or hard? Anxiety treatment.

 

[kate620]

I'm probably wrong but their seems to be an uptick in anxiety and depression, first I wonder if this is a result of both illegal and legal drug use over the past 50 years and the resulting generational chromosome mutations of the human species.

Then I say, eh ..

I think it has a lot to do with the rise of social media.

 

[MisterBeale]

You now all those cell towers they put up everywhere?

yeah, those. . .


Microwave frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) produce widespread neuropsychiatric effects including depression
Microwave frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) produce widespread neuropsychiatric effects including depression - ScienceDirect
Highlights
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Microwave EMFs activate voltage-gated Ca2+ channels (VGCCs) concentrated in the brain.

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Animal studies show such low level MWV EMFs have diverse high impacts in the brain.

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VGCC activity causes widespread neuropsychiatric effects in humans (genetic studies).

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26 studies have EMFs assoc. with neuropsychiatric effects; 5 criteria show causality.

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MWV EMFs cause at least 13 neuropsychiatric effects including depression in humans.

"Excessive VGCC activity has been shown from genetic polymorphism studies to have roles in producing neuropsychiatric changes in humans. Two U.S. government reports from the 1970s to 1980s provide evidence for many neuropsychiatric effects of non-thermal microwave EMFs, based on occupational exposure studies. 18 more recent epidemiological studies, provide substantial evidence that microwave EMFs from cell/mobile phone base stations, excessive cell/mobile phone usage and from wireless smart meters can each produce similar patterns of neuropsychiatric effects, with several of these studies showing clear dose–response relationships. Lesser evidence from 6 additional studies suggests that short wave, radio station, occupational and digital TV antenna exposures may produce similar neuropsychiatric effects. Among the more commonly reported changes are sleep disturbance/insomnia, headache, depression/depressive symptoms, fatigue/tiredness, dysesthesia, concentration/attention dysfunction, memory changes, dizziness, irritability, loss of appetite/body weight, restlessness/anxiety, nausea, skin burning/tingling/dermographism and EEG changes. In summary, then, the mechanism of action of microwave EMFs, the role of the VGCCs in the brain, the impact of non-thermal EMFs on the brain, extensive epidemiological studies performed over the past 50 years, and five criteria testing for causality, all collectively show that various non-thermal microwave EMF exposures produce diverse neuropsychiatric effects."

Did you know that EMF cause depression, anxiety and mental issues?

[Neurotic disturbances, depression and anxiety disorders in the population living in the vicinity of overhead high-voltage transmission line 400 kV... - PubMed - NCBI

Naturally, this is very controversial.

Could certain frequencies of electromagnetic waves or radiation interfere with brain function?

 

[Lumpy 1]

I'm probably wrong but their seems to be an uptick in anxiety and depression, first I wonder if this is a result of both illegal and legal drug use over the past 50 years and the resulting generational chromosome mutations of the human species.

Then I say, eh ..

I think it has a lot to do with the rise of social media.

I'm thinkin that I agree, a combo special perhaps .. and welcome to the USMB Kate.. there's plenty of good and not so good around here, I hope you're entertained.. &