Should I Treat My Depression With Drugs Or Try Using Heilkunst Principles Instead?
This month the flowers are blooming, it’s time to plant your garden, and finally soak up some abundant rays from the sun. However, if you are feeling unmotivated, sad, heavy, and as if the world is bearing down on you, we can help. We understand. We’re living in this same pressurized world with way too many demands, high prices, ridiculous taxes, and maybe your basement just flooded the same day that the annual property taxes are due. Arghhhh, it’s just too damn much!
It can feel soul destroying at times, and then someone like me comes along and suggests you reach, again, into your bank account and pull out more money to treat feelings of overwhelm and depression, when the doctor can just write you a prescription for antidepressants (SSRIs) for ‘free’ instead. I just want to take a moment and point out what matrix you’re entering if that, indeed, becomes your choice.
Right out of the gate, it’s important to know that antidepressants come with a whole host of side effects and can be fraught with liver congestion and even suicidal ideation. If you follow Ali Zeck on Instagram, she speaks openly about how she felt betrayed by one such drug, numbed out, and suicidal.
After reading the potential side effects direct from the National Health Service’s website, along with also reading the attached articles about Heilkunst Homeopathic treatment, you can make the educated decision if you want to suppress your depression or address the root cause and liberate yourself once and for all from those dark, deleterious thoughts.
Side Effects – Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)
Common side effects of SSRIs can include:
- feeling agitated, shaky, or anxious
- feeling or being sick
- indigestion
- diarrhoea or constipation
- loss of appetite and weight loss
- dizziness
- blurred vision
- dry mouth
- excessive sweating
- sleeping problems (insomnia) or drowsiness
- headaches
- loss of libido (reduced sex drive)
- difficulty achieving orgasm during sex or masturbation
- in men, difficulty obtaining or maintaining an erection (erectile dysfunction)
Less common side effects of SSRIs can include:
- bruising or bleeding easily, including vomiting blood or bleeding from your bottom
- confusion
- movement problems, such as stiffness or shaking
- seeing or hearing things that aren’t real (hallucinations)
- being unable to pee
Serotonin syndrome is an uncommon, but potentially serious, set of side effects linked to SSRIs:
- serotonin syndrome occurs when the levels of a chemical in your brain called serotonin becomes too high. It’s usually triggered when you take an SSRI in combination with another medicine (or substance) that also raises serotonin levels, such as another antidepressant or St John’s wort.
Symptoms of serotonin syndrome can include:
- confusion
- agitation
- muscle twitching
- blurred vision
- dry mouth
- excessive sweating
- sleeping problems (insomnia) or drowsiness
- headaches
- loss of libido (reduced sex drive)
- difficulty achieving orgasm during sex or masturbation
- in men, difficulty obtaining or maintaining an erection (erectile dysfunction)
Symptoms of severe serotonin syndrome include:
- a high temperature of 38C or above
- seizures (fits)
- irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia)
- loss of consciousness
Hyponatraemia
Elderly people who take SSRIs may experience a severe fall in sodium (salt) levels known as hyponatremia. This may lead to a build-up of fluid inside the body’s cells, which can be potentially dangerous.
This side effect occurs because SSRIs can block the effects of a hormone that helps to regulate levels of sodium and fluid in the body. Elderly people are vulnerable because fluid levels become more difficult for the body to regulate.
Mild hyponatremia can cause symptoms similar to depression or side effects of SSRIs, such as:
- feeling sick
- headache
- muscle pain
- reduced appetite
- confusion
More severe hyponatremia can cause the following symptoms:
- feeling listless and tired
- disorientation
- agitation
- psychosis
- seizures (fits)
- the most serious cases of hyponatremia can cause you to stop breathing or go into a coma
Suicidal Thoughts
Some people have suicidal thoughts and a desire to self-harm when they first take SSRIs. Young people under 25 seem particularly at risk.
Contact your GP or go to the hospital immediately if you have thoughts of killing or harming yourself at any time while you’re taking SSRIs.
It may be useful to tell a relative or close friend that you’ve started taking antidepressants and ask them to read the insert that comes with your medicine. Ask them to tell you if they think your symptoms are getting worse, or if they’re worried about changes in your behaviour.
Reporting Side Effects
If you or someone you know experiences symptoms of severe serotonin syndrome, hyponatremia, or suicidal ideation, seek emergency medical help immediately by dialling 911 and asking for an ambulance.
Now, if you know anything about Heilkunst Homeopathic Medicine, we’ve not caused a soul harm in over 200 years. There are 9 million folks being treated worldwide using homeopathic principles. We’ve also got a good number of testimonials on our website featuring many of the folks we’ve helped, since the year 2000, at Arcanum Wholistic Clinic.
Sadly, it’s set up that you typically have to pay for homeopathic treatment out of pocket, because the medical/insurance matrix seems more invested in keeping customers than actually getting at the root cause, without causing an ounce of harm, for your ultimate liberty from relying on doctors for chronic complaints. In some cases, we do have insurance coverage via APNN receipts. Reach out to Ariana at reception@arcanum.ca to find out more about Heilkunst treatment for depression.