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A new study has shown the efficacy of homeopathic medicines in the treatment of moderate to severe depression. The study, conducted at the outpatient clinic at Jundiaí Medical School (Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brazil) is the first randomized controlled double-blind trial with a reasonable number of subjects to draw conclusions about the homeopathic treatment of depression. Homeopathy is recognized as a medical specialty in Brazil.

Published in eCAM (an online journal of the Oxford University Press) this study showed that individually selected homeopathic remedies were as effective and were safer than Fluorxetin (Prozac.) You can read the entire study at  http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/nep114v1

This is a very exciting study that will go a long way towards the furthering of quality homeopathic research. The study did use individually selected remedies for each participant which ultimately is the best way to treat any illness. For people who don’t have access to a homeopathic physician and are looking for a non-pharmaceutical  approach to dealing with depression, my biotherapy formula for depression has been shown to be a safe and effective way to help with this problem as well as the stress of everyday life.

The number of Americans using antidepressants doubled in only a decade, while the number seeing psychiatrists continued to fall, a study shows. About 10% of Americans — or 27 million people — were taking antidepressants in 2005, the last year for which data were available at the time the study was written. That’s about twice the number in 1996, according to the study of nearly 50,000 children and adults in today’s Archives of General Psychiatry. Yet the majority weren’t being treated for depression. Half of those taking antidepressants used them for back pain, nerve pain, fatigue, sleep difficulties or other problems, the study says.

Click here to read the whole story from USA Today

Dr. Garber’s Comments:

The information in this article raises so many issues it’s hard to know where to even start. More and more people are being prescribed antidepressants, not necessarily for depression and not necessarily by psychiatrists. There are serious consequences to taking these drugs as I have discussed many times before. The whole concept of the “off-label” use of drugs and how the pharmaceutical companies promote it is finally coming under scrutiny, as recently witnessed by Pfizer’s $2.3 billion fine for it’s dangerous off-label promotion of several of it’s drugs. The fact that many people who would benefit from psychiatric care don’t get it because of inadequate or no insurance coverage for that type of care, and end up being prescribed potentially harmful drugs by by doctors who’s expertise lay elsewhere, is just one small piece of the current health care delivery mess we have now.

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Can’t sleep? You have plenty of company. About half of all adults experience insomnia on occasion, and 1 in 10 battle insomnia on a regular basis, according to the Cleveland Clinic. If you fall into one of those groups, chances are you’re already following the tried-and-true rules for a good night’s sleep: Don’t have too much caffeine (especially late in the day), don’t exercise late at night, keep your bedroom at a cool, comfortable temperature, and make sure your bed, pillows and linens are comfy. Those are all good tips, but there are lesser-known things you can try to help you get more rest.

Click here to read the whole story from Woman’s Day

Dr. Garber’s Comments:

Of the tips presented in this article, some are tried and true while some may surprise you. For instance, not trying to clear your mind. Trying to clear you mind of the persistent thoughts keeping you awake can backfire if you’re not able to do it. Along those same lines, looking at the clock only forces your mind to calculate how much, or rather how little, time you have left before you have to get up, further stimulating your mind awake. Something I stress to everyone is never watch the news on TV before going to sleep - it’s sure to adversely effect the quality of your sleep. One topic conspicuously absent from this article is that of beds and mattresses. Physical comfort and support is extremely important to a good night’s sleep. I will be discussing these and more in a tele-seminar on sleep later this year. Keep an eye out for details.

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     For those of you who saw my Digg on this piece the other day and then wondered why I just left it at that, here’s where I was going: The  Top 10 List for Antidepressant SIDE EFFECTS- Insomnia, nervousness, anxiety, dizziness, headache, nausea, anorexia, weight gain, loss of libido, suicidal tendencies. And those are just the big ones - the list goes on and on. Not all antidepressants produce all of these side effects and not in everyone but I have not seen one patient, ever, who was taking a prescription antdepressant who didn’t present with at least a few.

     Clinical depression though can be a very serious condition and should be properly evaluated but when the side effects of the drugs are as disabling as the sypmtoms they are supposed to be treating, other forms of treatment must be considered. It has been well established that physical exercise can be as effective as any treatment for mild depression and if one is able should be a first step. Various herbs and nutrients (St. John’s Wort, some of the B Vitamins, omega-3 fatty acids, SAMe, and others) are frequently used and while some report benefit I must say I have found the results disappointing and in some cases harmful.

     Of course, homeopathy is where I have found the best results when it comes to treating depression. On an individual basis there are any number of homeopathic remedies that can come into play, depending on the particulars of each case, which requires an in depth consultation with a homeopathist. After many years of research and developing formulas with a broader application than single remedies I have found that a certain combination of a special class of homeopathic remedies, called biotherapies, can alleviate the symptoms of depression safely and effectively for a wide segment of the population without side effects. For more information on Dr. Garber’s Natural Solutions for Depression, please click on https://www.drgarbers.com/consumer/dpr.html.