| It is very sad, but one of the paradoxical things about | | | | In order for a person to undergo orthomolecular |
| depression is that the people who suffer from it are | | | | psychiatry treatment, there are several diagnostic |
| sometimes too depressed to seek help from qualified | | | | tests that can be done to check for biochemical |
| medical practitioners. I have seen some extreme | | | | imbalances, so that a highly customized approach can |
| situations where the depressed patients are filled with | | | | be facilitated to perform effective treatment. |
| hopelessness as they look for help. | | | | Neurotransmitter imbalances, amino acid deficiencies, |
| Somewhere out there, there is just another person | | | | mineral deficiencies are aspects that I became familiar |
| who is simply too disappointed with the effects of drug | | | | with after I started practicing medicine. |
| therapy. These people simply just resigned to being | | | | For some patients I know, clinical depression can be |
| unhappy and are almost ready to give up. Fortunately, | | | | temporarily manageable. But, it can also throw the |
| orthomolecular psychiatry is here to deliver changes to | | | | patient into total chaos. A depressed patient may not |
| the depression community. | | | | know there are many different labels to classify |
| There are too many reasons why you can be | | | | depression and he/she probably don't care. The only |
| depressed. But, let's leave them aside and focus on | | | | thing that will appeal to depressed patients is that they |
| your individual biochemical profile. Our bodies are | | | | can feel better. However, they should have better |
| complex machines. We feel happy when our mental | | | | comprehension about what is happening to combat |
| states are performing at optimal conditions and we | | | | depression with greater ease. |
| feel sad when there are biochemical imbalances. | | | | |