| My Correspondence Since I have placed my program on the Internet back in December 2002 I responded to all the requests for additional help. However, earlier this year I began to realize that I was receiving, at times, as many as fifty emails a day, and the pressure has begun to take its toll. I reluctantly came to the conclusion of placing some of the emails on this page. Most questions are already answered in the body of the program. Before addressing your question in email please read this entire page. It very well might be that you will find the answer by reading of these two pages. I am saying this because every day I see several emails saying something like this: “I have been feeling down for the last two weeks. Could it be a depression? I haven’t spoken to the doctor yet. I don’t have much time. Can you give me some advice?” I regret that I am unable to reply to Emails of that sort. I do hope that people with real clinical depression will understand it and will forgive me. Dana Kutkayte P. S. I understand everyone's concerns about such sensitive issues as health related subjects. I have permission of my respondents for every quote published here. I have changed their names to initials. D. K __________________________________________ Dear Dana! I have just ordered and read your program. I have had a depression for 4 years now and all antidepressants & other treatments options have failed. I’ve been on Prozac for about 5 month, seeing no result, my physician switch me to Zoloft, now he is talking about trying Paxil. My question to you: In your e-book you are skeptical about frequent change of antidepressants, putting an equation mark between them. Keeping in mind my personal experience I’m kind of agree with you. However it is reducing treatment options, making me depressed even more. Thanks. J. Hello J! Thank you for visiting my site and thank you for purchasing my e-book. About you question: There is not much difference between Paxil, Zoloft, and Prozac. They all belong to SSRI group of antidepressants with the only difference in Manufacturer and Severity of Side effects. I think I emphasized it in my e-book. There are some more to that bucket: Lexarpo, Selexa, Fluvoxamine. If you’ve tried one SSRI medicine and after 3-5 weeks didn’t feel any difference there is no point to continue with it or switch for another SSRI. Effect will be similar or even identical. By the way I don’t think that you didn’t feel any difference at all comparing to SSRI Free State. Most likely it was some very small difference, which of course was much below of your expectations. And that fact is making you depressed even deeper. Your physician simply doesn’t know what to do and how to help you. That’s where chain of Paxil-Zoloft-Selexa etc. coming from. I’d have suggested sticking with SSRI that your are currently on and starting exercising other treatment options I providing in my depression cure plan. Regards. D. K. Hello Dana! Thank you for your prompt response. Another question: “A Pumping Iron Option”. My physician is advising some sport activity, but nothing heavy: Medium Weights, Reasonable distances. I’ve had zero experience in bodybuilding, but everything you are offering definitely is going much above moderation. I am a little bit anxious of any kind of extremities. I am anxious even more now since I am trying to get off Zoloft. My blood pressure is elevated; also I feel some irregular hart beets. Is lifting & pumping really that important or I can substitute it with something else? Thanks. J Hello again! About your question: No, you can’t substitute free weights room with other workout establishments. Your depression is not only chemical imbalance in your brain. It is a hormonal deficiency as well. By lifting weight almost at maximum of your ability you are doing sort of hormonal therapy. Your body is starting to produce testosterone and other important hormones essential for your mental health. The first thing your physician is caring about is his liability, and you are lucky if your health condition is a second important subject for him. You can’t imagine how much resource your body has indeed. Don’t be afraid to push yourself over the moderation level. Just watch you heartbeat rate and have sufficient pauses between sets of exercises. Regards. D. K _______________________________________________ Hello Dana, Have shared a similar experience to yours and many other depression sufferers trying everything. After dealing with the side effects of many medications and physician incompetence to prescribing more of the same I made the decision to treat my depression naturally, about a year ago. During this period I’ve made a lot of progress. The problem is that I’m still in a “Blues Mode”, even though my depression is at a somewhat lower more tolerable level. This is not an issue about $20; during last year I’ve spend quite enough buying remedies and materials on Internet. Some of them contain valuable information indeed, some are practically useless. Don’t take it personally, but before you’ll charge my credit card I want to address you some questions. |
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