Emerging From the Shadow of Mental Illness: The Natural Solution

I am hoping you now realize the depth of the roots of mental illness. This is truly an illness, but not in the way we have been led to believe. Instead it is the patterns, habits, traumas and challenges that have occurred that lead us down the path to where mental illness emerges. In this way you realize that the solution will include different approaches and different focuses at different times depending on the ways in which the body’s network has broken down.

Mental illness is unique to the individual because the pieces and patterns have that set up the illness have occurred over time. This means that the solution must also be unique to the individual.  That is not to say that a severe concussion (what we now call closed head injury) can’t speed up the process, but in general it emerges over time and after many twists and turns along the way.

How to Unravel the Illness Pathway

The first question is when did the earliest symptoms emerge? Assigning a period of time when you first noticed any changes in thought patterns, physical symptoms such as your sleep cycle or difficulties that recur or become chronic, is key. Once you have a period of time locked down, go back at least one year and write down everything that happened including surgeries, injuries, illnesses, infections, traumas, emotional events, life changes or anything notable that you feel stopped you in your tracks, even for a moment.

Now add in any exposures to chemicals, toxins, allergens, drugs, pharmaceuticals or the environment, both of your home and your place of work.

Next comes your diet … did you have any episodes of food poisoning? What have you been eating? Are you eating at home or out? Have you had any digestive symptoms that began during this time?

Did you do any traveling during this time? Where to and for how long? Did you experience any illness during or after your trip?

Now the final thing is to write down a description of who you were and what you were like before your symptoms began and after. Try to look at yourself and your life both subjectively and objectively. You might even ask those who know you for some suggestions.

Now try to add how long each of these things lasted and how long they affected you. Are there any symptoms that began that you can tie directly to one or more of these things? When you identified the earliest symptoms above, did you just put emotional/mental symptoms or did you include any physical symptoms as well. For instance you may have put compulsive thoughts as an early symptom but you may be thinking now that you also had headaches for a month before those thoughts. You may have been taking a blood pressure medication that you felt you were having symptoms with during that time. You may have been in a car accident that caused an injury you had to recover from.

The Focus For Relief

In natural medicine we will aim directly at the underlying root issues when it comes to mental illness. Here is a guide to begin:

Dietary symptoms or changes - almost every mental illness has a nutritional deficiency within the root. The most common are B vitamins, minerals, protein and essential fats. Beginning to supplement with these can make a world of difference. My favorites are Min-Chex, Cataplex B, Cataplex B2 and Tuna Oil from Standard Process. Click here to visit our order page with direct links to our suppliers.

Emotional and mental distress - loss and grief are two of the biggest emotional patterns that drive mental illness. These are things that are out of our control and we feel helpless to overcome the tentacles of their effects. I have created a page on my clinic site for Emotional First Aid, devoted to these types of remedies that are homeopathic and can be taken alongside any pharmaceutical medication to help soothe these historical traumatic effects. Click here to visit that page.

Closed Head Injury or Concussion History - I always recommend a group of remedies that have helped so many people to emerge from brain injury symptoms and chronic neural inflammation. Neuroplex and Neurotrophin PMG from Standard Process, Turmeric Forte and NeuroRegenex from MediHerb of Australia and Asura Brain and HPA Life Force from Physica Energetics (available only by contacting our clinic via email at cbnmcustomerservice@gmail.com). This also merits specific therapies including our Lymph Channel Bio-Therapeutic Therapy, Cranio-Sacral Therapy and comprehensive Chiropractic care.

Toxin/Allergen/Chemical Exposure - this is a multi-level approach that includes Desbio Homeopathic Detox Kit with Physica Energetics amazing detoxifying remedies Chem-Tox, Aller-Tox, Metal-Tox and Neuro-Tox.

Infections and Illness Resolution - I have written numerous articles on viruses, bacteria, fungus and parasitic elements. In many cases we are also dealing with spike protein effects on the nervous system, brain, heart and circulation. The two basic remedies we use to begin are Physica Energetics Immunogenic Composites and my own VesselVia for microcirculatory repair and Mysterious Myrosinase for sulphoraphane anti-inflammative effects. Once that has had a chance to create some healing and improvement, we work on individual pathogenic illnesses that are burdening the immune system and the body at large.  To view my customized remedies, please click here.

The Essential Therapies

It is essential during the time that healing is taking place, to have regular therapy to both neutralize and aid the elimination of chemicals and toxins that are being released. Our Lymph Channel Bio-Therapeutics is by far the best option for this as the fluid that bathes every nerve and every cell of the body empties directly into the lymphatic system. The health and effectiveness of this type of clearing is essential to improvement. You can read more about it by clicking here to visit our clinic page.

Talk Therapy in natural medicine can include many more things than you may realize. Hypnotherapy, Guided Medication, Grief Counseling, EMDR, Intuitive Intervention are all methods that can truly help you to unburden yourself as things clear from your body cells, tissues and network. For more information you can visit our Emotional Support for Difficult Times page.

Natural Support for the Most Difficult Times

We offer evaluations, advice and support at our clinic in central Massachusetts. Many of our remedies, recommendations and advice is also available remotely via Zoom or through our clinic website. We truly want to help each person to emerge from the Shadow of Mental Illness, so please contact us if we can help.