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Have you been offered anti-depressants to manage y

Have you been offered anti-depressants to manage your problems, whether they be emotional or physical?⁠
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If so, did your prescriber say how long the medication would be for and give you a plan to work with the underlying causes of your symptoms?⁠
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Did they tell you about the documented side effects, including the less common serious ones?⁠
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Have you been "stuck" on anti-depressants for years on end with no action plan for when it's time to stop?⁠
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Or were you told by your prescriber something like "I don't recommend stopping." 🙋🏽‍♀️⁠
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Granted, it may be right for some folks to go on antidepressants, and stay on them for years or decades.⁠
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However, all too often we are prescribed these meds and then just get stuck on them with no plan to get off, or no understanding of the side effects. The original prescribing doctor may retire or move, and you take your prescription to future doctors who never reevaluate your relationship with the medication, and simply continue to prescribe it.⁠
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If you know me, you know I have absolutely no judgment about psychiatric medications and have used them myself. They are always an option. However, it’s useful to know there are always side effects, that many of the mechanisms as to how they work are unknown, and that nobody is funding or performing studies about long-term effects on the brain.⁠
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The longer you stay on them, the harder it may be to get off. I’ve had patients use them for under a year and still have to work their asses off to wean off.⁠
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With every prescription medication you go on, always find out:⁠
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1️⃣ What are the side effects and are they worth it?⁠
2️⃣ Are there any studies on long-term side effects if you stay on for years?⁠
3️⃣ Is the mechanism understood?⁠
4️⃣ What is the plan for solving the potential root cause of your symptoms while you use the medication to feel better?⁠
5️⃣ What is the time length that you will be using this medication?⁠
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Any thoughts about this? ❤️.⁠
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#mentalhealthawareness

I got boosted today. Feeling kinda vulnerable abou

I got boosted today. Feeling kinda vulnerable about it.
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I respect everyone’s choice and body autonomy and also love having the hard conversations about it in safe spaces.
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I am immune suppressed. I’m not letting this 🦠take me down before I’m ready, if I can help it.
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I’m also doing ALL THE THINGS important for this project like:
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1️⃣Tuning into and improving my metabolic markers like blood sugar and insulin and triglycerides.
2️⃣ Upping the prediabetes prevention protocols like intermittent fasting, exercise, low-carb, and wearing a glucose monitor.
3️⃣ Testing my nutrient levels and keeping A, D and zinc in good ranges.
4️⃣ Keeping the right herbs and supplements in stock so if 🦠 the duration and outcome should be better to prevent 🏥and long haul.
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How are you doing with it all? No haters please. ❤️
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#prevention #wellness #wellnessmonday #immunesuppressed #immunesystem #immunehealth #inthistogether

Dudes! Celebrating my 20th anniversary some more w

Dudes! Celebrating my 20th anniversary some more with a date night and my new present - a necklace made by my dear friend Marla of @marlastudio! I got dressed and had a different necklace on and replaced it with this one! Feeling the grooviness with my green shirt and eyes. My man is the best! 😻

Why don't we start with the gut?⁠ .⁠ Specifica

Why don't we start with the gut?⁠
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Specifically the small intestine…⁠
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Your small intestine is a hollow tube that's 22 feet long! The bulk of your immune system's work takes place in your small intestine. It's where your immune cells sort the good from the bad. This includes toxins that come in, chemicals, food proteins, and all microbes. Your immune system is highly vigilant in your small intestine.⁠
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In both Chinese and functional medicine approaches, autoimmune processes always have a connection to the small intestine. This is because, in the process of sorting the good from the bad, it's easy for your immune cells to OVERreact to bad things and make Th17 cells. These cause inflammation and distraction directed toward your own body. This is what an autoimmune process is, inflammation and-self distraction.⁠
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So we apply the "Five Rs" of gut repair:⁠
1️⃣ Remove⁠
2️⃣ Replace⁠
3️⃣ Reinocculate⁠
4️⃣ Repair⁠
5️⃣ Rebalance⁠
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With an autoimmune diagnosis, I start with Remove, always. This is because it's essential to identify things that are triggering the overreactive immune response. This is a searching and fearless inventory of foods (and chemicals in foods) that are bothering your immune system. Next, it's doing a functional stool test that maps all the G.I. microbes. People with autoimmune usually have inflammatory G.I. microbes, which could be an overgrowth of bad bacteria, viruses, fungus, amebae, or archaea.⁠
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Identifying and removing these triggers is sometimes all that's required to reverse an autoimmune process!⁠
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Sometimes the other Rs are needed as well, especially re-inoculating the gut microbiome with the right strains of good bacteria, and repairing the leaky and inflamed small intestine lining.⁠
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I recommend every person with an autoimmune diagnosis do a functional G.I. map on an annual basis.⁠
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Questions about this? Hit me up in the comments below.⁠
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Celebrating 20 years of an amazing marriage today

Celebrating 20 years of an amazing marriage today ❤️.

Who would I recommend this combo of things to?⁠

Who would I recommend this combo of things to?⁠
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A woman with anxiety, insomnia (difficulty going to sleep and staying asleep) PLUS low progesterone.⁠
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1️⃣ Magnesium is "the great relaxer" mineral. It's depleted in today's soils, therefore low in our foods, causing a widespread magnesium deficiency. Signs of a magnesium deficiency are insomnia, anxiety, muscle cramps, and constipation. Try magnesium with any of these, you don't have to have all of them.⁠
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2️⃣ Calm's Forte is made by #hylands and is a wonderful homeopathic remedy that works well and won't make you feel weird (like melatonin and valerian can do). Chew 1-3 tablets when you go to bed.⁠
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3️⃣ Progesterone is our amazing hormone that acts on GABA receptors to calm you down and help you sleep. Many women are low in progesterone for various reasons, including hormonal birth control, endometriosis treatment, breast cancer treatment, and perimenopause/menopause.⁠
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These 3 are safe and can be game-changers!⁠
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Questions? Hit me up in the comments. 👇🏽⁠
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#dutchtest #periodguru #heavyperiods #estrogen #hormonedoctor #functionaltesting #premenstrual #hormonalbirthcontrol⁠
#magnesiumdeficiency #magnesiumsupplement #ancientminerals⁠
#homeopathicmedicine⁠
#cantsleep #deepsleep #sleep #sleepwell⁠
#mentalhealth #stress #anxietyhelp⁠
#hormonehealth #hormoneimbalance #hormonalhealth #progesterone #healthyhormones #hormones

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