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87Weaning Off Cymbalta: What The Doctors Don't Tell You
I am writing this Hub to help make people aware of what happens when you want to start getting off the anti-depressant, Cymbalta. Sure, the drug worked wonders during my bout with depression. After one...
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75Irritable Bowel Syndrome -Part I
Over-the-Counter Medications - Over-the-counter medications are what I refer to as "the quick fix." While they may be helpful in relieving your current symptoms, they are certainly not a long term solution to...
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74Parenting a Teen with OCD
OCD used to be called the untreatable disease. Psychologists tried to use talk therapy. The treatment that is accepted as the only successful method today is called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The way it...
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77My Darkest Journey: Depression
Depression is a dark, ugly monster that consumes your mind with a spreading sensation of darkness. I know about depression first-hand. For one year of my life, I survived the clutch of this evil monster from...
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76A Natural Program for Treating Depression: Book Review of Unstuck
Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven Stage Journey Out of Depression By James S. Gordon, M.D. We're in the Depression Era...And It's Getting Worse According to the World Health Organization (WHO), major...
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64How do I regain my self-esteem after being hospitalized for clinical depression?
Many times a person will be dignosed as having cinical depression, when, in fact, he/she may really be bi-polar. It's important to realize that in either case, depression is due to chemical imbalances in the...
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57Is Psychiatric Medication "Spiritually Correct"? Meditation vs. Medication
Many people have an inner reluctance to trying antidepressant medication. Often this is especially so for those who practice mind-body disciplines such as yoga and meditation, as well as those who view...
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55Fat and Happy: How the Food and Pharmaceutical Companies Have Tricked Us
It is impossible to sit through an hour of television without seeing an ad or five naming symptoms that all of us experience on a transient basis. The symptoms are inevitably followed by the name of a new...
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52A Review of the House Season Premiere
I knew that House would have to mellow out a little. I have remained a steadfast House fanatic since the beginning, but I know that House's antics have lost him a fan, or two. I know my mom has gotten a...
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66Washers, cleaners, hoarders and checkers
A compulsion is a strong impulse to engage in a repetitive, ritualistic behavior. It occurs in conjunction with obsessive thoughts characteristic of a condition labeled Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder or OCD....
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