dopamine

I am pleased to see that there are a few innovative treatment facilities in the United States looking at the body, not just mind and spirit, when it comes to what causes addictions, and how to address them from a functional medicine perspective, looking for the underlying reasons and root causes and treating at 'that level'. It makes sense that there are physiological causes -- what those are might suprise you, as well as how many people are affected, who might not be identified as 'addicts'.  read more »

Depression has many causes.  People often have stressors on their body/mind/spirit which leads the brain to have different chemicals in it: everything from poor nutrition in the foods consumed to not getting exercise and laughter regularly, even enough hugs! Often, people have been prescribed and might prefer 'give me a pill to solve my problem' rather than finding and correcting the underlying reasons.  Often medications are necessary and helpful, hopefully for a short time while the underlying causes start to be investigated.    read more »