If I were to move this site to a different domain and change the name, anyone with a printout of any post on this blog could find the new site with a simple Google search on the text of just about any single sentence from this site.

2) Recently watched Mel Brooks’ “Dracula: Dead and Loving It”. One of the running jokes was Dr. Seward constantly prescribing for his mental patients “another enema!” Seems old Mel agrees with you.

3) Two words: Acidophilus Pearls

So I was researching IBS and I found that 94% of IBS people have a psychiatric condition. (Cite: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016508502801895) Well, of course I go to look at what percent of the population has IBS. I get figures ranging from 10-20%. (One cite: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2005.02463.x/abstract;jsessionid=CEE41A33AA45BD00ECE4AC86F17D0C01.d01t01) Then I do a search for what percent of the population has a psychiatric condition. 10-20%. (One cite: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9857791) Well gee…

I just went through that. I experienced it first hand. I had IBS, figured out the cause (Candida overgrowth) treated it (my damn self) got it into an intermittent phase (wasn’t perfect with treatment) and watched my mood adjust itself IN PERFECT SYNCH with my physical symptoms… One day I was miserable and couldn’t deal with life (and had symptoms), and the next day I was FINE — with the exact same life (and no symptoms). This happened over and over and over again, so many times I am sure that it was the damn candida. And now that its gone, I’m just not experiencing anything like that anymore. Except the occasional dietary mistake.

I looked for some explanation for the link between depression and candida, but of course there is no good test for candida (I even had to write a special canned email for friends who were concerned that candida overgrowth was pseudoscience which contained rational explanations about this…) so there’s not adequate research.

Then it dawned on me.

Your gastrointestinal system has several thousand square feet of surface area. That is also where 80% of your immune system is. Any organism capable of overgrowing in your digestive system has not only managed to overcome 80% of your immune system, but also has managed to infect an area that is 100 times the size of your external body. Imagine having a rash head to toe – times one hundred, on the inside! That is very, very serious.

Fighting any major health condition can be exhausting, because your body has to put so much of it’s resources towards that. This condition, doubly so, because it interferes with the absorption of the nutrients you need to fight it. Not only that but micro-organisms often produce toxins as a byproduct of their energy production mechanisms. So you’ve got a whole pile of toxins to clean up on top of all that. What would be surprising is if this condition DIDN’T cause fatigue and depression. When you’re that fatigued, problem-solving seems impossible, not to mention finding the energy to implement a solution. So feeling stuck and depressed is nearly inevitable.

When I finally got the damn stuff under control, I was smacked with these incredible problem solving abilities that … at that point, I only vaguely remembered that I had.

My memory is still a bit messed up from all this, but I seem 100% better otherwise!

I really hope you look into this for depression / anxiety! If you want to try candida elimination, its not easy, but I will tell you about my experience and can refer you to a doctor who understands it!

(The reason I ask the nature of the problem is that my shrink recently suggested I have my doctor check my hormone levels. Perhaps she’s on the same page as you are.)

Thanks.

Say, I solved a health problem I was having and… suddenly, incredible problem solving abilities manifested themselves out of nowhere – I had this familiar feeling I could solve anything, given enough time. I solved a whole bunch of problems that had been bothering me for a long time — in a week. My problem solving abilities were totally suppressed by the health condition I had. And that was making me depressed.

It makes me wonder if you might have some undiscovered underlying cause. This was so insidious for me that I really didn’t see it… not until I figured out what it was and could take actions that would turn the symptoms on and off.

Then I saw it clearly.

One day, I was wishing I was dead. The next, I was FINE.

I had the exact same problems the next day as the former. But I felt good!

Its like the disease took all the enjoyment out of solving things… and made it impossible to figure out solutions besides. No wonder I was wishing I was dead. I couldn’t see my way out.

You might benefit extremely from considering whether some underlying medical problem might be causing this.

LOL about the ear thing – that’s great!

Me, I’m just slopping the words on in person. Well depending how tired or whatever I am. A lot of times I am articulate. But the language disorder stupidifies what I’m saying often.

Except for my bullet has fallen to the floor. I keep kicking it around. Wondering if it will fly again. Wondering why I bother to keep kicking. Wondering how many times I can kick it around before it forget why that motion isn’t completely empty.