Is Big Pharma Fueling Depression?
Natural Cure for Depression Silenced!
(Revised October 2014)
“The overall improvement in scores on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale was significantly greater for inositol than for placebo at week 4. No changes were noted in hematology or in kidney or liver function…
…inositol had a significant antidepressant effect in this study…”
More than likely, even if you suffer from depression, you haven’t about this study. You probably haven’t even heard of inositol!
Well if this is you, don’t feel bad. Far too many doctors are also unaware of this vital substance, and that is truly a travesty!
The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that nearly 15 million American adults suffer from a major depressive disorder. And sadly that number does not include or reflect undiagnosed mild depression or the depression that occurs in children. Each year, increasing amounts of anti-depressants are prescribed, and this translates to multi-billion dollar annual profits for pharmaceutical companies.
Naturally, any of the numerous antidepressants prescribed today come with a lengthy side-effect sheet including the increased risk of suicidal thoughts (especially in younger patients.) Other side-effects include:
- Dry mouth
- Drowsiness
- Dizziness
- Sexual dysfunction
- Blurred vision
- Skin rash
- Weight gain or loss
- Insomnia or prolonged sleep
- Irritability
- Anxiety
Whew!
Antidepressants Causing More Harm
So where does a person turn when prescription drugs are causing more problems than they are “fixing”? Especially when medical doctors advocate against the use of nutrition; let alone acknowledge that we live in a nutrition deficient country?
Sadly, the answer is that many people who do finally decide to try a more natural approach end up claiming that it didn’t work, and this is more than likely because:
- They didn’t take the nutrients long enough to experience a change.
- They needed to take the nutrient in a higher dosage but didn’t due to fears of “toxicity” based on false information presented by too many less-than-knowledgeable websites and/or healthcare professionals.
- They became confused and overwhelmed by all of the contradictory information surrounding natural treatment methods and simply gave up; now even more depressed than when they started!
All of the above-listed reasons are unnecessary and the brunt of the misinformation rests on the lap of the FDA and AMA.
Your welfare is not in the best interest of the FDA and AMA
It is also interesting how doctors boast a nearly 95% safety rate when it comes to antidepressants. However, this is a dangerously skewed percentage giving the patient a false sense that the drug they are taking is actually safe.
With regard to the alarming correlation between antidepressants, human behavior and health conditions, Dr. Ann Blake Tracy, author of ‘Prozac: Panacea or Pandora?‘ said the following in her article, “The Aftermath of Prozac, Zoloft, Luvox, Fen-Phen, & Many Other Serotonergic Drugs”:
“We have witnessed no decrease in suicide, but increases in murder/suicide, suicide, unwed pregnancies, domestic violence, manic-depression, MS, hypoglycemia, diabetes, bankruptcies, divorce, mothers (parents) killing children, road rage, school shootings, cancer, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and fibromyalgia since these serotonergic drugs have become so popular and I relate it directly to the effects of these drugs.”
More Regarding so-called “Safe” Antidepressants
Dr. Joseph Glenmullen, a doctor who treated patients with Prozac and discovered significant safety issues, wrote “Personal Review: Prozac Backlash: Overcoming the Dangers of Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, and Other Antidepressants with Safe Effective Alternatives”. He brings to light the true darkness of how drugs are approved by our “respected” FDA. An absolute must read!
Any potential treatment depends upon FDA approval, and if a claim relating to a vitamin, mineral, or some other natural supplement is made without the FDA stamp of approval, the claimant could be looking at a serious fine and/or jail time.
However, even when the required research has been done and proves positive, conveniently the results get buried. Yet the studies bearing what might be considered negative results are allowed to surface. When it comes to many of these strategically placed studies, the cry from the skeptics and the pro-drug community is that they did not have a significantly large enough trial group or that the long term effects are still unclear.
Well, the following shows the problem with “ethical and unbiased” research.
Dr. Joseph Glenmullen found that congress had allowed itself to be manipulated by Big Pharma. (This is no secret). Shockingly, drugs are approved without confirmation of long-term safety! And short term studies (6-8 weeks) were designed for only one purpose – market approval.
If studies are designed for specific outcomes, just how unbiased are the result?
Do you think the results are skewed? You bet they are. If you are one who trusts in the FDA stamp of approval, think again for the sake of your own health!
Here are some questions that I’d like answers to:
- When studies find a substance effective against depression, without the horrific side effects, and the substance is something the body actually needs, why isn’t it given any attention?
- Where is the media if they are truly unbiased?
- If the FDA truly has our health at the top of its priority list, why isn’t inositol getting a stamp of approval as quickly as drugs such as Prozac?
- And more importantly, why isn’t the public outraged and demanding the truth?
- Furthermore, the latest research is now PROVING that antidepressants are no more effective than placebo!
Natural Cure for Depression?
An Israeli study found that inositol is an effective treatment for depression currently being treated with serotonin-specific reuptake inhibitors (SSRI’s):
“These results suggest that inositol has therapeutic effects in the spectrum of illness responsive to serotonin selective re-uptake inhibitors, including depression, panic and OCD, and is not beneficial in schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s ADDH, autism or ECT-induced cognitive impairment.”
Inositol (Vitamin B8) is vital for health, yet it has been touted as an unnecessary vitamin by conventional medicine.
Inositol, like choline (Vitamin B4), is a precursor of phospholipids which are a necessary component of cell membranes. This is important because phospholipids are vital for the electrical current and nutrient transport across and inside of cells. The Standard American Diet (SAD), compounded by a polluted environment, high-stress living, and electromagnetic pollution (the list goes on), leads to deficiencies of this nutrient as well as other B vitamins. This is why treating with an inositol supplement works so well for so many people!
Though there may be many reasons, and causes, for depression, inositol is a wonderful place to start.
The dosage that has worked for many of my patients is 1000 mg – 3000 mg 1-2/day. I prefer powdered inositol, which makes taking it very simple. Just mix the powder in a glass of purified or filtered water. Inositol can be taken with or without food, though I recommend on an empty stomach.
Wouldn’t it make sense to treat the condition with a natural substance that brings the body back into balance rather than prescribing a synthetic drug with serious side effects that does nothing more than mask the symptoms?
Side Note: After curing myself 100% naturally from MS and anxiety, and after helping hundreds of people to give up pharmaceuticals in lieu of natural remedies from conditions that include depression, I have found a commonality – nutritional deficiencies. Once the nutritional deficiencies have been reduced, and lifestyle changes implemented…the root cause of the health condition will be corrected.
For more info, see Truth about Insomnia, Depression & Anxiety
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is a board-certified Chiropractic Physician and Life Coach who also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Biology, and a minor in Medical Research. She is a life-long athlete who after curing herself 100% naturally from MS and anxiety, became an avid nutrition health researcher/promoter.
She has been featured in many Health magazines and has been a guest on radio talk shows in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia. She is the author of Health Freedom Revolution: Exposing the Lies, Deceit and Greed of the Medical Profession, Founder of Online Holistic Health, and a contributing writer for other popular informative health website/blogs.
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October 22, 2014 @ 2:36 am
In some cases I think this would work but not all cases are due to nutrition deficiencies. Sure, it wouldn’t help it, but there are some people who are genetically predisposed to having a depressive/anxiety disorder. Not everyone is the same.
Also, I think this article is biased and unscientific – very conspiracy theorist. A lot of Americans like to think this shit is because ‘Big Pharma’ wanna make more money. If this helps you, then do it and stop buying prescription drugs… But don’t go around telling other people ‘You have to do this! You have to do that!’ because what works for you might not work for another person.
October 22, 2014 @ 7:20 am
Where is the best place to purchase high quality B-8
October 22, 2014 @ 7:59 am
Hello kjilk, thanks for your passionate comment! I do agree that there are many reasons for depression and anxiety… However, I respectfully disagree with your reasoning. There is “scientific data” regarding inositol and its effectiveness against depression. Furthermore, there is also “scientific data” regarding the ineffectiveness of most pharmaceuticals…in fact, research that has found the placebo is more effective than pharmaceuticals! So perhaps, in this case, you are being a bit bias against natural treatments? I find it ironic that you say, “A lot of Americans like to think this shit is because ‘Big Pharma’ wanna make more money”. Thank GOD I believed in all this “shit” (as you say)!! After being diagnosed with MS and suffering from anxiety for years, all I was offered by “researched medical science” were drugs that didn’t work, and a feeling of hopelessness. Since this is an “incurable” disease, their (medical doctors) advice was to learn to live with it and to accept it (go to a support group and wait for a cure). Well instead, I decided to find my own cure! After all, what did I have to lose? So, cleaned up my life! I stopped eating chemical-ridden foods (chemicals FDA approved), artificial food dyes and sugars (FDA approved), conventionally raised fruits, vegetables full of pesticides, and animal products full of hormones and antibiotics (all FDA approved), and only ate organic fresh foods, used mega nutrition, and changed my thinking to one that is more positive, hopeful, thankful, and open-minded. For me, this was the cure for an “incurable” disease. I am saddened by the ‘conventional medical conspiracy theory’ that nearly everyone is ‘genetically predisposed’ to depression, insomnia, pain syndromes, anxiety, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, autoimmune, and on and on. Where is the responsibility for one’s own health and lifestyle? I know too many people who were supposed ‘genetically predisposed’ to “this or that disease” and by simply changing their lifestyle (foods, diet, nutrition, exercise STRESS management) did not fall “victim” to it. People cure themselves from autoimmune (myself included), from cancer (even stage 4), diabetes (especially type 2), depression and anxiety (myself included), and even ALS!! Don’t take my word for it, listen to the MD’s and their patients who regained their life back by through nutrition…not drugs! (https://www.onlineholistichealth.com/als-does-not-have-to-be-a-death-sentence/) If there wasn’t a ‘conventional medical conspiracy theory’, then why are all of us who do CURE ourselves dismissed so easily? I thought the Hippocratic oath starts with “first do no harm”. That’s the real irony.
Everything I post is “researched”, however since so many horrific pharmaceuticals are also “researched” (usually by the pharmaceutical company who makes it – more irony), but later recalled due to significant side-effects and/or deaths, one has to be a bit suspicious regarding the approvals of hundreds of new drugs each year by the FDA. Yet overall, people are sicker than ever despite them!
“But don’t go around telling other people ‘You have to do this! You have to do that!’ because what works for you might not work for another person.” Thank you, but I will never stop sharing holistic health options along with my story of healing (and the story of others who also cured themselves)! If I had billions of dollars to waste like pharmaceutical companies, I would also have commercials every few seconds, but instead of advertising drugs, I would promote holistic options and the benefits – oh but wait, the FDA doesn’t allow that !
I choose not to own any “health condition”, but instead own my health! You are right, everyone must make their own choices…all I am trying to do is offer alternative solutions. 🙂
October 22, 2014 @ 8:18 am
Hello Jeri, Honestly, the best way to ensure the highest quality is by looking for supplements with the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) label. I have used extremely expensive supplements that claimed were the only ones of high quality (thus the expense), and it was getting VERY expensive! Furthermore, these “high quality” supplements are also ‘out-of-reach’ for too many people. So, I set out to find if there are high-quality supplements that won’t break the bank…and indeed there are 🙂
“There are other means to be assured the quality of your supplement. One such way is purchasing supplements from companies that comply with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), which has strict standards, and are certified as science backed quality. This ensures that each supplement is held to a level of quality that the consumer can rely on.” Read more about this at https://www.onlineholistichealth.com/supplement-brand-measure-standards/
As long as this label is on your supplement product, the quality is what they claim it to be.
May 7, 2016 @ 4:41 am
Thankyou so much, it is difficult to find sites where people can post now. USA seems to be dominated by the Disqus fraud. That whole site is manipulated, and people who wish to post are banned, from posting. Thankyou for your article, it is much appreciated.
July 20, 2016 @ 9:33 am
Hello, I just found your website. My friend has a 17 year old daughter who has suffered from severe depression for many years. They have tried several prescribed medications and none have worked. So sad that last year she almost took her own life. Would the inosotil help her and would it be safe at her age?
September 27, 2016 @ 1:55 pm
Where do you do your research? I only see references to this website.
September 28, 2016 @ 10:39 am
Hi Lindsy! Yep I did reference the supplement inositol to another article on OHH for the readers convenience. As far as other references, I did reference Dr. Ann Blake Tracy, author of ‘Prozac: Panacea or Pandora and Dr. Joseph Glenmullen author of Personal Review: Prozac Backlash: Overcoming the Dangers of Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, and Other Antidepressants with Safe Effective Alternatives. .
Both are extremely interesting reads I hope you check them out!
March 1, 2017 @ 8:07 am
Can you give me a list of every supplement that would treat depression and bi-polar disorder?
March 7, 2017 @ 9:18 am
Hello Deanna!
Per this article, inositol is extremely effective. Regarding bi-polar, check out this info about lithium orotate.
Hope this helps!
November 11, 2017 @ 2:07 am
Hi all.
I haven’t tried inositol by itself but it is in a high strength multi B that I take. I didn’t notice any decrease in depression taking it though. Perhaps more than 75 mg per day is needed.
Deanna:
For bipolar I take taurine and nac (n acetyl cysteine) which eliminate hypomania and mixed states. I have had more trouble eliminating depression. I have had short term success only with tyrosine and l-phenylalanine (both were very good but only for a few weeks then no effect) I’m currently taking 5htp which so far has helped alot. I hope it lasts longer. Good Luck
November 15, 2017 @ 12:26 pm
Hi Traci!
You are definitely not taking a high enough dosage of inositol to make a difference.
“When using inositol, it is best to increase dosages slowly and to take in conjunction with choline and other B Vitamins. Typical dosages range from 100 mg – 1000 mg, with therapeutic dosages ranging from 10 – 20 grams.
A dosage of 1000 mg – 3000 mg 1-2/day has been found to be helpful in the treatment of depression. Powdered inositol is preferred and makes supplementation very simple as it can be mixed in a glass of purified or filtered water. Inositol can be taken with or without food, though it is recommended that it be taken on an empty stomach.”
Read More HERE
Also, I have seen amazing results for bipolar with lithium orotate. If you are interested and would like to read more, click HERE
Thanks for your comment and wishing you the best of health!
December 5, 2017 @ 3:44 pm
Hi i suffer with anxiety and probably hormonal imbalance added now because of my age. i just nw 11:35am BC Canada time had a severe panic attack because i took 500mg’s of niacin and hadnt been taking it for several months or cant remember even if id started way back several months ago. ugh anyhow i went into a raging heated mess for approx 30-40 mins almost calling on my daughter to take me to emergency but i hate going into the hospital and seeing med doctors because they seem to only add to my anxiety. Anyhow ive finally come down from my shaking and severe flush from niacin and do feel exhausted. ugh i honestly thought i was dieing and was going to go to the er and thank God i seen this forum. i think id like to see a reputable holistic doctor as i prefer natural remedies because i was brought up this way but never learned how to gather roots and herbs from my grandparents (Native American FN). thank god i wasnt dieing lol. Anyhow is B3 and inositol ok to taken together or within the same day of each other ? Thankyou and do believe utterly in the holistic approach as it is common sense to me . thank you my dear for your professionalism!!