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Mercury fillings and mental health On average, over 25% of all individuals with MERCURY dental fillings experience mood swings and irritability. Mercury is a metal that is found naturally in the environment and exposure to it can lead to an onslaught of health issues including: anxiety, depression, memory loss, or irritability. The majority of consumers are not aware that "silver fillings" are primarily MERCURY!... While promoted by the dental community as seemingly harmless "silver fillings," these amalgams release colorless, tasteless, and odorless mercury vapors into your oral cavity when you eat or drink. A single amalgam releases as much as 15 micrograms of mercury per day. Add daily exposure to mercury vapors from amalgams to your other mercury and heavy metal exposures every single day, and you get an idea how much your health is endangered. Aside from the issue of profitability, these toxic amalgams are easier to install than composite fillings. The dental industry also has a powerful entity backing it up - the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA continues to allow the use of "silver fillings" without warning that they are made of mercury! (source: www.mercola.com)

Difference between BENZOS (benzodiazepines) and SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor). Benzodiazepines, aka BENZOS, are a class of psychoactive DRUGS whose core chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring. The first such drug, chlordiazepoxide (Librium), was discovered accidentally by Leo Sternbach in 1955 (and marketed as a "safer" alternative to barbiturates for treating anxiety, insomnia and seizures). Some of the more popular benzodiaz...epines include Ativan (lorazepam), Xanax (alprazolam), or Valium (diazepam). These medications strengthen the effect of the neurotransmitter GABA, which is the primary inhibitory (turn off) signaler in the brain. GABA plays a role in sleep, feeling calm, muscle relaxation, and reduction in brain activity. SSRIs are a class of drugs that are typically used as antidepressants in the treatment of major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders and related illnesses to serotonin deficiencies. SSRIs function by increasing the extracellular level of the neurotransmitter serotonin by limiting its reabsorption (reuptake) into the presynaptic cell. Some of the most commonly prescribed SSRIs include: Prozac (fluoxetine), Celexa (citalopram), Zoloft (sertraline), Paxil (paroxetine), Lexapro (escitalopram). SSRIs are the most widely prescribed ANTIDEPRESSANTS in many countries. SSRIs were introduced to the world with Prozac (fluoxetine) being marketed in 1987 to treat people with depression. For most people SSRIs can work for longer and with less side effects, but not in all people. In some people only benzodiazepines will work. However, this is not a good long term solution. Side-effects!! Benzodiazepine, which can reduce coordination and energy, also can cause nausea, headaches and nervousness. And are very addictive. SSRIs can also cause nausea, dizziness, weight fluctuation, dry mouth, reduced libido and insomnia. (source: Mercola.com) - Up to 43% of older adults in USA use BENZOS for anxiety and insomnia, often chronically, even though their long-term effectiveness and safety remain unproven. - Older adults who used benzos for 3 months or more had a 51% greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease than those who did not, a new study found - A past study also found that among adults over 65, those who used benzodiazepines were 50% more likely to develop dementia over a 15-year period. - Consider dietary changes, exercise, EFT, and adjustments to your sleep routine to naturally improve anxiety and sleep disorders (source: Mercola.com) - Low serotonin has been the prevailing theory for explaining social anxiety, hence SSRIs are typically prescribed for this disorder. New research shows patients with social phobia produce too much serotonin in the amygdala (a brain region associated with primitive emotions like fear). Hence increasing serotonin increases ANXIETY. People taking certain antidepressants have a more than 30% increased risk of developing mania and bipolar disorder.

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TRANSFERENCE troubles? You're not imagining it; yes, those feelings are real - it's just that your feelings are being mis-directed to someone who seems to fit, but is ultimately, the wrong person. Transference is a psychological pattern where we unconsciously experience one person through the filter of our feelings towards someone else from our past. ... If you have gaps in emotional "learning" then you'll be susceptible to experiencing transference (depending which emotional needs went unmet). Because the brain continues to "learn" throughout the lifespan, transference in a sense gives you the chance for you to "catch up". Historically, the idea behind transference comes from the notion that we in effect "transfer" feelings for one person, onto another. FREUD first used it as a neurological term. However, by the time he wrote the "Interpretation of Dreams" he was also using it as a psychological phenomenon. In conventional psychotherapy practice, TRANSFERENCE is regarded as a defense mechanism that protects you from deeply rooted emotional pain. However, from a neuroscience perspective the brain often operates in less mysterious ways - that is, once you understand what it's ultimately trying to do. From this perspective transference can be interpreted as the brain is seeking to have a particular experience that it needs to complete its development. Though the word 'transference' is usually associated with psychotherapy, you can actually develop a transference with ANYONE. The term 'transference' was initially adopted in reference to situations where we transfer unmet psychological desires or conflicts onto another person. For example, you might experience your partner’s assertiveness as if she/he was your critical mother/father. When emotional problems are so "blended" you don't recognize them as "issues". If you keep 'survival of the fittest' in mind in regards to understanding any emotion or any brain function, it'll help you to "normalize" your quirks and make sense of yourself. Source: myshrink.com