depression

69 yo F with Depression, lethargy and mental clarity advice on moving forward

Hi – I’ve been working with a patient for a couple of months now, seen some improvement and would welcome input on moving forward please. 69, female 4ft 11″ 70kg – retired widow, previously police interpretor (40 years ago) and since housewife Lethargy, lack of mental clarity, depression, anxiety, reduced…

70 yo M with prostate cancer

70 year old man, prostate cancer and on a lot of medication. Help needed with this and as well as his depression and worrying. Him and wife were ‘cajoled’ into seeing me by their son for a quick session to sort out their diets but he is a complicated case.…

Sertraline anti-depressants and experiencing withdrawal symptoms

Male on Sertraline anti-depressants and experiencing withdrawal symptoms Hello, I have a male client who came to see me in June for fatigue and lethargy and is on anti-depressants. 75mg of Sertraline for 7yrs. Highly stressed, living on sugar/chocolate. Lots of blood sugar and adrenal symptoms from analysis form, stress…

54 yo F with anxiety & constipation

54yrs, female, anxiety & constipation – history of bulimia, depresssion, high alcohol Hello there, here’s the case history as per Nutri-Link layout • 54yrs, female, 5ft 6, 10st 4lb. Married at age 43 no children, 2 dogs and 90yr mother living with her, works in University catering. Reports stress 8-9/10.…

47 yo F with fatigue, pain,spaced out feeling, candida, depression and eczma

Lady, 47, M.E. (fatigue, pain,spaced out feeling), candida, depression and eczma and I could do with some advice as she is in a very bad way. apologies for the length of info below Dis-ease History: Bronchial pneumonia aged 7yrs – multiple courses of antibiotics; Many childhood colds, coughs and general…

51 yo F with depression, IBS, Sugar Cravings and Candida

51 year old female – depression, IBS, Sugar Cravings and Candida Hi all, I have a 51 year old female. 5ft 3ind and12st 12lbs Mental Health nurse Full time • IBS, Depression, sugar cravings, menopausal symptoms (hysterectomy 2006), arthritis in knees and frequent candida. • Duration of symptoms IBS –…

20 yo M with cryptosporidium

20 year old severe eczema sufferer with previous cryptosporidium I have a 20 year old male client who was diagnosed with cryptosporidium when he was 12 and shortly afterwards all of his hair fell out (and still falls out now, although not to the same degree), which was put down…

57 yo F with depression

Suggestions for supplements for this client with depression who has been taking Citalopram (20mg/d) since February 2012. This lady is 57, BMI 30.7, long history of depression (since she was a teenager – however only been described medication in the past year), had full hysterectomy aged 42 (was put on…

Depression, fatigue, muscle aches and pains

Advice requested for case of depression, fatigue, muscle aches and pains Dr Anu Hi i have a patient with depression, fatigue, muscle pains and low libido who has had 2 hair strand tests (june and October) done under another practitioner that have shown different results: the first in June showed…

Depression

Client has history of depression. I recommended fish oil + B complex . She can’t take 5HTP as she has a blood clotting disorder i.e.protein S defficiency, so what else should I recommend? She doesn’t respond well to herbs i.e. st Johns Wort. i’m already supporting her adrenals with glandulars…

Neurological implications of gluten sensitivity

Could anyone help please… I am a fairly newly qualified Practitioner and have a Client who has come to me after seeing a number of consultants and GP’s with regard to quite a complex set of symptoms • Anxiety • Depression • Tingling and numbness of the fingers and toes…

53 yo F with multiple health issues

GB removed many years ago, diagnosed with depression last year, diagnosed with ADD about 20 years ago, extreme tiredness, recurrent infections and significant weight gain in the last 4 years due to major stress in her life. Biggest issue for me is what to address first: liver/GB support to make…

Depression and Barometric pressure

I have a client who gets depression, we have worked on blood sugars and ensuring that he is getting all of the nutrients that he needs but he finds when the barometric pressure is low he really struggles. I do not understand the mechanism of how the pressure affects mood…

60 yo F with chronic insomnia

Hello my 60 year old female client has a complex accumulation of symptoms. She has had chronic insomnia for over 20 years and osteopenia (she went through an early menopause at 36 years old.) She had epilepsy as a child but this went with her first pregnancy. However, her reason…

manic depression

Hi I am working with a client who is on lithium for severe manic depression – she has been on lithium for 12 years – she has low thyroid function – it appears that lithium inhibits the uptake of T3 – she is taking thyroxin – she tests well for…

migraine

I have a patient who suffers from chronic migraine 10-15 days pcm, depression, fatigue-cannot get out of bed once/mth. Medication has led she feels to obesity (bmi 32). After full & lengthy Gp investigations she has been referred for nutritionist advice. Migraine triggers include BS lows, dairy, msg, citrus, hormonal…