Prescription meds are great for alleviating the pain, in many situations. They are a quick fix for many of our problems. But when we are dealing with panic attacks, drugs are not the best solution. Drugs are only a short term treatment.

The real treatment consists of a mix between drugs, will and natural cures. Drugs have many side effects and the natural cures don’t. Some side effects include: sedation, nausea, weight gain, sexual dysfunction, nervousness and irritability, and also some withdrawal syndromes.

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11 billion dollars a year! That is how much the anti-depressant medicine market makes in sales so you will NOT be surprised to learn that the pharmaceutical companies are doing everything to protect their interests. That includes the majority of doctors who are sometimes beholden to the companies and will play along in this awful game of prescribing medications which can have lasting and damaging side effects and will rarely mention that there are ways of treating depression naturally. Medication may alleviate depression and certainly works in many cases but the medical community is blinkered when it comes to even considering treating depression without drugs.

Say ‘natural’ to a doctor and he will probably dismiss your suggestion out of hand. In the UK and in Europe,some doctors actively recommend alternative and complementary medicine and there are health centres where there is a wide range of treatments available fro treating depression naturally. As well as acupuncture, massage, behavior therapy, relaxation exercises, there are homeopathic remedies and if course herbal remedies which are enjoying a boom in sales at the moment.

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Has anyone tried to use acupuncture to cure severe depression and what does acupuncture feel like doe is it hurt??