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Information on
Adrenal Exhaustion and PPD
I received this message
asking to get this to all the cosponsors. I am asking everyone who is
helping out - that if you are doing any faxes, emails, or phone calls,
you consider using this information with the
HELP Committee as well. Apparently Senator Coburn already has
concerns so please make sure you get this information to him if you are
calling / faxing / emailing. (Please see
page 2
of the flyer, "The Truth About The MOTHERS Act," which is great to
fax to the SENATE as well.)
The DRUGS that doctors are
using on moms will only make things worse in part because they further
complicate the endocrine problems, raising cortisol, adversely affecting
the thyroid gland, pineal gland, etc. It's adding insult to injury.
There are good ways to address PPD with prevention and safe and
effective treatments. We do not need INEFFECTIVE and DANGEROUS drugs.
Postpartum thyroiditis is probably behind a lot of cases of so-called
PPD (it can't be called PPD if it's an actual physical medical disorder
- underlying medical disorders preclude diagnosis with a psychiatric
label). According to what I have read and what Dr. Block said on the
2006 story for ABC local news (see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNnz7GFGJSA)
postpartum thyroiditis happens to at least 10% of women after
childbirth.
Thanks,
Amy
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Amy- We need to get this info of Derek's (see below) to all
cosponsors of this terrible bill in an effort to get them to remove
their names as sponsors. They're sponsoring this terrible legislation
out of total ignorance.
John Hammell, President
International Advocates for Health Freedom
Hi John. In one of my Applied Kinesiology manuals on Endocrinology and
AK, it is stated that the reason for post partum depression is that the
mother has weak or exhausted adrenal glands prior to becoming pregnant.
Then, when she gets pregnant, once the baby's adrenals start developing,
her body will benefit from the cortisol being produced by the baby's
adrenal glands. This makes her feel great while she is still pregnant.
But the problem is that when the baby is born, if the mother's adrenals
haven't recovered yet, she will suffer from severe symptoms of cortisol
withdrawal - and THIS is what causes post partum depression. It is not a
MENTAL symptom - it is a physiological symptom.
If ANY medical intervention is needed, I would recommend the doctor
screen the mother's cortisol levels prior to giving birth and then in
the next few days after. If her cortisol levels drop, then she should be
put on either a whole dessicated adrenal supplement or Cortef, which is
prescription cortisol, in low, physiological doses. She should remain on
this until her adrenals have recovered sufficiently from the exhaustion
to start producing adequate cortisol on their own. Then she should
slowly taper off. There is a book called SAFE USES OF CORTISOL, by a Dr.
McJeffries. That is the manual on how to treat adrenal / cortisol
issues.
I am somewhat of an expert in this area as I survived Addison's Disease
and made a complete recovery. I almost died from this in 2003. I had
Addison's due to damage from Epstein Barr Virus. I have since corrected
the damage and now have very good adrenals. What they are proposing here
is criminal and is due to a very stupid lack of knowledge of the
physiological processes of the body. I find it hard to believe that any
doctor would have any part of this, except that the medical business is
one of the most corrupt in this country.
Derek Williams |
