by Dr. Oler, ND | Jan 8, 2015 | Depression, Fatigue, Natural Weight Loss, Way of Life
The beginning of the year is a great time to figure out how you want to improve your life and become more of the person you’d like to be. However, all too often people make only half-hearted commitments and attempts at self-improvement, which inevitably fail. Most often, this is because they really don’t know WHY they want to make changes and/or the reason for making the changes doesn’t really resonate with them deeply enough or aren’t really important enough to make the tough choices necessary to meet their goals. (more…)
by Dr. Oler, ND | Oct 30, 2014 | Amino Acid Therapy, Depression
When most people think of neurotransmitter imbalances, they think of disorders such as depression, anxiety, insomnia and possibly ADD/ADHD and Parkinson’s disease. Usually, that’s because the drugs used to treat these disorders attempt to manipulate various neurotransmitters – including serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine and GABA – in order to help alleviate symptoms. (more…)
by Dr. Oler, ND | Oct 28, 2014 | Depression, Natural Health Products
Depression is a major problem in the United States with over 28 million people reporting occasional depression and almost 11 million people suffering from major depression according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
Depression is also big business for drug companies, with almost 30 million people filling 164 million prescriptions each year for antidepressant medications. The unfortunate truth of this situation is that drugs don’t work for most people. (more…)
by Dr. Oler, ND | Oct 16, 2014 | Depression, Fatigue, Hormone Imbalance, Men's Health, Women's Health
As we stated in the first segment of this series, estrogen dominance can be caused either by too much estrogen (either from over production within the body or via hormone replacement) relative to progesterone or from too little progesterone production. We have discussed the effect of high estrogen levels associated with estrogen dominance in another series of posts. However, low progesterone levels also have several negative effects in regard to weight loss. (more…)
by Dr. Oler, ND | Sep 4, 2014 | Depression, Migraine, Natural Remedies, Stress
Amino acid therapy is extremely effective at optimizing neurotransmitter function and correcting symptoms due to neurotransmitter imbalance. This is important for a number of conditions, including ADD, ADHD, depression, anxiety, migraines, insomnia, fibromyalgia, trichotillomania, memory and a host of other conditions. (more…)
by Dr. Oler, ND | Feb 6, 2014 | Depression, Fatigue, Natural Remedies
Fatigue is one of the most common health complaints we hear about in the clinic. It’s a symptom with many possible sources, and once serious illnesses have been ruled out, finding the reason for your fatigue boils down to a process of elimination. The good news, however, is that there are safe and natural solutions you can try for just about every possible cause for fatigue. (more…)
