Sunday, April 15, 2007
Headache Relief - There's Far Too Many To Mention But By Far The Best Is Prevention
With the number of daily headache sufferers in the millions, headache relief is high on the most wanted information list. There are a wide variety of headache types with even more causes, so a list of headache relief cures that will work for any type of headache is just not possible. But there are some headache relief measures that will work to relieve or at least diminish the pain caused by all headaches.
The best way to have headache relief is to prevent them. Make sure you are not skipping any meals and are eating enough protein. Going on a diet and eating less calories will always cause headaches for the first few days. Do not skip meals though as a body needs nourishment at least every 3 to 4 hours. Not eating for more than 4 hours can cause a headache. Also make sure you eat at least 3 ounces of protein a meal. A meal full of carbs and hardly any protein can cause headaches.
Make sure you exercise regularly even if it is just walking for 10 minutes. When exercising your body releases natural pain killers and loosens up your muscles. Tight muscles in the upper body and head can cause headaches. So for headache relief definitely start exercising. I also suggest starting a stretching program such as yoga or tai chi. I've gone into yoga sessions with a bad headache but ended them with the headache completely gone. This is not too surprising as yoga loosens muscles, stretches them and is very relaxing.
You also need to get at least 8 hours of sleep a night for headache relief. Too little sleep will cause headaches and make the day much harder to get through. Keeping a sleep schedule whereby you go to bed and get up at the same time every day will also help prevent headaches due to inconsistent sleep patterns. If you have trouble getting to sleep write out your thoughts in a journal or take a 3 mg melatonin pill. Melatonin pills are found in the vitamin section of any pharmacy. Melatonin naturally helps you to fall asleep.
Caffeine is used in many headache relief remedies, but too much can cause headaches. Do not drink more than 4 cups of coffee a day and stop drinking coffee around 2pm. If you are cutting back on the amount of caffeine you drink a day, expect moderate to severe headaches for several days until your body adjusts.
To determine if these methods work, keep a headache diary. Record the number of headaches, their severity, length, time they occurred and what was happening at the time. Even if the headache was present when you woke up, never varied and never left, record that as well. Write down what you tried that day for headache relief and note if it worked or not. This information is invaluable to a medical doctor.
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Friday, April 13, 2007
Adolescence Suicide - Encumbrances of Ambition Part-7
Teenagers and youths are gold mines of a Nation, more they are pulverize better they shine" My dear Ezine readers, I am sad to discuss that while I was preparing for this article, I heard a bad news of a teenager ending his life due to teacher's apathy in the school. Anyhow though world would not come to standstill with one more suicide but certainly hell have broken loose on poor parent? After going through many clipping and television news, I concluded that both parent and teachers were to be blamed for increased communication between the boy and them. Had anyone made little extra efforts in interacting with the teenagers, he would have been alive?
Today once again, I am with you to debate as to how should teenagers cop up with stress engendered by ambitious parents? I have categorized parents in four categories with respect to their ambitions; and as to what they want to make their teenager wards:
· One; Customary Parents (CP). Customary Parents are those parents who are
have low to middle income but enough landed property to sustain entire family with out stress of earning livelihood. Such parent's normally rely more on destiny and believe in philosophy of Karma (deeds) that work is worship and Do Your Best (DYB) & Leave Result to God (LRG). While interacting with a group of parents during Parent-Teacher meet, I have observed that over 75% parents exhibited normal ambition. They believed that their teenagers should work hard and Leave Result to God. Such parent's children perform exceedingly well and they generally form over 75% youth force cadre of any country government, forces and officials. Only one case of suicide has been noted so far of such parents. These parents, 1) believe their child should do his best with out compromising and risking his health; 2) remain in constant touch with their wards both at home and school; 3) guide their wards regularly to face the challenges and hardship of studies; 4) keep strict financial check on their wards; 5) ensure their wards are not following any bad company. Such parents are generally in the Would frame of mind. They believe that if their wards have achieved what they want, it is blessings; otherwise whatsoever wards do, they would be accepted. CP is traditionally and socially very rigid and expects same from wards to follow in family hierarchy. CP, thus, produces no stress on their wards but they are very sensitive to their customs and traditions. Barely .5% teenagers who committed suicide are from CP group of people.
· Two; Anomalous Parents (AP). Anomalous parents (AP) are those who live
between middle to high income group. Such parents often remain busy to meet their livelihood. It is seen that both mother and father are working in very odd hours. They normally find difficult to spare enough time to be with their wards but still make an attempt to meet them during week ends and holidays/leave days. The take proper care of their wards but exhibit common ambition and goal. They expect their wards to follow a particular way of life and should achieve the same. They are uncertain and impromptus in their approach. Their behavior is unpredictive and short temper. They sudden release their anger and began to scold their wards very badly on minor faults. Such teenagers become very sensitive and often found to be committing suicide. Teenagers remain under low to highest levels of stresses. Whenever, teenagers face highest level of stress they often commit suicide. AP believe in Could frame of mind of acceptance. They always think why their ward could not achieve and thus increase the stress level by often scolding and over monitoring. 3% teenagers from this group take away their lives. Every third teenagers out of ten who committed suicide is ward of AP.
· Three; Highly Ambitious Parent (HAP). Highly Ambitious Parents (HAP) are
those who have worked overnight to achieve some place in the society through dedicated hard work and sincere efforts. They do not believe in destiny and follow the misnomer by thinking that they are the destiny makers or they are self made people. They often boast about their achievements and try to show their position and status. While living an articulated life, such parents often expect and demand similar efforts in studies and other spheres of life from their wards. My study has revealed that over 91% teenagers of such parents are always under mild to middle levels of stresses during normal way of living. However, HAP teenagers suffer from moderate to high levels of stresses before, during and after examinations of 10th and 12th standards. HAP has Should Frame of mind. Under no circumstances such parents allow their wards to rest and they try to ensure that their wards should achieve whatsoever HAP selected for them. They crush teenagers between their teenagers capabilities and their unfulfilled ambition thus forcing them to commit suicide due fear of failure to live up to their parents expectations. The rate of suicide of HAP teenagers is nearly 4%. Readers have to analyze that out of every ten suicide, over four teenagers belong to such HAP.
· Four; Over Ambitious Parent (OAP). Over Ambitious Parents are often found
to be over committed themselves. They are having high to super high level of income but still believe themselves the destiny makers. They impose very severe to highly severe degree of demands from their teenagers. To fulfill their ambitions, they arrange tuition, extra coaching and what not to ensure that their wards are buried under the stress of study. Infact by arranging numerous subjects' tuition, they really ruin their wards health through unplanned study schedule. I have observed that most of the wards of such parents are either using spectacles or they too thin or pumpkin size due to lack of regular exercises and physical inactivity. Such parents do no give any calm hearing to their teenagers. First OAP does not find time to be with their wards and whatsoever time they find, they want to spent coaching or giving away their mind as to what they expect from them? Such OAP teenagers are either totally without stress or under high stress condition. OAP are always under Must frame of mind. They believe that their wards have no option to become what OAP has thought for them to be. Their teenagers have to become whatsoever OAP want. Doctors, engineers, lawyers and various other professionals fall under this category. Nearly 2.5% teenagers committed suicides are from OAP group of families. What I mean to say that between two to three teenagers committed suicide are from OAP families. After analyzing various types of parents, I would now debate about various levels of stresses which such parents advertently or inadvertently generate on their wards.
· Low Level Stress (LLS). The low level of stress is defined as the disturbed
state of mind of teenagers due to sudden change in demands from parents or environment to be fulfilled for which he is either less prepared or unprepared. Generally teenagers of CP and some what AP of low ambition parents fall under such level of stress. Despite of low levels, CP rebuke and scold teenagers once in life with such an authority that over .5% teenagers still fail to face the challenges and take away their lives. Generally teenager live very normal life but they still feel afraid of sudden burst of anger of parents. Such teenagers live both careful and carefree life. Such teenagers are unpredictable and generally remain happy social and amicable. They are impromptu while committing suicide. Parents have to be cautious while scolding for examination results.
· Moderate Level Stress (MLS). The Moderate Level Stress (MLS) is defined as
the stable and unsteady state of mind of teenagers with respect to their parents' ambitions during their teens. Teenagers of AP generally fall under this category. Teenagers of AP are always under constant stress of performing well in studies. They exhibit the sign of stress during their studies through facial expression. They always remain under worries of performing well and live up to their parents' ambitions. Such teenagers though generally remain under LLS but exhibit MLS before and during examinations. Such teenagers traits are to leave food, feel less hungry, show repeated sign of not remembering their subject, often feeling stressed of looking blank and frequently calling to discuss their best friend for advice or to know some problems solutions. When parents find above noted traits please think that your teenager is suffering from MLS. I suggested to
o Immediately interact with your teenager;
o Find out his real cause of worry
o Make your teenagers believe that your ambition is his challenge to fulfill and not the order to suffer stress;
o Counsel your teenager daily as to how to attempt answers;
o Ensure to share some lighter moments of life during study hours;
o Mother to ensure personal touch while offering food and giving milk during late night studies of your teenagers;
o If need be one of the parent should take leave and be with wards during examinations.
· High Level Stress (HLS). High Level Stress is defined as the permanent
disturbed state of mind of a teenager due to which he generally exhibits changed behavior amongst his colleagues and fearsome traits from parents. The symptoms of fear, worry and anxiety are always present in such teenagers conduct and behavior. They reflect very timid nature and rarely mix up with general colleagues. The teenagers of HAP suffer from what I call is Frequent Appearing Worrisome Syndrome (FAWS). Such teenagers become very sensitive and timid. When ever sign of frequent collapsing, too much submissiveness, always worries about studies, take less interests in physical activities and do not mix up with colleagues think your teenagers is suffering from HLS. Moreover such teenagers generally breakdown as and when they are unable to find solution to a problem. They loss appetite, show lack of crave for food; always show total concern for study and fear of not performing well. I suggest that if you note above traits take following actions;
o Interact regularly on daily basis with your ward;
o Make sure your teenager does not misunderstands your ambition with his goals;
o Ensure your teenagers does not fear you if he does not perform as per your expectations;
o Most important assist your teenagers in warding of his apprehensions and fears about your ambitions;
o Finally dedicate your leave and full time to your teenager during examinations;
o Never remind your teenagers as to how much you spent on tuitions and extra coaching during or after examinations. It is possible that your financial information might force him to commit suicide when your teenager could not come up to your expectations.
o Strictly adhere to reward and punishment policy rigidly so that your teenager does not feel afraid of severe punishments than rewards.
· Absolute Level Stress (ALS). Absolute Level Stress (ALS) is defined as the state of
mind of a teenager when he always exhibits signs of agony, apprehension, panic, fretfulness,
fear and nervousness through the time for performing well in studies. Such teenagers always speak about their studies and try to become bookish worm during studies. Their parents either want such teenagers to join their line of profession or follow a line which they could not achieve in life. OAP generally breakdown their teenagers before and during examinations. Over 75% teenagers of OAP often suffer from ill health and under nourishment. Such teenagers reflect irritating and repulsive behaviors. They do not want to be disturbed and remain isolated. They often neglect food and try to eat minimum just to survive during examinations. If such symptoms are seen, rest assures your teenager is suffering from ALS. As it is such teenagers suffer from ALS through out the year, I suggest the following preventive measures both by parents and teachers;
o First of all define your ambition to teenagers as his challenge and not the commitment to achieve;
o Interact daily before and during examinations;
o Try to share lighter moment with your teen during off hours;
o Ensure your teenager share one meal with the family during day;
o Always remind your teenagers that his achievements are desired but not at the cost of his health or life;
o Never give money to teenagers to go and have fun rather take him on picnic with family to refresh his mind from studies once a week;
o Asses and know your teenager's capabilities first and then disclose your ambitions;
Once parents have understood the capabilities of their teenagers, I am very sure
that they would restrict their ambition to what their teenager could achieve, thus, falling in the categories of CP. I also urge that:
· One; parents should not impose their own dreams on their teenagers;
· Two; should facilitate their teenagers to become good human beings rather materialistic toy machine of work;
· Three; share lighter veins moments with your teenagers once a week;
· Four; never let your teenagers feel afraid of you; and
· Five; make sure your teenagers takes your ambitions as your challenge and forced ambitions.
I hope if my Ezine readers are able to spread my message we would be able to
distinguish between parents having Could, Would, Should and Must ambition approaches and take suitable preventive measures to save their teenagers from Scourge of Teenagers Suicide (STS).
Labels: remedial measures, Teenagers ambitious parents, their categorizations and various levels of stresses
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Fish Helps Statins Protect Heart
A new study reported in the March 31 issue of The Lancet found that the Omega 3 fatty acids usually found in fish and fish oil increase a patients chance of avoiding heart trouble than taking statins alone. The study which was conducted in Japan is the first test of its kind.
The study author Dr. Mitsuhiro Yokoyama said, "Our study shows that long-term use of EPA (an omega-3 fatty acid) at therapeutic doses is effective for prevention of major coronary events in hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol) patients given statins in Japan who consume a large amount of fish."
Yokoyama gave the 18,645 participants of the study either a statin alone, or paired the statin with 1,800 milligrams of one of the omega-3 fatty acids.
According to HealthDay News, "During an average follow-up of 4.6 years, the researchers found a 19 percent reduction in major coronary events among patients taking EPA. Patients taking EPA also had 19 percent fewer non-fatal events -- including non-fatal heart attack, unstable angina, and coronary revascularization -- than people taking statins alone. However, the incidence of sudden cardiac death and death from heart disease did not differ between the groups."
Yokoyama added, "The preventive effects of EPA are of both clinical interest and therapeutic importance, EPA is thought to exert its plaque-stabilization effect via mechanisms that are independent of a reduction in cholesterol."
Could this be the beginning of future pill that would couple the omega-fatty acids with a statin? We will have to wait and see?
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Sunday, April 08, 2007
Treating Bronchitis with N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC)
In this article on treating bronchitis with n-acetyl cysteine (NAC), you will discover:
- What is n-acetyl cysteine (NAC)?
- Why is n-acetyl cysteine (NAC) good for your bronchitis?
- How much n-acetyl cysteine (NAC) should you take for treating bronchitis?
What Is N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC)?
N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) is an amino acid which helps to increase the levels of glutathione in the respiratory track.
Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant.
N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) supplements can help with the following health conditions:
- Emphysema
- Sinusitis
- Ear Infections
- Lung Damage
- Viral Illnesses
Why Is N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) Good for Your Bronchitis?
So, why is n-acetyl cysteine (NAC) good for your bronchitis?
Well, n-acetyl cysteine (NAC) supplements can help to dispense mucus within the respiratory track.
Clinical trials found that n-acetyl cysteine (NAC) supplements were an effective treatment for chronic bronchitis.
Apart from helping to reduce mucus within the lungs, it also helped to reduce cough severity in bronchitis sufferers.
N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) supplements are good news for smokers with chronic bronchitis, n-acetyl cysteine (NAC) can help to break up mucus and reduce bacteria within the lungs.
How Much N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) Should You Take For Treating Bronchitis?
For treating bronchitis, you can take up to 500mg of n-acetyl cysteine (NAC) supplements three times a day.
Warning: Remember, before taking any supplements please consult your doctor.
If you are suffering from peptic ulcers, do not take n-acetyl cysteine (NAC) supplements.
So, to sum up...
N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) is amino acid, which can help to disperse mucus within the lungs.
This mucus reducing action makes n-acetyl cysteine (NAC) a great supplement to take for treating bronchitis.
N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) supplements are generally safe to take, unless you suffer from peptic ulcers.
Labels: N Acetyl Cysteine (NAC), Treating Bronchitis
Friday, April 06, 2007
Find Out If Your Child Could Have Autism
The topic of autism has been a major hot topic in the news lately, going from episodes of Oprah and also on the evening news. Some communities are even having autism awareness festivities to bring attention to autism.
Why all the hubbub? Autism has been discovered to affect about 1 in every 156 students, depending on which research report you read. This is an incredible statistic and you should be concerned about it. Do you know what the signs of autism are? Do you know what steps you should take if your child has autism?
These are all good questions and they require an answer. First of all, you need to do your homework, do your due diligence, and find out exactly what autism is. Even if your child if affected with autism, it may not be severe enough for you to even notice, but it is something that could grow more pronounced over time, and you need to be prepared to take action and get it diagnosed early enough to make a difference.
One of the problems with autism is that the diagnosis of it is not an exact science. In other words, it is easy to diagnose a broken arm. You can see it, the xrays confirm it, and the doctor or physician knows exactly how to treat it. But on the other hand, autism is not nearly so well defined, and the diagnosis of it often depends on the number of signs of autism that the child represents, and even then can be a subjective call.
One of the primary signs of autism is lack of social interaction. That does not mean that the child is a computer nerd, but that the child clearly has problems, real problems, in social interactions. The verbal speech patterns are also affected, and an unreasonable delay in when your child starts to speak coherent words and phrases could also be a sign of autism. Children with autism have a very difficult time meeting your eyes or looking you in the eyes when you are speaking to them. In the more severe cases of autism, you may see intense concentration on a particular object, even something as simple as a puppet or a ball. This concentration is to the exclusion of all else in the autistic child. Although the signs of autism vary from child to child, it is well known that boys are much more frequently affected by autism than girls, where some studies indicate that the ratio is as high as 4 to 1.
Autism is thought to be a neurological disorder, where the messages coming into the brain in certain areas get scrambled or are not delivered properly. Studies have shown that this is not a hereditary thing, so there is not a need to feel guilty if your natural family tendency is to lean away from social interactions. Yes, you will probably feel guilty if your child is diagnosed with autism, but now is not the time for guilt, now is the time to make plans and arrangements to make things easier for your child and to put them into an environment that will accommodate their affliction.
Do your homework and understand what autism is. If you have reason to suspect that your child has autism, then get them checked out by a trained professional. Like most diseases, early diagnosis will provide your best opportunities to deal with it effectively.
Labels: asd, autism, autistic, autistic spectrum disorder
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Conquer Depression by Taking Back Your Power
I want to share my story in the hope of saving others from going through what my family and I have endured. It is about giving people the knowledge they need to make the right choices in order to heal.
In 1998 when I was 32, I was misdiagnosed with depression. I was going through a very rough time in my life and went to a therapist who I thought could help me work through this difficult time. This therapist told me I had depression, sent me to a psychiatrist, who prescribed the first of nine different antidepressants I would take from 1998 until October 2006, along with three different medications for insomnia. The problem (that too many people and even doctors are not aware of) is these drugs can cause and worsen depression. I went from doctor to doctor for years looking for help and was always told the same thing, "Your depression is getting worse, you need to try or add another drug." After each antidepressant I tried, I kept feeling worse; I went from struggling through a rough time in my life to my body becoming so mentally and physically out of balance I experienced the following: overcome with a dreadful sense of doom, could not leave the house, unable to concentrate, no motivation, lack of contentment, couldn't function doing everyday tasks, insomnia, extremely sad (I cried all the time), everything was overwhelming, sick to my stomach (I had no appetite, nausea), digestive problems, very achy muscles, started waking up in the middle of the night and morning in a panic (sweating, my heart would be racing, I felt very scared). I didn't want to try and get through one more day, the only reason I did not swallow a bunch of pills was because I truly feel God gave us all the gift of life and it is not up to us to take it away. I did go to bed praying I would not wake up the next day; the feelings were unbearable. My life became painful and empty of any pleasure. I did not want to live anymore.
In August of 2006 I realized that I was misdiagnosed while reading a book by Dr. Peter Breggin "The Antidepressant Fact Book." This book warned of the dangers of antidepressants. I showed the book to my M.D. and by October 2006 was weaned off the antidepressants. I was also seeing a natural doctor who helped me get my body back into balance which I feel is very important and highly recommend. I thought after weaning off the drugs and seeing my natural doctor I would gradually start to feel better, and I did, somewhat. But I was still crying myself to sleep many nights, still overcome with a feeling of doom, it was hard to function doing everyday tasks, I felt very overwhelmed by everything. I was hopeless, it seemed as though I would never find anyone who could help me. I realized I had a lot of anger inside me, at the doctors and at myself for believing them. I also had years and years of negative conditioning inside me. When you have experienced so much pain for so long, it becomes easier to focus on the negative than to be positive. You forget how to think and feel positive. In my case, that was only strengthened by the words the psychiatrist who misdiagnosed me said, "You just may never be happy."
My hope came when I found Patrick Wanis. I read one of his pocket books and decided to contact him. From the first time we spoke, Patrick had a profound effect on me. He did more for me in our first phone consultation then all the therapists/counselors I had previously been to combined. He helped me get rid of the anger and taught me how to become more positive by using the power we all have inside us. He not only gave me the tools to heal, he showed me how to use them. I still struggle with the affects of being misdiagnosed but Patrick Wanis gave me hope and showed me how to get my life back. The change in me was so noticeable, a friend of mine who was going through an extremely difficult time decided to have a phone consultation with Patrick. After her first consultation she called me and said, "In six years of therapy nobody has helped me as much as Patrick Wanis."
Most people are not given other options to heal, they are hastily given antidepressants – drugs that can cause and worsen the symptoms they are seeking help for. I do not want to give the impression everyone who takes antidepressants is wrong, but I would like to know how many of them are aware antidepressants can cause depression, do they know how many people are misdiagnosed and do they know how many people there are like me, whose lives were devastated by these drugs. How many are aware of Patrick Wanis, who can get to the core issues and teach them how to get better by using the power we all have inside us. I want to share my story to give people the knowledge to make the right choice on the best way for them to heal. I did not have choices because I wasn't given the knowledge and had to live through years of pain and emptiness. I do not want someone else to go through the same thing.
It scares and saddens me that in our society it is becoming more and more common for a doctor/therapist/counselor to tell us we need a pill to feel better. Sometimes life throws situations at us that are overwhelming, hard to deal with and we need help getting through them, that's ok. But we need to feel the grief, anger, frustration, sadness and work through them in order to truly heal and have the knowledge to make the right choice. If someone wants to hastily prescribe a pill, they can't help you – find someone who can.
Labels: antidepressants, depression, knowledge, misdiagnosed, panic attacks, power, psychiatrist, therapist
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Home Remedies - Natural Headache Pain Relief Methods to Use at Home
If you have never suffered from a headache that would be a rare and a surprising find. Headache pain can come in many different levels. These various levels seem to correspond to the cause that provoked the headache pain. If someone has annoyed you you could get a headache pain; sometimes after you cry you can get a headache; not enough sleep can cause headache pain,etc.
How to get a headache pain relief
There are a lot of different ways to get rid of a headache. The main thing is that the headache should not harm you, overall. It would be pretty amazing for you to have a headache, get rid of the headache and then develop a more serious side effect. If you can it is best if you can use a natural way of headache pain relief. Now don't forget to keep in mind that if the headache continues or you feel dizzy, you get double vision or other similar symptoms, you should talk to your doctor immediately.
Here are some great headache pain relief methods (Natural pain relief)
1. Hot bath - what you want to do is have a very hot bath drawn (add some great smelling bubble soap or even have some incense burning) and immerse yourself into the water. You should try to totally relaxed and when this happens, you should try to push all stressful thoughts away from your mind. What you will see, is as the tension leaves, so does your headache.
2. Sleep - this is a very beneficial and extremely popular headache pain relief method. The rest that you receive will revitalize the body and remove the stress that builds up into the headache pain.
3. Consuming coffee and stop smoking - it has been found that both cigarettes and coffee will trigger migraines. It is a good thing to stop or cut down on the use of these stimulants. Here are a few others (not fully proved by medical research) some of the triggers are cheese, wine, chocolate and nuts. You will want to stay away from these.
4. In other great headache pain relief method is exercise - exercise will fight stress and is a method to relieve headache pain. You could have a rigorous workout or just a plain walk. What you are trying to do is concentrate on relaxing and combining that with exercising your body.
5. Water - guess that's right, water. It has been shown in research studies that a dehydrated body will experience awful headaches. You need to consume eight glasses of water per day to stay optimally hydrated. Try to develop the habit of drinking plenty of water.There are five great ways to treat your headache pain relief, without using any medication.
I hope they help you in the future. Try them and see. For more information on this topic as well as other Pain Relief topics visit: Headache Pain Relief
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