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Depression
Depression
is one of the most general symptoms reported by NED sufferers and is
also the diagnosis most used by treatment professionals. Depression is
defined as a “state of intense despondency (melancholy,
dejection), which is generally accompanied by feelings of inadequacy,
uncertainty, pessimism about the future, as well as social withdrawal
and a decline in psychomotor activities. It is expressed, either as a
symptom in various psychological conditions, or as a syndrome.
Depression
in children is arguably more significant an issue than adult
depression. For example, about 5% of children at any given time suffer
from clinical depression; but can interfere with the normal
developmental processes of childhood. Depression in children can, if
untreated, affect school performance and learning, social interactions
and development of normal peer relationships, self-esteem and life
skill acquisition, parent-child relations and a child’s sense
of bonding and trust, can lead to substance abuse, disruptive
behaviours, violence and aggression, legal troubles and even suicide.
Symptoms
most frequently observed in a study of depressed 512 outpatients
besides depressed mood (100% by definition), were “low energy
or fatigue” (96%) and “poor concentration or
indecisiveness” (88%), followed by “low
self-esteem” (80%), insomnia or hypersomnia” (77%),
“poor appetite or overeating (69%) and “a feeling
of hopelessness” (42%). In the subjects with fewer than five
symptoms, the most frequent were low physical energy or fatigue (93%),
poor concentration or indecisiveness (79%) and low self-esteem (77%).
Depressive patients presented apparent lower protein synthesis than the
control group, in agreement with known reduction of cerebral activity.
Electroconclusive shock treatment resulted in a significant increase
(56%) in global cortical protein synthesis.
In
respect of NAD and mood disorders, Dr Davis holds the following
opinion: “The body produces NAD. It cannot produce NAD from
trytophan, nicotinamide, vitamin b6 and so forth, by means of a certain
processes. This is also one of the reasons why people were interested
in administering NAD to people with emotional problems. Approximately
80% of one’s tryptophan is used to produce NAD and a part of
it is used to produced to produced serotonin. Serotonin affects your
mood and this is the reason why there has always been interest. If you
administer NAD, you enable the body to produce NAD from tryptophan,
produce serotonin and create a positive state of mind.
“Second only to depressed mood itself:- tiredness, low
energy, and listlessness are the most common symptoms associated with
depression. Recent understanding of interactions between monoaminergic
neurons may help explain why some antidepressants may be more rapidly
energy restoring than others.
Relevancy for
NAD Energy supplementation in depression:
The
average NAD Energy Block value found in patients suffering from
depression is 70, where 100 is the borderline value.
Steps to
treatment of NAD Energy Deficiency
NAD
Energy supplements are preferred to be used in co-operation with your
health care professional, although you may choose to follow a self help
approach in treating NAD Energy Deficiency.
Click
here to view the medically pre formulated NAD Energy Supplementation
Protocols for depression
Medically
pre formulated treatment protocols for depression based upon the
experience of NutriNAD prescribing practitioners and feedback from
regular NutriNAD users. |
