| I've got a bit of a problem with depression and anxiety. | | | | focus on my weaknesses (without too many optimistic |
| I've been tackling these problems for several years | | | | perspectives or treatments expressed on some sites). |
| without the use of modern medicine. Tai Chi, meditation, | | | | Look for sites that look at things in a positive light. |
| martial arts (exercise), and positive interaction with | | | | Maybe search out some alternative therapies as well |
| other people seem to keep a lid on my illnesses most | | | | so you can get all the possible different approaches |
| of the time. I don't like the idea of medication's side | | | | that can be taken to tackle your illness. Some |
| effects, and I don't believe the answers in life are often | | | | websites can be very helpful with interactive features |
| found in the easy path (E.G. taking a pill), but rather on | | | | like ‘Ask the doctor", on-line questionnaires, and |
| the hard path of effort and determination. This is not to | | | | question and answer archives that give you an idea of |
| say that I don't feel medicine is not effective, not at all, I | | | | what others have asked and the solutions they were |
| just feel all the options should be looked at before | | | | presented with. There is heaps of information on both |
| making big decisions to do with one's health. | | | | prescription and over-the counter medicines so you |
| Health of body and mind has always been one of the | | | | can make your choices in an informed manner. You |
| most important issues in life for us humans. Seeing a | | | | can often find information specific to groups, like |
| doctor is usually the best option when one comes | | | | children, the elderly, men and women. |
| down with an illness or ailment, but people have | | | | Just remember your body is your temple and you |
| always tried alternative routes to recovery: E. G. the | | | | must be wary of many variables not often foretold in |
| ‘home doctor' books of old. Maybe you don't | | | | literature. Beware of medicines from other countries as |
| like sitting in a room waiting with a bunch of other sick | | | | they may be different or have different names. Keep |
| people-you might catch something there! You could be | | | | in mind only you know your personal history, all people |
| housebound, or maybe you feel like hearing several | | | | are different, and always get several opinions. Watch |
| opinions as you've found past experiences with some | | | | out for sites with grandiose claims as miracles come |
| doctors have been tainted by poor judgments. Well, | | | | from higher powers and not from companies who |
| the Internet is here with a multitude of options to help | | | | might just want to get rich quick! |
| you get better. | | | | I do acknowledge the fitness and diet sites as being |
| Medical advice and data abounds on this household | | | | very useful as well. You can devise your own fitness |
| tool in the form of self-help sites, searchable medical | | | | plan derived from lifestyle information, and forums and |
| encyclopedias, support groups, live chats with doctors, | | | | newsgroups give you many opinions on which road to |
| and you can even have professional consultations | | | | take. You can have your diet analyzed by on-line |
| on-line (for a fee). My advice is to just be wary of the | | | | trainers, some of which send free newsletters and |
| type of language that the site is expressing. Many sites | | | | even send you emails of encouragement to help you |
| will have extensive lists telling you of all the symptoms | | | | towards your goal. |
| in the Universe: everybody on Earth could be | | | | So, there's a whole new world of on-line health advice |
| construed as being ill in some way! This can cause | | | | and information for humanity to access right from |
| people with a propensity for hypochondria to start | | | | home. Get all your options and remember your attitude |
| diagnosing themselves with all sorts of diseases. In my | | | | is often the first real step to overcoming physical, |
| case, reading about all the symptoms of depression | | | | mental, and spiritual adversity! |
| actually made me feel more depressed as it made me | | | | . |