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There are two
major consequences of this misguided approach. First,
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individuals
spend years on drugs that actually produce chemical imbalances
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in the
brain. These drugs weaken and damage
many of the body’s vital
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organs,
resulting in deteriorating physical health.
The drugs also have an
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enormous
psychological impact on the individual, commonly producing the
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depressive or
psychotic symptoms for which they are prescribed. The result
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is that the
drugs lead the individual away from recovery and toward chronic
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illness.
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The second
consequence is the actual source of the problem is left
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untreated. That source is frequently a real physical
illness that has not
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been discovered
and is either directly producing the mental and emotional
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effects or
exacerbating them. Mental &
emotional effects can also be
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produced by
numerous other physiological conditions, including reactions to
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medications,
nutritional deficiencies, hormonal imbalances, and toxic and
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allergic
reactions. A simple lack of exercise
can play a significant role. In
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addition, there
are numerous social and psychological factors that play an
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obvious role in
our mental and emotional well being.
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