illness can cause a bout of clinical depression. what was the nature of your illness?
I tested positive for lupus, lymes, and m.s. along with many others, however all were still inconclusive. Symptoms included hallucinations, insomnia, memory loss, anxiety attacks, constipated for over a week (with laxatives), candida, heavy metal poisoning, and over 60 allergies. After being told "my body just wanted to be sick, there's not a whole lot we can do for you." Stress consumed me. I then dropped conventional medicine I went on a raw food diet with minimal results, I've tried every herbal medicine I could find, tried mms, homemade kefir and kombucha. I have since passed a threshold in symptoms in my body where I feel I can live day to day. I used to be at peace in my spirit, and now I can't even feel it.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1186460man, i went down that same road. even went to two years of naturopathy school to help understand my chemical sensitivity syndrome, candida and heavy metal poisoning (i worked 22 years in a print shop, 5 years with my work station right next to molten lead pots.)
people just didnt understand.... even i didn't understand, and it was the hardest time of my life. i got to the point where even fragrance in laundry detergent inside the box would make me violently ill. going into department stores like target would give me bad vertigo and take me two days to recover. the chemical smells would make me very sick and light headed. people thought i was nuts.
but i took two years to radically detox, stay out of the print shop and away from chemicals, and removed dairy, wheat and sugar from my diet. it took a really long time to start feeling better.
i also have muscular dystrophy and blood sugar issues. these are measurable on tests. all the other stuff made doctors scratch their head. it WAS real, and i can prove it.
i am glad its over now. i have made a total lifestyle change in order to stay ok. i am not the best of health, but faring quite well.
hope this helps.
