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Hypnotherapy

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Does anyone have any experience with or knowledge about hypnosis as treatment for depression, anxiety, and especially manic depression? I have spoken to some reputable sources who claim they have seen miracles and highly recommend it. I am willing to try almost anything and the worst thing I can imagine happening is that it doesn't work! I am just SOOOO tired of going from drug to drug to dry mouth to lapses in memory to stuttering to drug to drug to slurring my speech...etc!

Thank you!
R. Patterson (gimmymik)
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Never tried it, but I have a very good freind (he married my husband and myself) that is a hypnotherapist. Of course he works in a natural pathic clinic. The one thing I know about this particular clinic is they would never advise you to go off your meds. They would say do the hypnotherapy in conjunction with your meds.

I think a reputable person would be in a medical establishment, and they would look at you as a whole person. And maybe even work with your PDoc.
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Meds are essential but whatever helps WITH meds, go for it. I have a tape that helps me relax, it's a type of hypnotherapy (biofeedback actually) I was hypnotically regressed but found it odd.
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I have tried it...had 3 sessions to lower anxiety then one session to quit drinking and the final session to stop smoking.
Cost a ton and it seemed to work for awhile....didn't smoke or drink for 6 months, but then family probs took over.
I still have all my hypnosis tapes for use whenever I want them.
It was quite expensive and though I believed it helped me in the short term, when I got manic I could no longer sit still long enough to USE the tapes.
Wish I could give you a more definitive answer. Best I can do is say it works, if you do the tapes every day.
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Stay on the meds but also try whatever you think might help, within reason. I did hypnotherapy in Boulder, CO home of the Freaky. He "regressed" me to other lives. I mean, who knows but it didn't cure me of anything. Just entertained me.
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I dont see how hypnotherapy will help with bipolar as its chemical imbalance isnt it... and for depression, depends on type of depression, like is it caused by bereavement or is it again a chemical imbalance...

I would STRONGLY recommend Reiki.
Look into it and if its offered near you, do a course in it aswell so you can give it to yourself. After I did it I had about two or three months of a completely calm rational stable mind... unmedicated. don't remember the last time i have been that long without a) deciding itd be a good idea to buy a boat or b) deciding itd be a good idea to die.

worth a go innit x
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