Are you seeing odd behavioural patterns and habits in your preschool child? Is your child having difficulty with speech such as difficulty in forming short phrases or/and with plenty of babbling? Is he having problems interacting socially with the other kids? These are possible signs that your child may just be autistic.

Autism is a neurological brain disorder. Some experts say that autism may be caused by mercury found in the body. Mercury is known to cause neurological disorders as it mainly triggers brain dysfunction. Mercury is likely to be absorbed by the body if it is presented as ethyl mercury that are usually used in thimerosal, preservatives, and additives and even in pediatric vaccines. Read the rest of this entry »

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common behaviour disorder in children, affecting up to seven per cent of school age children. ADHD often coexists with other disorders such as learning disabilities or anxiety disorders or even substance induced mood swings. Some of the symptoms are distractibility, irritability, poor concentration, hyperactivity, impulsivity, insomnia. As children grow in to their teens the hormonal changes in adolescence can intensify the symptoms. Read the rest of this entry »

Effexor is used primarily for the treatment of depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety disorder in adults. It is known as one of the most activating of the newer antidepressants. While this can be helpful to some, as a number of depressed patients report feeling exhausted and unmotivated, to others it poses the risk of increased anxiety and agitation. Read the rest of this entry »

When a person is suffering with anxiety, studies show that the chemicals within the brain have become unbalanced. When this happens, physicians generally prescribe a medication within the benzodiazepine class, which works to stimulate the production of serotinin. One such example is Buspar. Buspar, the brand name of buspirone, is a type of medication in the class of benzodiazepines. Other types of medications, within the same class include clonazepam, alprazolam, lorazepam, and diazepam. Read the rest of this entry »

Phentermine is the generic name for an obesity management drug. Brand names include Adipex-P, Fastin, Ionamin, Obenix, Obephen, Oby-Cap, Oby-Trim, Panshape M, Phentercot, Phentride, Pro-Fast HS, Pro-Fast SA, Pro-Fast SR, Teramine, and Zantryl. Phentermine is used as both short-term and long-term medicine to treat obesity, usually accompanied by diet and behavior modification. It will suppress appetite by affecting neurotransmitters’ metabolism through changing the brain’s serotonin levels. In effect, what this achieves is to prevent the brain from receiving any hunger message by stimulating a particular group of neurotransmitters known as catecholamine, which includes dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine. Read the rest of this entry »