1. Intention - why should I bother with a Plan? Is your current status quo working? If you're reading this, then I presume 'not likely'. Try it out once or twice, what can you lose? What can you gain?
2. Tidy Up - read GTD. It is a rare person who can think straight while there are messes in your life.
3. Life Assessment - 'What else is bothering me?' Honestly.
4. More tidying. Fairly certain you did not get rid of all the messes in one step, so here's another chance to tidy up your life and gain more control and peace.
5. Vision of Self - exercise from Harville Hendrix book.
6. Health/Physical - all the money in the world can't you make you healthy, but changing your outlook and your lifestyle can.
7. Finances - 'How am I getting income In The MeanTime?'
8. Relationships - life is about connection. Are you reaching out to people and sharing love. Or are you closed and hiding from life?
9. Emotions can control your life unless you choose to control them.
10. Spiritual/Career - do you what you love and the money will follow.
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Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Pyroluria
My daughter was diagnosed with Pyroluria when she was almost 3, about 18 months ago.
Pyroluria is a genetic condition that causes anxiety, depression and withdrawal most often starting in late-teens and continuing throughout the person's life. It can be very severe or very mild and very much affected by levels of stress. It's onset usually occurs with a traumatic incident such as going away to college or to the army, parental divorce or death of a loved one. There may be severe depression, schizophrenia, alcoholism, autism, bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder) or on rare occasions, DID (dissociative identity disorder more commonly known as multiple personalities) in the family tree. All of these are different manifestations of pyroluria.
Pyroluria is a blood disorder. When the body produces hemoglobin, a constituent of red blood cells, there is a byproduct called kryptopyrroles. Normally harmless, in this group of people the kryptopyrroles multiply too rapidly and block receptor sites for B-6 (pyrodoxine) and zinc leading to a serious deficiency of these two nutrients. Among other things, B6 and zinc directly help maintain a healthy emotional state.
Though pyroluria was identified over 40 years ago, it has only been recognized as a medical condition for about 10 years and many mental health practitioners are not taught about it in school. People with pyroluria don't respond well to common anti-depressants such as SSRIs and are often suicidal. It's wide-spread and estimates as high as 20% of all psychiatric patients and 40% of people with schizophrenia have pyroluria. It seems to affect women more than men. And the sad truth is that most people with pyroluria go undiagnosed.
Pyroluria is a genetic condition that causes anxiety, depression and withdrawal most often starting in late-teens and continuing throughout the person's life. It can be very severe or very mild and very much affected by levels of stress. It's onset usually occurs with a traumatic incident such as going away to college or to the army, parental divorce or death of a loved one. There may be severe depression, schizophrenia, alcoholism, autism, bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder) or on rare occasions, DID (dissociative identity disorder more commonly known as multiple personalities) in the family tree. All of these are different manifestations of pyroluria.
Pyroluria is a blood disorder. When the body produces hemoglobin, a constituent of red blood cells, there is a byproduct called kryptopyrroles. Normally harmless, in this group of people the kryptopyrroles multiply too rapidly and block receptor sites for B-6 (pyrodoxine) and zinc leading to a serious deficiency of these two nutrients. Among other things, B6 and zinc directly help maintain a healthy emotional state.
Though pyroluria was identified over 40 years ago, it has only been recognized as a medical condition for about 10 years and many mental health practitioners are not taught about it in school. People with pyroluria don't respond well to common anti-depressants such as SSRIs and are often suicidal. It's wide-spread and estimates as high as 20% of all psychiatric patients and 40% of people with schizophrenia have pyroluria. It seems to affect women more than men. And the sad truth is that most people with pyroluria go undiagnosed.
Labels:
anxiety,
b6,
deficiency,
depression,
nutrition,
pyroluria,
supplements,
zinc
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