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Orthomolecular medicines: Effective for Mental Health Disorders

Many people these days are suffering from Mental Health disorders and there are not many effective medicines for the same as such available. Only 10 percent of the mental illness can be cured by medication. It’s very often that doctors check a mentally ill patient for deficiencies of nutrients like vitamins and minerals, and for other problems like food allergies, bowel problems etc. It has been found that curing these deficiencies is also an effective way of treating the mental health disorders. It is much known by now that:

Omega 3 fatty acids help in curbing the feeling of suicide and prevent the post-partum depression.

Vitamin D helps in preventing depression.

Can prevent the cause of anxiety or bipolar symptoms:-

Thus it has been found that by correcting these deficiencies many mental disorders can be cured. Orthomolecular medicines are used for treating diseases by correcting the amounts of these vitamins and minerals. They provide correct amounts of minerals, vitamins, amino acids and essential fatty acids that are essential for the proper development of an individual. It is important to understand that you body works on the nutrients you intake. Your brain is about 6o percent fat, and it needs high amounts of quality fats, vitamins and minerals to function efficiently. Thus our brain needs quality fats to thrive and work efficiently.
Thus it has been scientifically found that orthomolecular medicines are an effective way of treating the mental ailments. There can be a lot of physical problems that can affect the mental health of an individual, and some of them have been mentioned below.

1. Anemia (low iron levels) is many times confused with dementia, the mental disorder where in an individual tend to forget things.
2. Low thyroid is pretty much common to schizophrenia.
3. Low levels of Vitamin D directly relates to the mental disorder, depression.
4. The deficiency of B12 causes fatigue, confusion, weakness & severe mental symptoms.
5. If there are high or low levels of blood sugar, the mental symptoms can peak up.
6. People having mental illness also generally suffer from food allergies and digestive problems.

Many people fear the myth that over dosage of vitamins is unsafe, but you need to understand that out body utilizes only the amount of vitamins it needs. Thus we should try to help people who suffer from such metal disorders.