In this episode I talk about the sad new that Nikki Grahame passed away from Anorexia after year of struggling.
I also talk about why we just must stop looking at mental and physical health as separate entities, because if we don't more and more people with continue to be mi-diagnosed and them treated with medication or therapies that can make the misdiagnosis seem like the correct one!
My Mum's Hypothyroidism was NEVER diagnosed or treated, instead she was given a diagnosis of 'manic depression' now known as 'Bi-polar disorder' resulting in electric shock treatment and decades of taking a cocktail drugs that resulted in incontontience, permanent shaking, loss of nerve function, impaired immune function and muscle wasting.
She didn't live she just existed on drugs that killed her, what waste of a life!
A subject close to my heart then, and one that still leaves me with sadness that NOTHING is changing even though we have clear research available to anyone who care to look that the mental and physically are inextricably linked.
Simple lifestyle changes are the easiest first steps, hydration, nutrition, daily fresh air and walking...
If you feel you have underlying physical issues that may have been mis-diagnosed as a mental illness, ask for a second, third or fourth opinion from a holistic, functional or integrative health practitioner.
Vicky xx
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