Generalized Anxiety Case (Contd.)

If there is one thing that frustrates us about clinical management of sick patients and that is the fact that these same sick patients are being treated based on pseudo scientific methods.

We have discovered that the implementation of objective laboratory tests has two huge benefits.

First and foremost, you are using tests that are duplicatable leaving very little room for doubt as for its reliability and reproducibility.

Remember treatment should be based on objective findings and not some questionable testing procedure which has no inter-reproducibility among physicians.

In addition to the value of providing measurable objective results there is one major benefit which you need to understand, and that is the fact that patients believe and accept objective lab tests.

In our 38 combined years in practice we have yet to see anything that comes close to the power of lab results printed on paper.

If you want patient compliance, then you are going to be searching a long time to find anything that compares to the impact of the printed lab test.

With this in mind, here is the continuation of our case on anxiety.

As we previously mentioned, Pat's cortisol levels were significantly elevated and part of the treatment consisted of a cortisol dampening supplement called Phosphatidylserine.

Now one of the questions that we asked ourselves after receiving the results of Pat's cortisol labs was "what was the cause(s) of those elevated cortisols?"

To determine this, you will need to do some detective work:

First and foremost prolonged psychological stress could be a factor. However, this is not the only cause. Here is short list of "stressors" which should be ruled out.

• Food sensitivities

• Environmental and chemical toxicities

• Bacterial and parasitic GI infections

• Fungal (candida) infections

By the way, if you are thinking we left out subluxation, you are right. We will save the topic of subluxation for another article.

Based on Pat's medical history, we had a strong suspicion that part of her problem was linked to a functional disorder of the gut.

As documented in the remarkable book Second Brain: A Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach and Intestine by Michael Gershon M.D., there is a strong relationship between anxiety, depression and problems with the gut.

We were confident our suspicions were well founded and decided to order a comprehensive candida blood test.

Here is a copy of the actual test results we obtained on Pat

Take a good look at these results!

This is what we were talking about.

There is no question we have a patient with a serious candida infection. One look at the IgG at 9800 and the positive candida PCR shows us a patient with widespread candidiasis. 

In fact there is no question that most traditional physicians would not discount the results of this lab test.

As it was to be, that is exactly what happened. Pat's primary physician was very open to co-manage this case with us.

He prescribed Fluconazole (Diflucan).

This was rotated with an anti-candida natural product and a comprehensive candida treatment protocol.

Although Pat's treatment was more involved then the above, our point in sharing this case with you is to show you the significance of objective lab results.

Pat's response to treatment was simply outstanding.

She continued to progress and has been anxiety-free for the last four years.

Click Here for short summary from an editor from the New Times titled Gut feelings: System acts as second brain

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