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Rick - I'm a great believer in alternative healing, and I can certainly understand how balancing the chrakras and all those other little nodes, etc. can make you feel better. I'm especially glad you haven't quit your regular meds until the doctor says so. Best wishes in your further healing. Jo Ann On Sun, 18 May 2003 23:03:29 -0700 Rick Hermann <[log in to unmask]> writes: > > > Tom and all, > > It may sound way out there, but I received significant and so far > sustaining benefit from a doctor who practices medical Qigong (a > traditional Chinese healing tool). This sort of thing is called > energy > work; Qi is, in fact, energy. Now, I have taken Paxil and Wellbutrin > for depression for years, and it hasn't been working lately and I've > been getting more and more depressed. Then I went to the Qigong doc. > He > works with his hands, which are hot to the touch, and he uses > voice-generated sounds that penetrated to my liver when aimed at > it--I > actually felt this. After a 20 minute session of this sort of > laying on > of hands, my clothes were soaked in sweat, and I had just been lying > there! And I've felt buoyant and resilient for an entire week--up > from > down and out prior to the treatment. This is poweful stuff in the > hands > of a gifted practitioner. I might add that I had no expectations > going > in, but stayed open to it. Why not? Depression sucks. Also, a > cautionary > note: I have NOT ceased taking my antidepressants as prescribed by > my > MD. I think they are healing tools as well, just a different kind, > and I > think the Qigong is allowing them to work effectively.. > > Rick > > > > There are 22 messages totalling 768 lines in this issue. > > Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 06:57:19 -0500 > > From: Tom McCreary <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Paxil , life aftewards??? > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > I have been on 40mg Paxil for almost 1 year, up from 20 which I > have = > > taken for almost years. I haven't noticed any improvement other > than = > > the depression is more obvious. I am ready for a new > anti-depressant = > > that will take the "blues away". I am self-employed without much > = > > pressure but it gets to be overwhelming at times. I do have a lot > of = > > decisions to make and I worry about my wife having to assume more > of > > the = > > daily responsibilities as months march by. And the ever present = > > financial concerns, etc. Is there any practical next drug to > request > > or = > > avoid. What is the best way to come off one and begin the next > drug? = > > What are likely Reponses to this change? > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn