A Multitude of Recoveries Through Alternative Mental Health Treatments
In my case, I refused to be subjected to modern psychiatric methods. I experienced almost every psychiatric symptom: nightmares, psychosis, panic, anxiety, mania, depression, and seizures. After two and a half years I finally discovered the true underlying biological cause – sleep apnea. [Sleep apnea is the obstruction of the airway during sleep - usually the throat area closing off - resulting in oxygen starvation. It is often recognized by heavy snoring. It commonly goes undetected for years.] Because my brain was being deprived of adequate oxygen during sleep, I was unable to build a neurotransmitter reserve, hence the symptoms. After using a mechanical nasal passage expander for a week all of my symptoms stopped and have not recurred