Is it just me or is everyone on this board a Hypo-Chondriac?

Which is fine if you can afford paying much more for your shopping.
Which I cant.
I dont take medication, I argued for years it wouldnt work for me as my depression stems from physical situations that I have to deal with that run me down.
I'd like to find a tablet that doesn't make me feel physically sick, tired to the point I cant be bothered moving and tons of other side effects, oh and one that actually works as claimed instead of masking the problem by zombifying me or isnt yet another placebo.
I told my doctor straight that tablets where a cop out and I tried all the different tablets that they prescribed me each contradicting what the last did.
I don't know how a doctor through a 2 minute conversation after years of guess work still persist to sit there and with no tests at all tell me still that I have 'a chemical imbalance in my brain'.
[sidenote]Oh and screw scientologists, your cult stole that argument for selfish gain and know nothing about psychiatry. Cant wait until you do a heavens gate.[/sidenote]

So where was I, ah yes, I cant afford all this organic food stuff and if I could i'm pretty sure 80% of my depression would vanish, not from the food but because I must be pretty much out of money worries.

[edit on 30/10/07 by eagle32]

[edit on 30/10/07 by eagle32]

I think a little cyber-chondria is healthy, and I'm all in favor of soap! Little germ-beasties are everywhere and you never know where that shopping cart, escalator railing, toilet seat, or guy you just shook hands with has been! (I'm sure I don't want to know, either!) I proudly chlorox my door fixtures and watch "How clean is your house?" on the BBC channel for new nifty cleaning ideas. I'd also be interested in one of those ATS robovacuums someone was talking about earlier But seriously, many of us turn to the internet for health info because we don't want to take drugs for our condition, we wonder if it might be diet/lifestyle related and the current allopathic system tends to treat symptoms more than it cures patients (& don't forget about covering their behinds from liability! Ahhhh lawyers...what would we do without 'em?)

The problem with society today imo is lack of education about the dangers of fast food (among other things).
After the BSE scares in the UK some years ago I saw a program which looked into the meat industry. Whilst beef if not fit for human consumption was stamped and sent to pet food manufacturers, chicken on the other hand was not stamped. This effectively allowed unfit chicken to circulate back into the human food chain. It actually shocked me beyond belief seeing what this program had to show. The program showed the inside of a warehouse and a mountain of chicken carcass’ which were originally sent to pet food manufacturers but somehow (greed) got back into the human food chain. The program went around all leading supermarkets and done off the shelf tests on poultry, it was a shock to see how much meat was affected and not actually fit for a human to consume. Im trying to search for the program now, think it was horizon or watch dog. Will post up a link once I find it.

Also, fast food is a big problem in todays busy society. Parents working hard cook fast meals from a packet and don’t realise what problems its causes the children. A chef named Jamie Oliver done a program called School Dinners (or something to that effect) and showed the parents how much of a difference it would make to the kids attention span, behavior and all sorts if fed healthy food. Initially the kids didn’t want to touch the nicely prepared, healthy food, they wanted chicken nuggets and that sort of thing. Jamie showed the kids exactly what went into chickn nuggets (reclaimed meat among other things) and you betchya, the kids went for the healthy option thereafter.

There was also a dramatic improvement in just a week of eating healthy food, the kids could focus better, weren’t hyperactive among other things. It was a real eye opener.

But the problem is, education. Parents too busy with work, kids obviously wont know unless they are taught. Its crazy. I wont even begin to talk about chemicals in most things we consume.

Education is the key because companies have only one thing in mind, profit!
/rant

So, to me i think its better to suffer a little hypochondria and be safe rather than sorry, but dont be overly paranoid about anything and everthing =]

[edit on 5-11-2007 by rapturas]