| Anxiety and depression( are treatable forms of | | | | Treatment( |
| mental illness. With anxiety, the patients are | | | | DHEA has a number of useful properties that make it |
| overwhelmed with worry, too frightened to face a | | | | a useful anti depression treatment. Research has |
| situation and with no other wish than to keep | | | | confirmed that there is a direct link between taking |
| themselves locked up at home. In depression, the | | | | DHEA supplementation, and the effective treatment |
| patients feel dejected, discouraged, worthless, and | | | | of anxiety depression. |
| sometimes show suicidal tendency in severe cases. | | | | Reduction of Cortisol |
| The severity of the symptoms in both these | | | | DHEA helps in depression treatment( by reducing the |
| conditions prevents a person living a normal life, or | | | | production of the hormone cortisol, which is also |
| the life that is normal for them. Instead of being in | | | | produced by adrenal gland. Excessive secretion of |
| control of their hormones, their hormones control | | | | cortisol hormone causes cellular damage, and can give |
| them. It is not surprising then, that anxiety and | | | | rise to some of the symptoms of depression. Cortisol |
| depression treatment should exist in the form of | | | | is produced in excess by the adrenal gland when |
| natural hormones. What might be more surprising is | | | | under stress. Supplementation of DHEA helps in |
| that these hormones for the treatment of | | | | improving the symptoms of depression by decreasing |
| depression can come in the form of supplements. | | | | the secretion of cortisol and increasing stress |
| DHEA, (Dehydroepiandrosterone) is a hormone | | | | tolerance. |
| produced in the adrenal glands. It can also be | | | | Increase of Serotonin Levesl |
| manufactured by the gonads (ovaries for women; | | | | As well as decreasing the "bad," DHEA can also treat |
| testes for men) when the adrenal gland is under | | | | depression by increasing the "good." DHEA helps in |
| stress. DHEA regulates the thyroid and pituitary | | | | depression treatment by increasing serotonin (a |
| glands besides exerting a powerful impact on the | | | | neurotransmitter) levels in the brain and controlling |
| entire body by keeping up the physical and mental | | | | the production of other brain chemicals that help |
| balance of the body. | | | | manage stress. Serotonin helps improve mood, and |
| Usually the level of DHEA hormone is at peak at the | | | | combat the symptoms of depression. |
| age of 25, after that, it starts decreasing at the rate | | | | DHEA is widely used in the depression treatment |
| of about 2% per year. Generally by the age of 40 its | | | | because it enhances stress coping abilities, boosts |
| secretion declines considerably and you the effects | | | | mood, and gives a feeling of relaxation. The |
| of lower DHEA may be felt. DHEA hormone also | | | | University of California La Jolla showed a significant |
| declines rapidly when the body is suffering from | | | | increase in the mental and physical level of depression |
| disease. More importantly, if the body is put under | | | | patients when DHEA was used. The study conducted |
| stress for long periods of time then DHEA production | | | | on patients suffering from anxiety and depression |
| can drop considerably - leading to fatigue, lowered | | | | experienced improved energy levels, better mood, |
| energy levels, and anxiety depression. It is this | | | | and an ability to handle stressful situations. |
| connection between DHEA deficiency and anxiety | | | | DHEA is a controversial supplement because it has |
| depression that has led people to believe that DHEA | | | | often been touted as a treatment for diseases |
| can be an effective active anti depression treatment. | | | | where no known connection is known. However, it is |
| Research done into DHEA appears to confirm | | | | undeniable that DHEA supplements can be used in |
| this… | | | | anxiety depression treatment with positive results. |
| Properties of DHEA for Anxiety Depression | | | | |