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Treating Anxiety/Depression Naturally

[fa icon="calendar'] Jul 19, 2023 11:00:00 AM / by Winter Ninivaggi posted in Mood Disorders, Detoxification, Ozone and Prolozone therapies, Neurological Conditions, Gut Repair, Healthy Living, Brain Health, Body Health

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You are not alone and there are options outside of pharmaceuticals.
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Medications Deplete Your Nutrients

[fa icon="calendar'] Oct 5, 2021 11:00:00 AM / by Stephanie Finucane posted in Mood Disorders, Addiction, Gut Repair, Healthy Living, Chronic Illness and Disease, Body Health

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Drug-Induced Nutrient Depletions

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Women and Lyme I.V. Ozone

[fa icon="calendar'] Jul 6, 2021 6:26:41 PM / by Dr. Isadora Guggenheim posted in Mood Disorders, Detoxification, Chronic Illness and Disease, Women's Health

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Women have a greater chance of having chronic illness like anxiety and depression, chronic fatigue, etc., than men. This “gender gap” results from both “biological and social factors.” It was also found that illnesses predominantly found in female patients are often misdiagnosed as chronic Lyme disease. This article aims to explore how women with these chronic illnesses, especially those diagnosed with Lyme disease, can be treated in accordance to the patient’s menstrual cycle and/or phase of life.

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Your Oral and Fecal Microbiome BiPolar Depression and Colon Cancer

[fa icon="calendar'] Jan 13, 2021 7:35:43 AM / by Dr. Isadora Guggenheim posted in Mood Disorders, Detoxification, The Scoop on Poop, Autoimmune Disease, Ozone and Prolozone therapies, Gut Repair, Chronic Illness and Disease

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We offer GI MAP testing. You can't even get it in NYS, but because I am licensed as a primary care doctor in CT and VT - my patients have access. 

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Your Oral and Fecal Microbiome BiPolar Depression and Colon Cancer

[fa icon="calendar'] Aug 16, 2020 3:53:53 PM / by Dr. Isadora Guggenheim posted in Mood Disorders, Detoxification, The Scoop on Poop, Autoimmune Disease, Ozone and Prolozone therapies, Gut Repair, Chronic Illness and Disease

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We offer GI MAP testing. You can't even get it in NYS, but because I am licensed as a primary care doctor in CT and VT - my patients have access. 

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Mast Cell Activation Syndrome - How To Put the Fire Out

[fa icon="calendar'] Jun 3, 2020 7:05:33 PM / by Dr. Isadora Guggenheim posted in Mood Disorders, Allergies, Autoimmune Disease, Ozone and Prolozone therapies, Neurological Conditions, Chronic Illness and Disease

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Many patients with chronic Lyme or other inflammatory autoimmune conditions have Mast Cell Activation Syndrome or MCAS. Many environmental insults contribute to MCAS and serve as triggers for lighting the fire within. Mast cells become activated and rupture releasing histamines into tissues and the bloodstream. This in turn creates inflammation in the body and abnormal immune responses. In order to address the other headlined condition - Lyme, inflammatory arthritis, Hashimoto's, sarcoidosis and such the fire must be put out first. 

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Empathy and Aggression in the Primitive Brain

[fa icon="calendar'] May 1, 2020 12:04:00 PM / by Isadora Guggenheim posted in Mood Disorders, Brain Health

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Are you like this some days? Or maybe more compassionate than these two knuckleheads.

Are you empathetic or aggressive or both?  Researchers found that brain chemicals, oxytocin and vasopression, are the biochemical links between empathy and aggression.

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Get Rid of Your Fears

[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 26, 2020 12:30:00 PM / by Isadora Guggenheim posted in Mood Disorders, Chronic Illness and Disease

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Do you deal with daily anxiety that gets in the way of your life?  

Second Nature Care patients use intranasal oxytocin for anxiety disorders and now there are studies to prove that it works.  

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Pesticides and Suicide

[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 8, 2020 11:45:00 AM / by Isadora Guggenheim posted in Mood Disorders, Detoxification, Brain Health

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Do pesticides cause depression and and increase the risk of suicide?  Why are non-organic farmers 3.6 times more likely to commit suicide than other professions?

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Light at the End of the Tunnel for Depression

[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 4, 2020 12:58:00 PM / by Isadora Guggenheim posted in Mood Disorders

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Are you depressed? Do you have SAD? There is light at the end of your tunnel.  The tunnel just happens to be your ear canal.  

A new study has shown that transcranial bright light into the ear canals has an antidepressant effect in the treatment of SAD.  89 patients (67 females and 22 males) received 12 minute daily doses of photic energy from light-emitting diodes of three different intensities for 4 weeks.  

Naturopathic medical scope of practice includes light therapy. I remember learning different ways of integrating light therapy into clinical practice. I have great SAD protocols with high quality nutraceuticals, intestinal microbiome make-over and I.V. ozone and amino acid therapies.

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Isadora Guggenheim, ND, FNP, RN, MS, CNS, LMT, owner of Second Nature Naturopathic Care, LLC
For all appointments: Tel: 845 358-8385 Fax: 845 358-2963 drguggenheim@msn.com