Welcome back,
today we're talking about
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mental health and, Dr. Marcum,
we received a lot of questions
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on our website at
heartwiseministries.org
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about this topic and
what are some of the basics?
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If someone is not
sure about their health,
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if they're wanting to
see if their mental function
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is where it should be,
how do we go about that?
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That's a great question
because we see so many...
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you know, 1 in 3 people, 1 in
4 have mental health problems.
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You know people, we
need to talk about it,
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and getting back to the
basics like we talked about.
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We talked about the
food, the nutrition, the water,
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putting good
things in our brain,
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getting our brain back to
the way it was designed to be.
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Another thing we didn't
mention earlier was rest.
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How many people get
adequate rest every day,
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and we're just going
24/7, too much stimulation.
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And if we can
just rest our brains,
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you know, the God of
the universe worked 6 days,
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take a day off and let
the brain rest at night.
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We were designed to work during
the day and rest at night.
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And, old Edison sort of
messed us up when he invented
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the light bulb and
now we're up all the time;
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we're stimulated all the
time; the brain doesn't rest;
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the brain can't
recover; all these stimulations;
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all the things we're putting
in it and sooner or later
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some people have better coping
skills than others and then
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BOOM, overload -
we get into problems!
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Now I am not a psychiatrist,
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I'm not a mental
health expert, per se,
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but I think it's something
that we need to talk about
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and get people an awareness
of where to go for help,
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and, you know, the first place
we talked about is go to the
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Heavenly Father for help.
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Now, what would be
symptoms of mental health?
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How would a person know they're
having mental health problems?
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It might be symptoms
like not interested in things.
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Tired all the time.
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Feeling like, "I
don't want to live,
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I don't have any
purpose in life."
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Those are symptoms
of sort of depression.
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Being scared all the
time, worried and then,
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of course, when
the brain malfunctions,
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sometimes the body
malfunctions too. Right
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You know, you can't sleep,
you're bowels run all the time,
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have headaches, have a
fast heart rate, aches and pains
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that can't be
explained all over the body.
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Then the more serious
things is when people see things
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and hear things.
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You've heard the
term, "schizophrenia,"
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those are some of the most
serious mental health problems.
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And then, there are all sorts of
varieties of anxiety and stress,
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you know - post-traumatic
stress, anxiety, phobias, fears,
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all those fall
within mental health.
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Then there are the types
of things like paranoia...
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thinking people are
always trying to get ya.
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And then there's people
that have their ups and downs,
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you know - the bipolar...
one minute they're manic
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and pumped up and the
next minute, they hit the rocks
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and bottoms... they
call that "manic depression,"
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then there's that
type of mental problem.
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And then there
are many that overlap,
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so mental health
problems runs the full gamut
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so if you're
having symptoms like this,
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go see your doctor and get some
help and see if there might...
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But a lot of times I see
the brain malfunction after,
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you know, they come
with something else...
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recurrent
headaches, heart beating fast,
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can't sleep at night.
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Other symptoms develop
because the brain turns on these
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chemicals - adrenalin
and cortisol and it affects
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the body downstream. Right
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So if the brain is happy,
that's going to improve the
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health dramatically.
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So we have people
that have extreme stress
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and extreme stress and anxiety
and trigger a heart attack.
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because it makes
adrenalin and adrenalin
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makes the arteries constrict.
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So I think that these are
great questions that sort of
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get other people
involved in learning about their
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mental health and knowing that
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it's a priority
for the entire body.
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That's some great advice.
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You know, we have
another question that asks...
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"I think I might be depressed?"
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"Are there other options
to taking antidepressants?"
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What are some of the treatments?
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Well there are many
different treatments out there
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for depression and,
first of all, they need to see
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a professional about this.
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And you've heard about
the antidepressants, okay?
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But I read a study not
too long ago that said...
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"If you will get outside
in the sunshine and exercise,
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that can help fight depression
the equivalent of taking
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an antidepressant. Wow!
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And it makes more sense to
me because that will change
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the chemistry of the
entire brain and not just
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one chemical pathway.
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So, that's one thing, is
get the things the brain needs.
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I don't know if
you've heard about it but...
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I know your folks live up in
Alaska. That's right, they do.
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In Alaska, it's
dark most of the year.
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And when it's dark, you
don't get out in the sunlight,
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you don't make vitamin D,
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so you have a
serotonin deficiency.
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So some people get depressed
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just because a
serotonin deficiency. Right
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They take vitamin D
- serotonin improves.
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Yeah, it's really
common in the wintertime.
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Yes, and some people get
cabin fever, so-to-speak.
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Then there are situations
where people get depressed,
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you know - a loved one
loss and sometimes that can
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be worked through
with cognitive therapy,
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talking, making sure
their nutrition is good,
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exercise - those things too.
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So there's lots of
other alternatives to taking
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antidepressants, but this
is when you want to see your
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doctor about - ask him
what the situation is...
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What I try to do is
- if it's mild forms,
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I recommend to try to
do these things first,
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and then if that's not working,
then see a mental health
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professional about getting
some professional advice on
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the way they can
help with depression,
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but there are lots of ways...
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We talked a little bit
about cognitive therapy,
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and then they help
people think better.
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You know, how do
you cope with things.
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Sometimes just having friends,
you know, what do they say,
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just having some friends to talk
to and talk to you about things,
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and help you out.
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We know that the Scripture
is a great way to help.
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The Bible says "Come unto
Me all ye that are worried
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and are burdened and
I will give you rest."
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So we know that worship is a
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proven way to help
the brain improve better.
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And you would have to think,
you know, if it's going to help
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anxiety, it's going to help
other types of brain problems.
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There are a lot of
researchers that thought, David
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maybe had bipolar
and by coming to God and
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worshiping and
through music, that helped
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sort of settle
down his highs and lows.
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But it's natural for
people to have highs and lows.
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Now how much of that
is an organic problem
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and how much of that is
a real structural problem,
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that's sort of hard
to figure out sometimes,
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and I'm afraid that
sometimes the quickest thing is
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to say, "Oh, there's
nothing I can do to help,
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you know, I have to
accept this way in life."
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But I want people to look at
all the inputs and maybe if they
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can put in more
positives and less negatives,
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maybe the brain can help heal
itself in many circumstances.
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That sounds like
some great advice.
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Another viewer has written
in: "I worry so much about
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everything - my health
and my family, I know this
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makes the situation worse."
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"My doctor gave me an
anti-anxiety medication."
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"What other suggestions
might you recommend?"
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Well, I think one of the best...
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and you think about anxieties,
you worry about things,
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and there are also phobias,
you fear things and then the
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most serious anxiety
is post-traumatic stress.
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You know that's a very
serious form of anxiety.
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And, the body, when it's under
anxiety, it makes chemicals
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we talked about some of
the chemicals it makes already.
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But I think where I would
start is - I would go to the
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text where it says,
"Be anxious about nothing,"
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in the Bible it says,
"Be anxious about nothing."
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God doesn't want
us to be anxious.
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He just tells us - "Don't be
anxious about nothing." Right
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And then, the next sentence,
He starts giving the answers.
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You know - "Come to Me,
pray with Me, be with Me,
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worship Me; turn
your burdens over to Me;
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let Me handle that for you."
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So for people that are anxious,
I think that's a great place
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to start because God
will take you to the people
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and the lessons you need to go.
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He might take you to a
mental health professional;
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He might take you to a
doctor; He might give you
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other things that
you can do to get over
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your anxieties and fears.
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One of the things that
I've noticed that helps fears
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and anxieties is
serving other people. Yeah
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Sometimes that helps get
over anxieties where it's
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not all about you, it's
not all about the selfishness.
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Start thinking
about other people. Yes!
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You start putting love
into the equation. Right
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See anxiety, you know you're
so focused on me all the time,
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sometimes when
you focus on others,
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you start learning to love
more and you start learning
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to help more -
sometimes that helps with it.
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Now, anxiety medicines - this
person is on anxiety medicines,
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what are they going to
do, take anxiety medicines
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the rest of their lives?
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And I guess there might be
some people that might benefit
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if they had organic
problems, but I would, again,
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I would hopefully use
this medication only as
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a bridge to help them
over the hump until they can
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get at the cause
of the problem. Right
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You know, help them get
over the rough spot in the road,
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until we can help them - we
do that in hearts all the time.
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You know, you're having a
heart attack - I want a stent.
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The stent doesn't fix the
problem, but maybe now the
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person will say, "Well
what caused me to have the
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problem and let me reverse
that;" we talked earlier about
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charcoals, someone getting
a poison - well the charcoal
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helps get you
over the poison hump,
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but let's not do the
poisons anymore! Right
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So I think the same thing
- if we can find the things
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that are damaging our
brain and correct that,
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letting God lead us, I
think that's a great place
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to start in recognizing
that we don't want to live
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years and years with
mental health problems.
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We want to do something
right now because the brain
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might interrupt the
function of the body,
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and it might lead
to other problems,
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and we might mask that...
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Well let's focus on this where
the real problem was the brain..
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It's been estimated that 80-90%
of doctor visits now, Nick,
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are caused by stress,
world stress - lots of anxiety,
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so it's a big issue and
we need to talk about it,
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and, unfortunately, the world
is not getting any better. Right
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Now what about someone who has
a family history of Alzheimer's?
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Is there something they
can do to lower their risk?
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Yeah, anything that's
going to improve the function
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of the brain
like we talked about
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will help
Alzheimer disease. Okay
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Exercising the brain - a lot
of people have Alzheimer disease
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because of vascular
problems, blood vessel problems.
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We talked about how blood
vessels can be enhanced by
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going to a whole
food plant-based diet
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with lots of greens, an exercise
program, a hydration program.
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One of the things that has
been shown in the literature
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to help very well is to
read out loud for 10 minutes.
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That's exercise for the brain.
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Unfortunately, I've seen some
people, when they get older,
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their brains
aren't as active. Right
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They retire and
they just sit at home,
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and they don't do anything.
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Well the brain is like
any other part of the body,
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it requires movement or
activity on a regular basis. Yes
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If you don't use those
neurons, you LOSE those neurons.
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So the brain is designed to
do things, to be functioning...
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NOT to be entertained! Right
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Unfortunately our modern
media entertains our brains,
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and that sort of hurts
our brains and it changes
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the way we think and
the way the neurons work.
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But so the more our
brain can stay active...
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And I think if you
read the Scripture out loud
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10 minutes a day, that's
a great thing because you
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see it, you say it, you
hear it, you think about it,
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you come in to worship,
lots of things can happen
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good for the
brain when we do that.
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You throw in some
service, eating the right foods,
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doing the right
exercise, staying away from
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vascular problems
and all of a sudden,
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you've optimized
your brain function.
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We've got time for
one more question here...
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It's about
someone whose son has ADD.
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"What are some
ways to help with ADD?"
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A lot of people now have
"attention deficit disorder,"
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and unfortunately, many children
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are placed on a
medicine right away. Yeah
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I had a lady that came
to me and she didn't want
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to be placed on this
medicine and she said,
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"Well, what can
I do for my child?"
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I said, "Well just try
this for 10 days - No processed
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food or sugar,
exercise every day, no media,
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and in 10 days, tell me
how that child is doing."
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Ten days, Nick, she came back...
she got rid of all that stuff,
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the child was
doing fine, settled down,
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put some limits on
him, started taking control
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and his brain had improved.
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He is exercising every
day... all that change.
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They did not go on the Ritalin
and some of those medicines
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which really are stimulants...
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Because it never makes sense...
what are the people going to do?
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Take the medicines
the rest of their lives?
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Or try to fix the problem?
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Well in this child work,
I think it's definitely a
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good place to start and
I would start in this route
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before I would
jump on the bandwagon
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with all the medicines.
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That's incredible, you
know, just a few small lifestyle
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changes is going to
change his life forever.
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But I think the place to start
on the brain is prayer. Right
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Well we hope you've
benefited from our thoughts and
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discussion here today
and we want to be right back
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in just a moment - Dr. Marcum
is going to lead us in prayer,
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so stay right with us.
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Thank you for tuning in today
on "The Ultimate Prescription"
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If you might be
someone out there that has a
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mental health problem,
please get help and the first
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place I'd like to turn is
turn to God, your Creator,
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the Ultimate Physician who has
the prescription for your life.
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And if there's
someone out there with mental
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health problems, we
want to pray for you
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that you might get better
and encourage you to get your
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brain back to
functioning the way that God
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originally designed
us, let's bow our heads.
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Heavenly Father, There
are some out there that
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need Your help especially
in a special way today.
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We pray for that
listener who might have a mental
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health problem -
please lead them to Your word.
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Please lead them to
the power that You give,
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and the people that You
might provide in their lives
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to help turn things around.
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And we just want to thank You
God for the love You give us,
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and for the promise
that if we walk with You,
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You will heal us
permanently in Your time.
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This is our prayer... Amen
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you joined us today on
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"The Ultimate Physician"
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