I have some questions to people with medical background, who are optimistic about fixing psychological problems by biological means.
I’d assume that many light mood/cognition difficulties can be caused by to low/high level of hormones or lack/excess of certain vitamins. Also let’s admit, that many people are really reluctant to search for medical help if case of mild problems (often tired or mood swings, but not every day).
1) Are there some tests which one can easily buy and do himself which shows lack/excess of some hormone/vitamins (like pregnancy test)?
2) Can you recommend some trustworthy websites which tell what shall be checked when you observe certain symptoms (but they don’t bother you so much that you’d decide to visit a doctor)?
3) Are there some general recommendations like “check level of Y every X month, lack of Y is very common” or “take vitamin ?, it’s nearly impossible to have an excess of it”?
And of course, i’m not going to blindly follow internet-advises. I’ll first cross-check them :) I’m asking primarily about easy-to-do tests, because going to the doctor with e.g. “Doctor, my cortisol is 15% higher than norm” is more promising than “Doctor, i fill stressed sometimes”
I have some questions to people with medical background, who are optimistic about fixing psychological problems by biological means.
I’d assume that many light mood/cognition difficulties can be caused by to low/high level of hormones or lack/excess of certain vitamins. Also let’s admit, that many people are really reluctant to search for medical help if case of mild problems (often tired or mood swings, but not every day).
1) Are there some tests which one can easily buy and do himself which shows lack/excess of some hormone/vitamins (like pregnancy test)?
2) Can you recommend some trustworthy websites which tell what shall be checked when you observe certain symptoms (but they don’t bother you so much that you’d decide to visit a doctor)?
3) Are there some general recommendations like “check level of Y every X month, lack of Y is very common” or “take vitamin ?, it’s nearly impossible to have an excess of it”?
And of course, i’m not going to blindly follow internet-advises. I’ll first cross-check them :) I’m asking primarily about easy-to-do tests, because going to the doctor with e.g. “Doctor, my cortisol is 15% higher than norm” is more promising than “Doctor, i fill stressed sometimes”