Addiction to Drugs/Cannabis worry

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Thankyou for your answer and i have taken blood tests which i should have the results in about a weeks time. Most of the symmtoms i read did match mine. If it is not Hypoglycaemia is there any reason why i would still be feelin like this after being sober for 2 years off cannabis? I am worried just incase I did some damage to my brain and theres no turning back. Thankyou , andrew

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The reason why you may not be feeling well even after so long abstinence, is because you may have hypoglycemia (insulin resistance). THis is a condition that may have preceded your addiction, and this still needs to be treated by nutritional means.

This can be tested with

Medical Test for Hypoglycemia at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/testing_hypoglycemia.html

Make sure the doctor uses this test and NOT a test for diabetes. WE are interested in the rise and fall of blood sugar levels over time.

Read:

The Serotonin Connection at
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/serotonin_connection.html

Depression is a Nutritional Disorder at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/depression_disorder.html

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Jurriaan Plesman, BA(Psych), Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr
Editor: HYPOGLYCEMIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA at
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author: “Getting off the Hook” at
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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

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I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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Nutritional Psychotherapist

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The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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GETTING OFF THE HOOK
which is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in Hypoglycemic Health Association Newsletter

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BA(Psych) (Sydney University) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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