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my hands are moving at all times ...kind of a wringing and tensing...same with my feet ... even in my sleep..people have noticed and commented on it of late. my hands and feet hurt from doing this and sometimes i have to sit on my hands and feet to hold them still... is this a symptom of anxiety or depression or both? I take a SSR for depression ...i feel it is more anxiety driven and would like to know what to do about it... my dr says to clam down and drink herbal tea...hummmm
HI jowanna,
I don't know whether this is depression or Restless leg Syndrome. Both are due to an underlying metabolic disorder producing too much stress hormones and probably related to hypoglycemia.
Please look up "Restless Leg Syndrome" at our web site. Also read:
Depression is a Nutritional Disorder at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/depression_disorder.html
Depression: a Disease of Energy Production at:
http://curezone.com/upload/PDF/Articles/jurplesman/depression_energy3.pdf
and ask for a referral to a Nutritional Doctor, Clinical Nutritionist or a Nutritional Psychologist, if self-help therapy fails.
If you have any further questions please come back.
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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist
Hon. Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
Freely available at Google Book Search
Skype: jurplesman
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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
Experience
Nutritional Psychotherapist
Organizations
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia
Publications
Book: GETTING OFF THE HOOK
Various articles in the Hypoglycemic Healh Association of Australia Newsletters
Education/Credentials
BA (Psych) Sydney University, Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)
Past/Present Clients
See My Career as a Nutritional Psychotherapist at:
http://psychonutrionaltherapy.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-career-as-nutritional-psychologist.html
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