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“All I need is good lovin’.” ­ The Rascals

Magazines frequently ask me to write articles about health; and I am often invited to speak at conferences to talk about healing, and though I thoroughly enjoy what I do: Can we please talk about something else besides health? Can we talk about something else, like poetry or love? We are more than a bit obsessed with health, and it does not improve the quality of health if we talk more about it. It only works if you actually do something about it — you know, the basics: Eat a good balanced diet with lots of fresh organic fruits and vegetables, drink lots of clean water, moderate your vices, exercise as best you can, connect with family and friends, and the rest you know from memory by now. But a better prescription for health might become profoundly good love.

As to the vices, moderation is probably a better response than prohibition. If you enjoy one or two cigarettes a week and aren’t smoking around children, you will probably do fine. Is it better not to smoke at all? Absolutely! Stressed? A little might get you motivated, a lot will only make you neurotic. Pharmaceuticals? Use judiciously. Chocolate? Ah, the original Vitamin C! Let a small bit of dark Belgian chocolate slowly melt on your tongue till you feel a rapturous and sensuous glow that gives your eyes that extra special twinkle. A glass of red wine is supposed to do wonders for your arteries, though it usually puts me to sleep. One friend from Ireland tells me Guinness stout is a prescription item for pregnant mothers. Maybe he was pulling my leg, but it is loaded with lots of vitamin B and hops, so there might be some truth and a wee dram in pregnancy might not be so bad. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome? Sure, if you’re swilling gin like a young sailor on a Saturday night and drinking sterno for a night cap it’s an issue.

It is not what we do, it is how we do it and how often. We are a culture of excess — either excessively prudent or excessively excessive. If there was a new national motto it would be, “Anything worth doing, is worth overdoing.” We are like the preacher who spends Saturday night carousing and drinking, and come Sunday morning is at his righteous best. There is a unique neurosis about health, we talk about it incessantly, and yet, for most of us we don’t even do the basics, and instead focus on the vices. However, the most basic and deepest level of health and well-being is the one most frequently overlooked — to love and nurture ourselves. The quest to care for ourselves is as far and as near as the next breath in that journey to find the real passion, love, and joy in our lives.

We are a culture that is obsessed with sex, but starving for genuine intimacy and fellowship. We look for safety and comfort in love; however, that prevents us from truly loving. Love is paradox. On one hand it should feel completely safe, but to experience the fullness of it is to love unconditionally and genuinely connect with ourselves. Too often we seek completion and happiness from others, before we find it in ourselves. Then we become confused and angry, because the promise of love we sought in the other is not there. We are the Beloved that we are looking for.

When we begin to fall in love with ourselves we let go of the fear and false judgments. This self-love is not a narcissistic self-centered illusion; it is a kind loving that allows us to accept who we are with all of our flaws and contradictions. In the process of healing and the journey to wholeness we create the possibility that we can truly be present in our relationship to ourselves and others. Love is a conscious choice that we can make every day.

In order to love and care for others we first need to ask: How do we care for ourselves? How do we nourish and feed our spirit? How do we stay fit physically? How are we present and available to genuinely love ourselves? That is the real challenge. If there are any “shoulds” in life they are that we should have a deep, passionate, caring, intimate, soul shaking, life affirming loving that stirs us from the top of our souls all the way down to tip of our toes. A loving that is so joyful and life affirming it leaves a tingle and a glow from stem to stern, and a smile on your lips that will make even Mona Lisa blush.

So what should you do? Go fall head ¬over- heels in love with yourself today? Why not? Yes, and do all those healthy things like eat your veggies and fruit, get plenty of rest, drink clean water, and enjoy your vices in moderation. But remember, love well and passionately. Let love hold and embrace you. Connect deeply and well with family and friends. Make time in life for the truly important things like fun and play. Connect with your true purpose in life. Do something bold, silly, and wild, but above all just be you. Be the glorious wonderful you, and have fun while you are doing it. Let the good times roll and let the loving begin.

Namaya
May 2000

Yakkity, yakkity yak. All those health promotion things are fine and important… low fat, good fiber in the diet, etc. And they are important.

The real health issues are the ones we rarely talk about. Joy is one aspect of this that I find to be central. If you are not talking about joy and reclaiming joy as a central focus to your life and being, you could eat the most pristine diet and still feel like a train ran over you. Joy is not just giddiness and happiness; it is the deeper connection to your inner self, your family, life, and community.

Slow fires last

Most of primary care medicine is because people just don’t take of themselves and they drag themselves to their health provider, “Fix me.”

(How do I fix loneliness and despair? The beauty of homeopathy is that in our discussion we allow people the chance to tell their story, with all its pathos and joy, and the remedy serves to remind people of their inherent nature. Past all the pain and difficulty that life presents).

A little grass now and then, not the best thing for you, but people have survived nicely for thousands of years with it.

Smoking one or two cigarettes a day won’t kill you. If you enjoy a cigarette and aren’t smoking around children, you will probably do fine. Is it better not to smoke at all? Absolutely. Stress? A little might get you motivated, a lot will only make you neurotic. Pharmaceuticals? Use, judiciously. A glass of red wine is supposed to do wonders for your arteries, though it usually puts me to sleep. One friend from Ireland tells me Guinness stout is a prescription item for pregnant mothers. Maybe he was pulling my leg, but it is loaded with lots of vitamin B and hops, so there might be some truth and a wee dram in pregnancy might not be so bad. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome? Sure if you’re swilling gin for a night cap it’s an issue.

There are some things you should do frequently and ¬ yes, to excess: Love, affection, play, and joy. (THE BEGINNING OF THE Second Paragraph)

Live fully and deeply as if there is no tomorrow. This endeavor for passion, love, purpose, and joy should be done till your serotonin reuptake receptors are so satisfied that there is no need for the Prozac’s and the wellbutrin…

If there are any “shoulds” is that we should have deep, passionate, caring, intimate, soul shaking, life affirming love-making that stirs us from the top of our souls all the way down to tip of our toes. A love-making that is so joyful and life affirming it leaves a tingle and a glow from stem to stern and a smile on your lips that will make even Mona Lisa blush.

There is some love-making that is a great passionate causal roll in the hay and there is a time and place for it, but the real challenge is intimacy.

thom namaya

In a recent study, it was determined that antidepressant drugs taken by pregnant women in their 20th week or later caused the frequency of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension in babies to rise.

These studies have raised an alarming dialogue among PPH specialists and other experts in which anti-depressants used by pregnant women can increase the chances of their babies being born with lung problems, specifically Primary Pulmonary Hypertension.

The drugs in question are well known. They include: Celexa, Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft.

Consequently, babies born with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension require immediate assistance in order to breathe. Unfortunately, it is estimated that 10 to 20 percent of these babies will die soon after birth.

Moreover, those born with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension will undoubtedly develop hearing loss, brain abnormalities, and dysfunction in development and seek assistance from a PPH specialist.

Although experts claim the risk of having a child born with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension is very low, women who do take any of these anti-depressants are taking a chance with their unborn. It was also found that women who are still viable to have children, but have depression issues, are more likely to take anti-depressants.

In response to these underlying facts, the FDA concluded that more safety studies were needed, but at the same time, women who do take anti-depressants should not stop due to this report.

But the fact remains that newborns do develop symptoms such as poor eating, seizures, and anxiety. Therefore, one must seek the guidance and assistance of a PPH specialist. One such study reported that 30 per cent of infants exposed to anti-depressants in the womb developed a sugar imbalance, sleep disturbances, and symptoms akin to drug withdrawal.

Consequently, the FDA warned that the use of Paxil during the first trimester is associated with increased risk of birth abnormalities such as cardiac defects. However, it did not end there. According to the Johnson Law Group who practices pharmaceutical litigation in general, and cases relating to Paxil in particular, they discuss the problems of Paxil as a prescribed drug in this way: More than 20 million Americans take antidepressants.

Last year doctors dispensed 150 million prescriptions in the United States, according to IMS Health, a Connecticut-based health care information company. As much as 70 percent of the drugs are prescribed not by psychiatrists but by general practitioners with no special training in complex mental disorders. The overall market for antidepressants in the United States is more than $12.5 billion annually.

Moreover, they proclaim that the FDA alerted health care professionasl and patients about new studies suggesting that Paxil increased the risk of birth defects, particularly heart defects, when women took the drug during the first three months of pregnancy. Early results of two studies showed that women who took Paxil during the first three months of pregnancy were about two times more likely to have a baby with a heart defect than women who received other antidepressants or women in the general population.

Most of the heart defects reported in these studies were atrial and ventricular septal defects (holes in the walls of the chambers of the heart). In general, the FDA said, these defects range in severity from those that are minor and may resolve without treatment to those that cause serious problems and may need to be repaired surgically.

That warning was followed with another alert from the FDA in July 2006 that reported that the use of antidepressants by pregnant mothers resulted in babies born with a serious condition called persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN). Babies born with PPHN have abnormal blood flow through the heart and lungs and do not get enough oxygen to their bodies. Babies with PPHN can become very sick and possibly even die.

The results of this study, reported by The New England Journal of Medicine, showed that babies born to mothers who took SSRIs, the family of drugs that Paxil belongs to, were six times more likely to have PPHN than babies born to mothers who did not take antidepressants during pregnancy.

In another study, the higher incidence of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension did not occur in women who took non-SSRI antidepressants. These include tricyclics such as Elavil, Wellbutrin, Effexor, and Desyrel. The bottom line is that there is a need for more information about the safety and uses of drugs during pregnancy. Seeking advice from a PPH specialist in consultation with a pediatric doctor may be recommended.

If you have been taking Paxil during pregnancy, and your newborn showed signs of either Primary Pulmonary Hypertension, birth defects or serious illness, it is incumbent upon you to contact a PPH attorney to commence litigation on your behalf. While the loss of a child can never be fully measured in monetary value, you may need to seek compensation for additional medical treatment as a result of this devastating loss.

Mary Golding

I have panic disorder/ severe anxiety and cannot function without medication. The only combination of drugs that has actually worked with me is 12.5 miligrams of Paxil and 150 miligrams of Wellbutrin per day. I know that Wellbutrin is a Class B drug (ok for pregnancy) and Paxil is a Class D drug (not recommended for pregnancy). I’ve tried numerous times to go off Paxil to no avail, the side effects are too overwhelming.
I want to try to get pregnant but am concerned that these drugs might harm the baby. My doctor has told me that in my case, the benefits of the drugs outweigh the risks to the fetus.
But I’m still concerned.
What are your thoughts?

Read the attached source I found on the web. My opinion is that the benefits outweighs the risk.

Other issues you have to consider:
-How will a newborn affect your mental status?
-What’s your family circumstances/how supportive is your partner?
-How will it impact you financially?