The Mood Cure: The 4-Step Program to Take Charge of Your Emotions--Today  enlarge Author: Julia Ross Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Category: Book List Price: $16.00 Buy Used: $7.14 as of 7/30/2010 07:17 CDT details You Save: $8.86 (55%) New (40) Used (35) from $7.14 Seller: Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Rating: 64 reviews Sales Rank: 4962 Media: Paperback Pages: 400 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8 Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9 ISBN: 0142003646 Dewey Decimal Number: 616.852 EAN: 9780142003640 ASIN: 0142003646 Publication Date: December 30, 2003 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Features:   •  ISBN13: 9780142003640   •  Condition: New   •  Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. 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Drawing on thirty years of experience, she presents breakthrough solutions to overcoming depression, anxiety, irritability, stress, and other negative emotional states that are diminishing the quality of our lives. Her comprehensive program is based on the use of four mood- building amino acids and other surprisingly potent nutrient supplements, plus a diet rich in good-mood foods such as protein, healthy fat, and certain key vegetables. Including an individualized mood-type questionnaire, The Mood Cure has all the tools to help you get started today and feel better tomorrow. Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 64 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...13Next » Information in this book saved my life, literally.   July 25, 2010 JAF (Southern, CA) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful In March of 2008 I had to let my insurance go. I am self employed and the cost had skyrocketed. As I knew the end was coming I tried to prepare by reading about and using holistic treatments as opposed to the five prescriptions that I was going to have to do without. I was diagnosed as severely clinically depressed in the late '90s. The very first prescription that I was ever given was one for 60mg., yes 60mg, of Prozac. The doctor(s) wanted to hospitalize me but I refused, opting instead to see the psychiatrist every other day....the first week was every day. I managed to get through this first year without killing myself and it is all just a blur. There were side effects to the drug that they "treated" with more drugs. I gained weight, lost weight, slept for 8 months, went through my entire life savings, etc., etc., you get the picture. I was a total mess. As time progressed I noticed that the drugs stopped working as effectively as they did in the beginning so I'd get switched.... I have it all written down somewhere but I think the last prescriptions I filled were for Wellbutrin & Zanyx.... plus sleeping pills.... I can not recall all of their names right now....I think I've blocked them out at this point because I simply do not need them or take them any longer.... and I feel SO SO SO much better than I ever did while on the drugs. Seriously, a million times better. I still have days that aren't pretty, just like I imagine everyone does, but I can manage those days by taking an extra dose of SAM-e or one extra tablet of 500mg. L-Tryptophan at night. Another reviewer states it correctly here, this is not an overnight cure. However there are amino acids that even I felt better within one hour of taking them even while still a complete mess. I got The Mood Cure and The Diet Cure by Julia Ross and they both are invaluable to me. I learned so much from them about how things work in our bodies and what the cause and effect of what we put into our bodies is and what is happening when we are depressed or even when you have overwhelming urges to eat something like chocolate or carbs..... migraine headaches (which I have had) can be managed with the right combination of these amino acids, vitamins & minerals. I have never been anorexic or bulimic but those are also addressed and treatable in these books. Weight gain, weight loss, adrenal gland failure....it is all in these books. All completely treatable with the holistic means she tells you about in these books. Dr. Ross spells it out beautifully in these books. You can see yourself and read about exactly what has happened to you right in these pages. It is such a wonderful experience to know that you can get better. I did. I promise you can as well. She is honest and says that she can not treat two things by holistic means alone, those are bi-polar disease and schizophrenia which Dr. Ross says must be treated by prescription medicine but can be greatly helped with holistic treatments in conjunction. With those two aside you can figure out how to treat your severe clinical depression like I did with a trial and error approach to the suggestions she makes in the books. By the way, I really want to emphasize how important it is for you to take it extremely seriously how careful you are to get off of your prescription meds before you jump into "straight" holistics!! You could really crash and do serious harm to your psyche and also to your physical body if you are not careful. This is how I did it: I stayed on the meds while I learned to incorporate the aminos, etc. I would take a whole dose one day, 1/2 the next...I did this for one whole month. The second month I would do two days of 1/2 doses, then one whole....it took me several months, maybe 4, to completely get off of the prescription meds so please please be careful. You can have a severe set back if you just stop or stop too soon. With that said I also incorporated the aminos into my day as I was weening off the scrips. One of the great things about natural treatments like amino acids is that once your body has been refueled and doesn't need any more, say 5-HTP, or L-tryptophan, then you will get a MILD headache so you'll know you don't need that any more. But keep it, because if you have a bad life experience (like a mate dying or a family member, etc.) then you can understandably need to use them again until your supply is built back up. It took me until now from a start in March of '08, so 2.5 years, to be completely certain that I no longer need to take any of them! I still take a small (for me) dose of 500mg L-Tryptophan at night and occasionally I'll take a 200mg of SAM-e in the a.m. but for the most part I am strictly maintenance now....but the first year I was taking 6000mg, yes, six thousand mgs per day of L-Tryptophan, high grade pharm powder, plus L-tyrosine, and a few others. I feel that my adrenal gland was just completely shot and I know I was right because I am the living proof of it now. You will FEEL what is right for you as you try different suggested things in the book. Complete relief does not happen over night but enough relief to function can come within an hour of taking the right amino, just as they tell you in the book. I've waited this long to review the books because I wanted to really get to the point where I feel "cured" and I do. I feel very well. My energy level is good, my moods are mostly even and level headed, I sleep very well and I have an appetite for wonderful healthy foods. The only other thing I can tell you that I have used to get where I am now is Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF) and their opinions on whole foods & cod liver oil....invaluable. Also, they are big believers in all organic, including meat, and raw organic dairy. Which I also advocate. So, good luck. My very best wishes for your improved health and happy life. I know it is possible. I'm living proof. Great Read About Curing Mood Problems   June 26, 2010 Julie A. Chrisler (Cazadero, CA) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful This book is a very interesting read that tells you that you do not have to suffer with mood changes that affect the quality of your life. The author discusses the use of food supplements to control moods. According to the author one can control moods with amino acid supplements which are easily obtained. I was going to try out the supplements until I talked with my doctor who told me that food supplements don't work. If you are interested in this topic then I recommend that you give this book a read. The Mood Cure   May 14, 2010 Susan R. Smith 0 out of 2 found this review helpful I have not completed reading the book but have just read enough to be able to say that it has great information in it. It works for me!   May 6, 2010 J. seipp (san diego, ca) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful I noticed that the negative reviewers didn't even try the recommendations! They just dismissed it right away. Why in the world would you believe them?? All I can say is that I read this book years ago and when I'm on the supplements recommended in chapter 3: "Lifting the Dark Cloud" I feel more easy going and much more positive and optimistic that when I'm off them. I've gone off the supplements several times over the years and I always eventually end up again feeling very negative, pessimistic, gloomy etc. And then when I realize what's happenning I go back on 5-HTP, SAMe, L-Tyrosine, Fish Oils, L-Tryptophan etc. and within a short while I'm feeling good again. I don't notice a difference right away as some do but I always eventually start feeling much better. I often recommend this book to others. Real Help   April 22, 2010 NancyR (Colorado, USA) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Some of the reviews here look like are written by professional reviewers. This one isn't - I'm a real person who found real help in the pages of this book. Ms Ross' advice helped me realize I had a pretty severe serotonin deficit. Within 3 days of implementing her plan I was quite literally feeling like a new person. My dark cloud lifted, I was more talkative, upbeat, and happy than I'd been since I was a child. Even my ex noticed the change - he said it was like someone had given me a personality transplant! It turns out that for some reason, I had a severe vitamin B6 and Zinc deficiency...once I started supplementing those two things my mood lifted. I had been exercising before reading the book and for me it helped, but wasn't enough to completely get me out from under the dark cloud. The advice in this books turned the tide for me. About a year later, an MD found the cause of the B6 deficiency - celiac disease (gluten/wheat intolerance). It's been 2.5 years since I started Ms Ross' program and I have to say I'm still feeling very good. I still feel normal emotional states as appropriate, but now I'm able to recover from them quicker. Showing reviews 1-5 of 64 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...13Next »

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