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never felt like he got his point across, as being anything different from what i've read, i.e. not his best effort.poorly written and nothing new, as far as i was concerned, having read two of his other books. and really don't like the emphasis on anti-depressants. depression and anxiety are caused in the brain.and tah dah.here are some meds for it. so what.
The book was on time and in the condition the seller describedThank you
His supplements on his website combine many of these, which make it easier and more economical, but I still need a bit more of the other ones he talks about. This is good. He presents 7 types. Downside is these cost a lot and its lots of pills. He needs to adapt this concept for adults to make it credible and friendly to use.Overall, buy, buy, buy, but read the updated versions on his website for newer drugs especially. "type 7" describes me almost exactly.
Will see if it works longterm.Couple criticisms; too much medical terminology for average reader, though much is good for anyone to learn. I am an MD and it is clear that depression and anxiety are not 1 or 2 "pure" illnesses. But if it works, it works. Provigil (one he recommends for this type in an update on his website)works well for me, and the supplements (fish oil, tyrosine, phenylalanine, and SAM-e) work quite well as an additive effect. Valerian helps greatly with residual anxiety, and the GABA/glutamine combo help greatly with insomnia. The whole "ANTS" thing, as he admits, was devised originally for kids and seems juvenile for a serious adult.
Hopefully a new edition coming soon.
Before beginning, I need to express my personal opinions regarding the use of medications to "treat" emotional issues. This author does however seem to rely on them heavily. Amen has successfully demonstrated his high level of expertise and experience in these matters, but more telling for me possibly is his obvious passion and personal commitment to helping people suffering from mental and emotional afflictions.My respect for him is through the roof. Mountains of research exist to support the use of all sorts of different therapy methods for emotional issues, mood disorders, and even the personality disorders etc. This book is dense with really good information and science and offers the reader an exceptionally thorough accounting of the many and varied components of anxiety & depression.Overall I was extremely satisfied, entertained and informed by this offering by the good doctor. It's very common to go with meds more quickly when dealing with the personality disorders, but certainly mood disorders, emotional problems etc., shouldn't need to go to the meds quite so quickly. One would hope that drugs would only be used as a last resort, and not as the go-to strategy, especially with emotional issues. Having said that, he has much more knowledge and experience with brain scan than I do and presumably has strong reasons for his convictions and loyalty to them, which leads very nicely into why I DO like this book.Dr.
Emotional issues can be dispatched with quite quickly and easily without the use of drugs. Personality disorders can be too, but I do understand that personality disorders do on occasion, require a bit more therapeutic effort than a typical mood disorders might.I'm not necessarily suggesting that mood disorders are any less troubling to their sufferers, than personality disorders are, but simply that traditionally, mood disorders might be considered less complicated to figure out than a personality disorder can sometimes be.My only other apprehension is that brain scans, although impressive to look at, are incredibly subjective and unreliable in my and many other opinions. I consider him to be a man with the utmost professionalism and the possessor of unscrupulously high level of compassion for the human experience and those not enjoying it quite as well as they might otherwise be.My most excited opinions of this book are in regard to its intentions to educate. It's a heartfelt journey of literary "caring" and commitment.-Sarah Shikitao-Brown,Author of, Tao Cycle Therapy: Natural Happiness via Self Directed Cure for Chronic Anxiety & Depression
The books makes a big deal about the use of brain scanning and how this is such a big advantage for their clinic. At the Amen Clinics this and at the Amen Clinics that, give me a break. The book reads like a pamphlet advertising the Amen Clinics. They shame insurance companies for not reimbursing payment and other doctors for not using the technique, but read closely. This guy can't go half a page without tooting his own horn. You would think that everywhere except the Amen Clinics, the treatment of mental disorders is by witch doctors and alchemists. In the end, they still the patients are still treated just like anywhere else, symptomatically. One word for this book: lame.
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