Im Not Crazy Essay
"I'm Not Crazy...I'm Allergic!" - An Interview With Author Sherilyn Powers
Imagine waking up one day to discover that the crushing depression you've lived with for decades is actually a symptom of allergies? The relative of author Sherilyn Powers didn't have to imagine. This was her life. After 50 years of taking various prescription drugs to manage her "depression", she found out she wasn't crazy, but allergic.
In this interview, Sherilyn Powers discusses her new non-fiction book, her "hot-button" issue, and why she believes more and more patients are taking to the Internet to find answers to their nagging mystery symptoms. "How did you come up with the title of your book, "I'm Not Crazy...I'm Allergic!"? I LOVE it!
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She sobbed out, "No, I wanted you to hear first. I'm not crazy... I'm allergic!"
Allergies can cause the symptoms of mental illness. Can you explain how this happens?
This is a rather complicated process which I do go into detail about in the book, but as simply put as I can (without quoting the entire book!), allergic reactions and even sensitivities create certain responses in the body.
One of the biggest responses is inflammation. Inflammation creates all sorts of issues, but the most important thing to remember, if you have inflammation from anything but a direct injury to a body part, that inflammation probably is not located only from the neck down!
And medical studies have shown that inflammation in the brain can contribute to things like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's as well as affecting cognition and learning, and contributing to the development of depression and even schizophrenia.
The other thing that happens with the body's response to what it perceives as a threat is the increase in chemicals such as cytokines. These chemicals can affect the brain and body in many
Imagine waking up one day to discover that the crushing depression you've lived with for decades is actually a symptom of allergies? The relative of author Sherilyn Powers didn't have to imagine. This was her life. After 50 years of taking various prescription drugs to manage her "depression", she found out she wasn't crazy, but allergic.
In this interview, Sherilyn Powers discusses her new non-fiction book, her "hot-button" issue, and why she believes more and more patients are taking to the Internet to find answers to their nagging mystery symptoms. "How did you come up with the title of your book, "I'm Not Crazy...I'm Allergic!"? I LOVE it!
Thank you! I love …show more content…
She sobbed out, "No, I wanted you to hear first. I'm not crazy... I'm allergic!"
Allergies can cause the symptoms of mental illness. Can you explain how this happens?
This is a rather complicated process which I do go into detail about in the book, but as simply put as I can (without quoting the entire book!), allergic reactions and even sensitivities create certain responses in the body.
One of the biggest responses is inflammation. Inflammation creates all sorts of issues, but the most important thing to remember, if you have inflammation from anything but a direct injury to a body part, that inflammation probably is not located only from the neck down!
And medical studies have shown that inflammation in the brain can contribute to things like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's as well as affecting cognition and learning, and contributing to the development of depression and even schizophrenia.
The other thing that happens with the body's response to what it perceives as a threat is the increase in chemicals such as cytokines. These chemicals can affect the brain and body in many