something that worked for me..

[searchforananswer]

I have been suffering from depression for 7 years, its been a long and very hard journey for me. For the past 7 years, I have been searching for something that could cure me, I mean it was the thing that kept me going, HOPE. And so I tried so many different 'possible cures', from medications, hypnosis, supplements, counselling, and a bunch of other things, but nothing really worked. 

About 6 months ago, I tried this thing called 'foot detox', many say there are many health benefits I could get from it so I gave it a go. And to my amazement, I started to feel better after the first treatment, so i came back again to have more treatments and I could feel continuous health benefits from it. After that I bought my own machine which cost $100 from ebay and have been feeling better than ever. I finally getting out from depression and I am so excited about it !! 

but my question is, how does this machine help me from getting out of depression?Im searching for an answer, this machine works by transferring positive and negative ions in and out of my body, which eliminates the body waste and improves health, But personally I dont think I got better from depression because I got rid of the body waste. But rather its because the positive and negative ions that charges ur body (and brain).. i believe brain is like a battery, which is the source of power for the body. When u have a negative experience/ trauma, ur brain malfunctions and it causes depression. I think some parts of ur brain stop functioning and by transferring the positive and negative ions into ur body, the machine helps to stimulate ur brain cells and so it could work normally again.

What I really want to know iss, has anyone else received benefits from this treatment? or will anyone willingly try this and tell me how they feel about it? I have been suffering from depression for a long time, and I hope that I can help people by sharing my experience. Cheers !

[Scott_Depression]

Sounds interesting.  I looked this sort of thing up on snopes.com - they have lots of links regarding scientific claims that sound a little too good to be true.

They had a link to an LA Times article:

www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-skeptic18-2010jan18,0,7548233.story

An extract below:

"The bottom line:  A foot bath may be relaxing, but claims of detoxification "make zero sense," says Steve Gilbert, an affiliate associate professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. Gilbert is managing editor of Toxipedia, an online toxicology database."

It's great if you feel a benefit, but seems like the scientists completely discount the claims of such foot baths.  The problem with these pseudo-science cures is that they don't need to jump through all the hoops that real medicine has to, leading some people to make plenty of money and sufferers of depression keep suffering instead of getting proper treatment.

Good to be aware of this - thanks

[JessF]

I think the placebo effect is very powerful. Its great that you've found something that works for you, but I have read about these baths before. You put your feet in them and the water turns brown, supposedly from the 'toxins' that are coming out of your body, but if you turn the machine on and don't put your feet in the water turns brown anyway. It's a conjuring trick. But hey, I've spent far more than $100 on chocolate and that seems to work for me (not so well for my middle though).

[Scott_Depression]

I hear what you're saying.  I'd suggest these things are ok if you're not actually sick.  If people are actually unwell, they need actual cures.

I flagged this original post to site administrators - it smack of someone coming on here to promote quackery (i.e. sales pitch) to vulnerable people - just joined, very few posts, etc

A good website that deals with this sort of stuff is http://whatstheharm.net/ - gives real like examples of bad outcomes from this sort of thing.  (Can also look at Steve Jobs - curable cancer killed him as he wanted an alternative treatment)

I know it seems harmless on the surface, but lots of vulnerable people come to this site for genuine help

Sorry if I sound like a downer - it's just that people like that aren't just claiming it makes feet feel nice - they claim it cures depression!

Apologies again for ranting!

Scott