{"id":14638,"date":"2014-10-15T13:05:06","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T19:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/?p=14638"},"modified":"2019-08-06T06:05:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T12:05:52","slug":"treatment-for-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/2014\/10\/treatment-for-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Treatment for Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14728\" src=\"http:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1st-place-ribbon.jpg\" alt=\"1st place ribbon\" width=\"156\" height=\"234\">We had a <strong>Laser Case Study Contest<\/strong> that generated some amazing stories of how Laser therapy helped their patients.<\/p>\n<p>There were lots of great entries, here are the top three!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/2014\/09\/laser-case-study-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Third Place &#8211; Topic: Healing:<\/strong><\/a><\/span>&nbsp;&#8220;The Scar that Wouldn\u2019t Heal&#8221; by Martha Hall, L.Ac.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/2014\/10\/laser-case-study-winners-2nd-place\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Second Place &#8211; Topic: Pain &amp; mobility:<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>&#8220;She Walked without her Walking Sticks&#8221; by Debra M. Ashcraft, MD<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/pA5CI-3O6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>First Place &#8211; Topic: Depression:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a>&nbsp;&#8220;I Gave Her My Laser\u2026You Would Have Too!&#8221; by Jackie Victor, BSc, DNM, R.Ac., N.D.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoy Dr. Victor&#8217;s entry!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14598\" src=\"http:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Blue-bar.jpg\" alt=\"Blue bar\" width=\"525\" height=\"9\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Blue-bar.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Blue-bar-300x5.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.focus-sante1.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14724\" src=\"http:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Jackie-Victor3.jpg\" alt=\"Jackie Victor3\" width=\"163\" height=\"198\"><\/a>I Gave Her My Laser\u2026You Would Have Too!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>by Jackie Victor, BSc, DNM, R.Ac., N.D. &nbsp;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.focus-sante1.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.focus-sante1.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chief complaint: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Severe depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts<\/p>\n<p><strong>History: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This 16-year-old male patient has had several bouts of severe depression and anxiety during his young life, to the point of suicidal thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>The mother called me at home (during my daughter\u2019s high school graduation family celebration supper) in tears. Her son was so severely depressed he hadn\u2019t come out of his room for days and was refusing any type of treatment. She was fearful he was becoming suicidal again. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/shop\/acupuncture-tools\/photo-acu-wall-chart.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14775\" src=\"http:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Depression-points.jpg\" alt=\"Depression points\" width=\"450\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Depression-points.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Depression-points-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He finally relented and told her he would accept one acupuncture treatment if I went to their house NOW\u2026so I excused myself from our guests, picked up my Red and Blue lasers, Stimulus Pro, needles and other supplies and was there in a flash.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Methodology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laser Treatment: <\/strong>20 seconds per point.<\/p>\n<p>Manic-Depressive Disorder:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Sishencong<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">GV 20, St 40<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">BL 13, 20, 23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anxiety:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Yin Tang<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">CV 17<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">HT 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.auriculo3d.com\/research\/2014-report.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14776\" src=\"http:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Depression-Aur.jpg\" alt=\"Depression Aur\" width=\"450\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Depression-Aur.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Depression-Aur-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Auriculotherapy: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Auriculotherapy protocol for Depression<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>THEN, I left my lasers with the mother and told her to treat the exact same points I had treated on his body with the lasers (I gave her clear instructions) and do the same for the Auriculo treatment.<\/p>\n<p>She was to treat him every day until I could see him again in a few weeks. (I was leaving on vacation and hoped he would see me upon my return).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 WEEK LATER the mother posted a picture of her son on Facebook\u2026I was so relieved I had tears of joy. He was feeling so much better he decided to create a costume and participate in an Anime event in another city with his friends!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I bumped into the mother the other day at our local Natural Foods store\u2026the other customers probably wondered what all the hugging, high 5\u2019s and animated talk about the wonders of acupuncture and lasers were\u2026but that\u2019s OK, that happens when you have amazing tools to work with!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Blue-bar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14598\" src=\"http:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Blue-bar.jpg\" alt=\"Blue bar\" width=\"525\" height=\"9\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Blue-bar.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Blue-bar-300x5.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>&nbsp;<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a Laser Case Study Contest that generated some amazing stories of how Laser therapy helped their patients. 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