Depression, the Simple Cure
UPDATE 1/30/08 Courageous nurse's phenomenal recovery!
Stress, Fatigue and Depression... The Cause and Cure
Has Anti-Depressant Myth Bubble Burst? I have seen many people quickly get rid of depression and suicidal tendencies after two days on the water cure. In fact I am not aware of one single person that failed to get rid of it. Anyone who hasn't gotten rid off these problems within one week, please contact Bob butts at watercure2@comcast.net
Date: 3-23-08
Subject: 6 months depressed
From: Carlos Howard
To: Bob Butts watercure2@comcast.net
I would just like to let you know that I have been experiencing symptoms that
are given the label of depression for about six months. On the exact same day
that I began to increase my water intake from 72 oz. per day to at least 144 oz.
per day (I didn't even take any sea salt) every symptom that I had disappeared.
I am a current college student and I have decided to change my major to nursing
because what I will do for the rest of my life is help people with the water
cure who are suffering needlessly. I have watched and listened to all of the
downloads on watercure2.org and I plan to buy all of Dr. B's books and memorize
them even more than Jim has.
Carlos Howard
Hi, I want to
take a moment to share my experience with the water cure. My name is Richard, I
first started the program in March of this year. Living in NYC, I was suffering
from extreme anxiety, panic attacks etc...I started the program, and have since
noticed a big difference in my stress levels( I'm much calmer) as well as energy
levels and overall sense of well being. I've dropped a good 20 pounds as well! I
was however still dealing with frequent urination, having to urinate every 30
minutes or so. I would also notice some ups and downs with my day to day
feelings, somedays feeling quite good while other days having a return of some
of the old anxiety. For the past few weeks or so Jim Bolen has been suggesting
to me to try a bagel and then drink water/salt. This, Jim explained should help
keep the water in the body for at least 2 hours and allowing the water enough
time to top off the still somewhat dehydrated cells. After a few weeks of my
resisting trying the bagels (for fear of putting excess weight on) I tried my
first bagel yesterday at 4:00 followed by 16 ounces of water and a little sea
salt. I did not urinate until 7:30!!! I then had dinner at 8:00 again with one
whole bagel and 16oz's water/salt. I then did not urinate until 11:00!!! To top
it off, I slept the entire night without awaking one time to urinate. A first in
20 years!!!!! If you are dealing with frequent urination, I urge you to try Jim
Bolen's advice. Eat a Bagel with your water/salt A.K.A. The Magic Bullet!!! Than
you Jim!!!!!
In Health,
Richard
Date:
Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:40:29 +1000
Subject: Hi Bob
From: Olivia Lennon <olivejlennon@bigpond.com>
Just thought I'd give you an update on the progress of the watercure treatment. I have now been drinking 2 litres of water per day and adding 3/4 tsp celtic sea salt to my meals for just over 2 months, including a daily intake of vitamin B6 which Dr. Batmanghelidj suggests for hot flushes. I am also eating alot more fresh fruit and vegtables plus nuts and seeds. My depression and mood swings which I suffered for a couple of years have gone. My hot flushes have greatly reduced. I am not taking any drug of any kind and feel wonderful. I have also noticed my skin is much softer, I am sleeping much better and feel more relaxed in general. I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU for supporting Dr Batmanghelidj and for your watercure2 website. I have started sharing the watercure with my family and will certainly share this with people I come in contact with.
Regards Olivia Lennon
Subject: Hello
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:58:45 +1000
From: Olivia Lennon <olivejlennon@bigpond.com>
To: watercure2@adelphia.net
I am 47 years old and have been on the water and salt cure for just over a month. I am feeling so much better. My depression lifted after two weeks and my hot flushes have just about disappeared (after spending hundreds of dollars on menopause treatments).
Regards Olivia Lennon
Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2004
From: PhG phg@speed4me.de
To: Bob Butts
Hello. My name is Tina. I am a 37 year-old mother of four. My children are 11, 9, 7, and 3. We live a very healthy life in Germany’s Black Forest. I always gave water to my children. I never bought lemonade and other such drinks. They are very healthy.
After I nursed my little one until she was 1 year old, I became very depressed, suffered from PMS, and felt very miserable. I am a jogger, and I began to cry during jogging more and more often. I even had thoughts of running away and leaving my family. During this time, I felt the problem was physical, not in my head. My body missed something, but I couldn’t tell what. At this time, I was drinking almost no water, only black tea.
One day, last fall, I went to a lecture about the Ph-level in the body and learned about the negative effects of caffeine. I decided to stop drinking black tea. I began drinking decaffeinated green and herbal tea, and taking vitamins and complements as a nutritionalist friend suggested: zinc citrate, guarana yams, OPC tablets, carotin tablets, lecithin, Super B caps, and aloe vera caps.
I felt better very fast. I decided to also remove my hormonal spiral, which made me have no menstrual bleeding. I have my normal period again, and it makes me feel better, too.
Two weeks ago, I discovered your books and your wonderfully simple theory about water. Suddenly everything makes sense to me: my having 4 children, nursing them every time for one year, jogging...and not drinking! My body missed water – just simple water! Wow!
I am now drinking only water during the day. In the morning, I have one or two cups of herbal decaffeinated tea (Kiowa tea). I continue to take the vitamins and complements, unless you would say that I don’t have to – they are pretty expensive.
Sincerely,
Tina
Date:
November
26, 1996
From:
Courtney Diddle, BS Chemical Engineering
Kansas City, Missouri
To:
Dr. F. Batmanghelidl
Global Health Solutions
P.O. Box 3189
Falls Church, Virginia 22043
Dear Dr. Batmanghelidj,
August 1995 I first became aware of your book, "Your Body's Many Cries for
Water." I will be forever grateful for your years of research in reference
to the role of water in the functioning of the human body. The chapter in the
book pertaining to depression was the solution to over ten years of struggle in
my life.
In your book, your simple formula for drinking water at the rate of a minimum of
two quarts (64 oz. = 8 glasses) per day plus salt of a half teaspoon over a 24
hour period has been the answer for my depression. Because of my weight, I
follow the additional suggested formula of half the body weight number = the
ounces of water required to properly keep the cells fully hydrated (200 lbs.
body weight = 100 ounces of water required = 8 1/2 ounces). I make sure I ingest
at least 3/4 tsp. of table salt (sodium chloride) with my food during the same
24 hour period.
I am a 68 year retired professional chemical engineer. I had battled depression
symptoms from 1985 until 1995. My wife, a nurse clinician, passed away in 1984.
I was forced into early retirement after 33 1/2 years with a major oil company
in 1985. Those familiar with the role of high stress causing dehydration, as
figure 9 in your book, will understand my problem. In addition, I had bought
into the idea that a low salt diet was the way to good health. Thus, all the
factors were in place for my body to show symptoms of depression. What I know
now is that most of the anti-depressants used to treat patients with depression
are also diuretics. I always manifested the symptom of extreme dry mouth
sensation after being placed on anti-depressants. The symptom of anxiety then
comes forth because of the additional need for water by the body. Add a
prescribed anti-anxiety pill and the patient (me) was on a chemical teeter
totter trying to achieve a balance of a normal life. Plus, in the Physicians
Desk Reference (PDR), in the listing for the above medications is the nice word,
suicide. I have struggled when on anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication
with the fleeting surges of the mind of wanting to die. However, I never had the
courage to act out the desire. The ultimate solution that worked for me, water
and salt, the simple answer.
In summary, for over a year I have been free of the need to take any medication
of any kind. In December, 1995, I qualified with no medical restrictions for a
Class 111 physical for a private pilot's license. In addition, my annual eye
check revealed that my eye peripheral vision had improved relative to previous
annual tests. My belief is that the cells in the eye have become better
hydrated. I can read without glasses.
May the value of your research and protocol continue to spread and be
understood.
Date:
August 11 1997
From: Jeffery Wilkens
To: Dr. F. Batmanghelidl
Global Health Solutions
P.O. Box 3189
Falls Church, Virginia 22043
I am writing to comment on and express my thank you for your research and your
book "Your Body's Many Cries for Water". I found it very concise and
logical in its presentation and helpful in its message. I would also like to
relay my experience prior to reading your book and the implementation of
drinking more water.
I have no physical illness that I am aware of and enjoy good health yet for all
of my adult life I struggled with depressive states. These states are not
predictable and I have found little effective remedy other than simply to endure
and wait.
Without describing my depression I can say that for me it was often near
debilitating and I have as a consequence done considerable experimentation in an
effort to find relief. I have tried numerous therapies, both additive and
subtractive. In the additive I have tried acupuncture, homeopathy, Chinese
herbs, western, herbs, chiropractic, sound and color therapy, chemical drugs,
vitamins, essential oils, more light, colon cleansing, ozone and oxygen
supplements, meditation, individual and group psychotherapy. macrobiotic diet,
and more exercise. In the subtractive I have eliminated amalgam fillings
caffeine, meat, and sugar, alcohol and drugs and all foods, during certain
periods in my life. In regards to the affects of these trials I can say
that only the increasing exposure to natural sunlight and use of anti depressant
chemical drugs have had a noticeable effect on my depression. I still get more
sunlight but have abandoned drugs due to unacceptable side effects and concerns
over long term dependency.
I read "Cries for Water" nearly three months ago and started drinking
at least 8 glasses a day of water two months ago. I think that after this time I
can with relative certainty say that there has been a marked improvement in my
mood and absence of depressive states. This I say as a general statement. There
are times when I feel low but on the whole I feel much improved. I have
much more humor and my thoughts are much more optimistic. I have observed that
even a single day without drinking water has a negative effect. I feel compelled
to thank you for your work and for bringing it to the public. Although I cannot
comment on the relationship between drinking more water and other maladies.
I would not hesitate to recommend the book and the practice of drinking more
water to anyone who struggles with depression.
From:
Don Jaquith
To: Dr. F. Batmanghelidl
Global Health Solutions
P.O. Box 3189
Falls Church, Virginia 22043
Thank you so very much for your book Your Body's Many Cries For Water. It
has radically changed my life for the better, As a registered nurse, I was at
first skeptical but tried it. An inmate can do very little for themselves to
obtain medical care. Prison health services are not generally very high quality,
nor easy to access when needed. This new paradigm relating to water is wonderful
medicine. When I first inquired about the book I was in severe pain from both my
kidneys and lower intestines. My urinary output was very low, only urinating
small amounts twice a day. The urine was concentrated and dark. My bowels were
chronically constipated.
Initially I started with 60 to 70 ounces of water per day. This helped some, but not as much as I had hoped. After increasing my water intake to 120 to 150 ounces per day I have found that it has relieved the pains and increased urine output to normal. As an added blessing, my mental attitude has also greatly improved. I had been sad, withdrawn and chronically tired. Now I have more energy, an inner peace, and my mental outlook is better. It has become a brighter day for me without the pains, worry over an illness, and to find mental peace.
I have spread word of your work and the water treatment to my friends, family, and the health service staff. Some have embraced your teaching's. Those who do not, have been challenged to try it and see, "it cost's nothing to go to the tap and get a drink. Your good health is worth eight glasses of water.
Thank you again for your work and kindness towards me.
Dear Dr. Batmangheldij,
In August 1995, I first became aware of your book, Your Body’s Many Cries for Water. I will be forever grateful for your years of research in reference to the role of water in the functioning of the human body. The chapter in the book pertaining to depression was the solution to over ten years of struggle in my life.
In your book, your simple formula of drinking water at the rate of two quarts minimum (64 oz. = 8 glasses) plus ¼ teaspoon of sea salt per day has been the answer to my depression. Because of my weight, I follow the additional suggested formula of ½ my body weight in ounces of water. I drink 8 ½ glasses, approximately 3000 ml. I make sure that I ingest at least 3/4 teaspoon of salt with my food during the same 24 hour period.
I am a 68 year-old retired professional chemical engineer. I had battled depression symptoms from 1985 until 1995. My wife, a nurse clinician, passed away in 1984. I was forced into early retirement after 33 ½ years with a major oil company in 1985. Those familiar with the role of high stress causing dehydration (Figure 9 in your book) will understand my problem. In addition, I had bought into the idea that a low-salt diet was the way of good health. Thus, all the factors were in place for my body to show symptoms of depression. What I know now is that most of the anti-depressants used to treat patients are diuretics. I always manifested the symptom of extreme dry mouth after being placed on an anti-depressant. The symptom of anxiety then comes forth because of the body’s need for additional water. This, coupled with the anti-anxiety pill, put me on a chemical teeter-totter. I was trying to achieve the balance of a normal life. Plus, in the Physician’s Desk Reference (PDR), in the listing for the above medicines, is the nice word “suicide.” I have struggled when on anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication with the fleeting surges of wanting to die. However, I never had the courage to act out the desire. The ultimate solution that worked for me was water and salt – the simple answer.
In summary, for over a year, I have been free of the need to take medication of any kind. In December 1995, I qualified with no medical restrictions for a Class III physical for a private pilot’s license. In addition, my annual eye exam revealed that my peripheral vision had improved relative to previous annual tests. My belief is that the cells in my eyes have become better hydrated. I can read without glasses.
May the value of your research and protocol continue to spread and be understood.
Sincerely,
Courtney Diddle, BS Chemical Engineering
Kansas City, Missouri
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