Alternative To Meds Center-Orthomolecular Mental Health Services

Alternative Mental Health

Combining Orthomolecular Medicine and Customized Heavy Metal Chelation Therapies to address Mental Health and Addictive Biochemistry

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Alternative To Meds Center

Alternative Mental Health and Orthomolecular Medicine

When a person becomes symptomatic in a mental health way, most commonly they are put on a psychiatric medication. Many times this is the extent of the treatment. It is uncommon for any investigative effort to take place. We are finding more and more that people have accumulated toxins from their environment, and those toxins are interfering with the chemical processes necessary for mental health. These toxins include heavy metals such as mercury, arsenic, lead, aluminum, cadmium and others, as well as organic toxins such as pesticides. Toxins designed to kill pests in our food certainly affect us as well. We facilitate chemical and heavy metal removal based upon toxicity testing and treat in customized chelative and sauna therapeutic fashions. Each toxin has its own hold on the body, and need be treated in a specific way. Toxic load interferes with the way that neurotransmitters are synthesized. Neurotransmitters are our chemical expressions of emotion, and therefore their disruption can manifest as a wide array of mental health issues including depression, psychosis, anxiety, addictive behaviors and even chronic pain. We combine the removal of these toxins with Orthomolecular Medicine to establish mental health and emotional balance.

Alternative Mental Health and Addictive Behaviors

Alternative to Meds Center is revolutionizing alternative mental health and addictive behavioral treatment. Through discovering the causes of brain chemistry imbalance by actually measuring brain chemistry markers, we can discover the neurochemistry that drives addiction and behavioral health problems. This unique program specializes in altering brain chemistry naturally, offsetting the addictive biochemistry which may be a main factor in relapse, and reducing or eliminating the need for psychiatric medication.

Breaking the cycle of drug addiction and prescription medication abuse

What we are offering is an actual correction of the problems at the level which they occur, the neurochemistry. It is often a craving for Dopamine that drives a person to use Cocaine or Methamphetamines. It is commonly the desire to quiet anxiety or obtain sleep that leads to use of Benzodiazepines or self medicating with alcohol. It is usually a lack of Endorphins which contributes to Opiate use. These issues are rooted in the neurochemistry, and though they have psychological manifestations, cannot be treated as purely behavioral problems. To get relief, they must be treated as the medical conditions that they are. Through an exhaustive and astute degree of medical testing, including brain chemistry, heavy metal toxicity, allergy and metabolic testing, we can discover a more clear picture of what are the underlying causes. These causes are then treated using naturally occurring substances and non toxic modalities.

Program Overview

We are a wellness and well-being, immersive educational program. Our purpose is to naturally elicit your personal experience of mental clarity and a sense of well-being, gradually replacing your dependence on synthetic medications with naturally available, natural alternatives.

Moon Dance Residence

Located in beautiful Sedona, Arizona, Moon Dance Residence features a swimming pool, Jacuzzi, and a Zen like atmosphere. You can see the beautiful Sedona hills directly out the window.

Orthomolecular Nutrition

Orthomolecular means the right molecules in the right amounts. Orthomolecular nutrition is using the right foods and supplements to bring about a healthier and happier person. By putting organic toxin free foods into the body, both the body and mind are able to function at capacity.

Chelation Sauna Program

Residue and toxins from the food we eat, the air we breathe and the water we drink are lodged within our bodies. No amount of correct nutrition can be effective within a toxic environment, as toxins are destructive to the synthesis of neurochemistry, biochemistry and cellular metabolism. These toxic conditions leave a person in a weakened state and lead to drug cravings, anxiety, allow for infectious conditions to persist, depression, and have been responsible for psychosis. Through the use of the chelation and sauna programs, individuals can safely and successfully remove these toxins from their bodies, as well as the harmful toxins left behind by prescription medications or drug abuse thus eliminating cravings.

Lab Testing

In collaboration with licensed medical professionals, we use neurotransmitter, heavy metal toxicity and other lab testing to design specific, individual nutritional therapy tailored uniquely to you. The reduction of your medication dependency is safe and gentle.

Dr Hutton

A native of North Carolina, Dr. Hutton began his career as a nursing assistant. He graduated from Duke University Medical Center in 1975 with a degree in Electrophysiological Technology. Throughout his 25 year career, he continued to expand his technical knowledge and helped establish the first privately owned non-invasive vascular laboratory in NC. Continuing with his neurological education, he trained in Polysomnography at Stanford University Sleep Disorders Research Laboratory in Palo Alto, CA. His strong science background, extensive medical/surgical experience, and desire to learn natural therapeutics led him to Naturopathic Medicine, where he received his N.M.D. degree from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, OR. He is a board certified Naturopathic Medical Doctor in the state of Arizona. Dr. Hutton is an expert in the realm of replacing medications with natural alternatives as well as the science of chelative detoxification and its application to mental health.