holistic treatments- anything help?

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i today called the hale clinic (alternative clinic, excellent, rather pricey) and the institute of optimum nutrition (ditto-- the ION is a research charity, researches and publishes widely, and has a 'brain' dept- for mental and neuro partients, and said 'fine' when i asked if blood could be taken from my foot rather than arm for tests. http://www.ion.ac.uk/ their books are on amazon, too; eg- optimum nutrition for the mind.. . . this may help, ive just- you know- never got round to buying it...).

does anyone have any experiance of natrupathy, homopathy, diets etc? ive been treated for depression before at the royal london homeopathic hosptial (NHS) (pre a/s diagnosis) where i has REALLY bad reactions to everything (aparently common in a/s patients, but not knowing taht at the time, i was really disturbed).
i have tried gluten/ casin free diets and become manic/ high (also- pre knowing i had a/s).
even exercise - swimming, gym, yoga, fencing- i became addicted to (5 hrs a day)a nd became really manic from, before going into shutdown.

is there anything else? the main problems i have are weird thought pathways (stop thinking down a route- or unable to change routes), problem being around other people,a nd sensory problems.

any herbs?
anything??

tai chi, acupuncture, rescue remedy [ck out other bach flower remedies]
and for when you feel like you're getting sick - golden seal/echinacea

magnesium
balanced B-complex--- usually has magnesium stearate or stearic acid [make sure it is vegetable sourced]
vitamin D and get out in the sun

stay hydrated
don't eat a lot of fish as it has toxic mercury nowadays

thanks- i will look into acupressure/ puncture.

I am trying the orthomolecular approach outlined in the book "Brain Allergies". It might be considered holistic, it certainly is against toximolecular medicine (drugs). It emphasizes:
1. A diversified four day rotation diet.
2. Nutrients particularly vitamin C and a vitamin B complex.
3. Pancreatic enzymes. These are used to help digest proteins since proteins that aren't fully digested (peptides) can cause inflammation and additionally can cause an amino acid deficiency.

In addition I am on the paleolithic diet which is a low toxin, high nutrient diet.