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how it affected his brain is repeated millions of times over in America. Each story has its personal flavor, and each person may have different imbalances in physiology. But the overarching principle that ties together all brain disorders is simple.
     
    Brain disorders resulting in altered mood, memory, behavior, and attention are a result of imbalances in the seven key systems of your body that determine whether you are well or ill, whether you are living a life of UltraWellness or a diminished life of poor mental and physical health.

    Here is Clayton’s story...
Clayton: A Case Study in the Body-Mind Effect
    An exasperated professional woman finally found her way to my office with her twelve-year-old son, Clayton. Clayton, labeled with a multitude of both psychological and physical diagnoses by a number of highly specialized physicians, seemed to be a walking embodiment of “bad luck—poor kid.”

    In the realm of psychiatry Clayton was “diagnosed” with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a behavioral disorder. He could not focus in school, “zoned out,” and was disruptive. Like many other children labeled with ADHD or on the autism spectrum, Clayton’s writing was nearly illegible.
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On the other hand he excelled in math.

    Physically, Clayton was diagnosed with asthma, suffered from “environmental” allergies, sinus congestion, postnasal drip, sore throats, eczema, nausea, stomach pains, diarrhea, headaches, anal itching, canker sores, muscle aches, muscle cramps, hypersensitivity to noises and smells, sneezing, hives, itchy skin with bumps, and frequent infections. He slept poorly and had trouble breathing when he did sleep. He also suffered from anxiety, fearfulness, and carbohydrate cravings.

    All of his symptoms were being treated with seven different medications prescribed by five different doctors. These included Ritalin for ADHD, allergy medicine, and inhalers for his asthma and hives, acid-blocking medication for his stomach problems, and painkillers for his headaches.

    This is quite a drug cocktail for a twelve-year-old. Yet he still didn’t experience much relief from his physical, mental, or behavioral symptoms. But this is how we approach things in medicine—divide it all up into parts, farm them out, and pile on the pills. What a life for both Clayton and his family!

    Most psychiatrists not only lack the training to address any physical issues but also feel these are irrelevant to the mental “diagnosis” at hand. I, however, believe these physical ailments are the most important findings and these clues will provide the causes and appropriate treatment to repair disordered brain function.

    Today the list of medications and the untested cocktails and combinations have grown to frightening proportions. Children who present with mental, behavioral, or emotional problems like the ones Clayton had now get antipsychotic medications, like Risperdal; antiseizure medications, like Trileptal; and antidepressants, like Prozac—all on top of stimulant medications, like Ritalin, Concerta, and Adderall.
     
    I recently visited a local school nurse. After seeing a large box on thefloor filled with empty pill bottles, the nurse told me that 63 percent of the children were on some type of medication.

    My challenge is to organize symptoms according to how they are influenced by the seven keys of UltraWellness, not by chopping them up into separate diagnoses. That is how I lead my patients to an UltraMind.

Clayton’s UltraMind Solution

    As we dug below the surface we found and treated the causes of Clayton’s symptoms—imbalances in the seven keys to UltraWellness that form the basis of the UltraMind Solution. Here is what we found and what we did. Clayton’s story represents, to one degree or another, all of our stories. It illustrates both the despair and the delivery from our epidemic of broken brains.
     
    Let’s look at some of the essential keys affected in Clayton’s