CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME: BROKEN MARRIAGES- REDUCED PRODUCTIVITY
Lack of productivity is inextricably bound up with low energy levels. Tired people are less motivated, less disciplined, less conscientious and less interested than vital people. However, there’s more to it than that. Allergies, Candida infections and vitamin and mineral deficiencies can affect the brain chemistry in other ways that have far reaching effects on productivity.
Max was a classic example of allergy-based low productivity. Just recently married he felt under great pressure to do well at work and to achieve the promotions and pay increases needed to provide his intended family with the standard of living he desired for them. Max was employed to take orders over the phone for a medium-sized manufacturing firm. He was doing reasonably well until his marriage after which he started making mistakes. These simple mistakes frustrated him greatly and distracted his attention which led to more mistakes. He described to me with pain how he knew he was taking clown the orders incorrectly but couldn’t seem to do anything about it. His mind was in a muddle. He wrote numbers down backwards and out of sequence. He wrote down messages and orders out of context.
Max’s employers had told him to shape up or ship out. I phoned Max’s employer requesting a four week stay of dismissal on the promise that I would have Max fully functional in four weeks. The employer agreed. Max went for allergy tests immediately (we didn’t have time to do the mandatory six to eight weeks on the Metabolism-Balancing Program first). He went onto the Anti-Candida/Anti-Allergy Program plus Formula Six and the other supplements. Within four weeks, much to his employer’s relief and his joy, he had stopped making mistakes. He had acquired energy, good concentration and memory, clarity of thought, mental acuity and a capacity to organise himself he didn’t think possible. Job security became assured and promotion a probability.
Max is a good example of how stress can exacerbate allergies. While he was plodding along as a single guy without too many responsibilities he was coping reasonably well. The moment the demands of marriage were upon him he couldn’t cope. Many people experience this. They’re unaware of their allergies until greater demands to perform are put on them. Max was lucky he gleaned this through marriage. Had he won a promotion the increased mental demands of the new job could well have triggered his mistake-making symptoms and he probably would’ve lost the job and suffered a significant blow to his self-confidence and self-esteem.
This happens to a lot of people and naturally enough they blame the job as they’re unaware of their underlying allergies. Those who are aware they have allergies don’t make the connection between their asthma or eczema, or conjunctivitis or sinusitis or acne and their inability to cope with the job. The stress of the new promotion often leads them into drinking, ‘to relax’. Whereas alcohol affords some short-term relaxation it soon begins to undermine their performance further. Alcohol burns up precious B vitamins and mineral zinc in the brain, the very nutrients that are essential for effective thought integration. Furthermore alcohol and marijuana (even worse) reduce memory, concentration, organisation skills and the ability to think and plan ahead. They do this via the toxic effect they have on brain cells.
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