November 20, 2014: With the news of Mike Nichols death, the MailOnline is re-running this article originally published in September. When Diane Sawyer met Mike Nichols, the Oscar, Grammy and five-time Tony winning director was a drug addict, hooked on the sleeping pill Halcion, and floating in a black depression. He was having a nervous breakdown and lost in âHalcion madnessâ with thoughts of going crazy, losing all his money and dying.
The symptoms of a mineral deficiency depend upon which nutrient the body lacks. They include: 1  constipation, bloating, or abdominal pain. 2  decreased immune system. 3  diarrhea. 4  irregular heart beat. 5  loss of appetite. 6  muscle cramping.
All of them can be corrected by giving supplements of the missing minerals or the missing vitamins, he says, or through dietary changes. More serious problems than just the fatigue can develop from these vitamin and mineral deficiencies, Komaroff says.