Depression Support Group
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I've been struggling with major depression for the past year now. I got better but relapsed. So far I've relapse twice. I feel better now though.
I've been treating myself with
Omega 3 900mg a day (1400mg fish oil, purest I could find) [Member's Mark Omega 3 Triple Strength is the brand]
A multivitamin I take everyday that gives me a bit of my nutrition.
SAM-e 400-800mg (it supports relaxed mood, is involved in around 35 chemical processes in your body, so it's vital, also made lot of my depression symptoms go away somewhat, like being tired all the time. It also protects the cells in your brain)
Vitamin B6 100mg (keeps the SAM-e from breaking down into a toxic substance in my system)
Vitamin B12 (same thing except it converts SAM-e into another helpful chemical besides what the B6 does)
A healthy diet, consisting mostly of sandwiches on whole grain wheat bread.
I exercised from time to time but I need to stay on top of that sometimes.
I thought about writing a article/tutorial on what I did. My depression is pretty much disappearing. I'm going to keep doing this until it goes away completely. I just took all that on an empty stomach each morning. Kept my diet healthy and kept fast food and other unhealthy things out of it.
I don't drink but Alcohol only worsens depression, so don't drink. I hope this helps someone. I may write something with more exact and proper instructions to it.
All I really need now is more seratonin in my brain support the joyous feelings I have more. I don't feel depressed but I'm not all the way there yet.
I'm a little weary about going on my anti-depressants again, I didnt use them during this process. They help me get better the first time but my mood wasnt stable and if I got stressed I would freak out and blood would shoot to my brain, destroying any progress I had made. My concern is my anti-depressants ruin the balance of chemicals in my brain. (I lose dopamine on Zoloft but gain seratonin, making me lose interest in things I would normally enjoy) I honestly think I can overcome this.
Also, the philosophy behind me approaching depression this way is, medication can help stimulate your brain to do things, but the medication can't give your body the nutrients and vitamins it needs to heal and get better.
So yeah, that's a bit of an overview of how I'm doing and what I did.
I hope it helps someone, each thing I took had a purpose. Also, the SAM-e kept me from freaking out when stress and have blood shoot to my brain.
I guess I'll just leave this here for you all to comment on now.
I've been treating myself with
Omega 3 900mg a day (1400mg fish oil, purest I could find) [Member's Mark Omega 3 Triple Strength is the brand]
A multivitamin I take everyday that gives me a bit of my nutrition.
SAM-e 400-800mg (it supports relaxed mood, is involved in around 35 chemical processes in your body, so it's vital, also made lot of my depression symptoms go away somewhat, like being tired all the time. It also protects the cells in your brain)
Vitamin B6 100mg (keeps the SAM-e from breaking down into a toxic substance in my system)
Vitamin B12 (same thing except it converts SAM-e into another helpful chemical besides what the B6 does)
A healthy diet, consisting mostly of sandwiches on whole grain wheat bread.
I exercised from time to time but I need to stay on top of that sometimes.
I thought about writing a article/tutorial on what I did. My depression is pretty much disappearing. I'm going to keep doing this until it goes away completely. I just took all that on an empty stomach each morning. Kept my diet healthy and kept fast food and other unhealthy things out of it.
I don't drink but Alcohol only worsens depression, so don't drink. I hope this helps someone. I may write something with more exact and proper instructions to it.
All I really need now is more seratonin in my brain support the joyous feelings I have more. I don't feel depressed but I'm not all the way there yet.
I'm a little weary about going on my anti-depressants again, I didnt use them during this process. They help me get better the first time but my mood wasnt stable and if I got stressed I would freak out and blood would shoot to my brain, destroying any progress I had made. My concern is my anti-depressants ruin the balance of chemicals in my brain. (I lose dopamine on Zoloft but gain seratonin, making me lose interest in things I would normally enjoy) I honestly think I can overcome this.
Also, the philosophy behind me approaching depression this way is, medication can help stimulate your brain to do things, but the medication can't give your body the nutrients and vitamins it needs to heal and get better.
So yeah, that's a bit of an overview of how I'm doing and what I did.
I hope it helps someone, each thing I took had a purpose. Also, the SAM-e kept me from freaking out when stress and have blood shoot to my brain.
I guess I'll just leave this here for you all to comment on now.
Also, my sandwiches had lettuce and tomatoes on them of course.. with mayonnaise and cheese, if anybody wanted more details, I mostly ate turkey sandwiches, deli sliced beef... I also ate rotisserie chickens. Among other things. Main things I kept in mind is if it was healthy, didn't contain all of that unhealthy stuff and wasn't processed food.
You can also look up foods rich in Tryptophan, those fall under it, I guess. (it's debatable and goes back to how the animal was raised on the farm, that's another issue though and free range meat is apparently better.)
and that's about what I needed to add I guess.
Glad to hear you're doing better, and yes, this was helpful.
Also, those buying Omega 3, it's not on the front of the bottle (in mg) that matters; It's the back of the bottle and how much Omega 3 it says it contains that matters.
so 1400mg on the front of my bottle mean 1400mg of fish oil, not Omega 3... it contains 900mg of Omega 3 and was the purest I could find. The Member's Mark Omega 3 Triple Strength also dont have a fishy aftertaste (as I heard some Omega 3 products leave a bad fish taste)
As far as SAM-e I recommend Nature Made as a brand. That's what I've been taking.
and just as advice, dont chew on any of them before swallowing and take them in the morning on and empty stomach, preferably before a meal (the B12 has to dissolve under your tongue though. just follow the instructions on the back of course)
In a few months I may write something more straightforward like I said, but this will have to do for now.
You can also do some research on it at http://www.webmd.com
It's an updated and better version of the treatment I developed.
If you need a solution to your clinical depression then this is what worked for me.
http://www.pdf-archive.com/2015/09/07/my-natural-treatment-for-depression/
https://mega.nz/#!L1Bz3Kab!40DxJySAzXCYE8YkLYEcmBDw3XIrdzup9MaJuguy4m8
I agree that alcohol is bad and will make you more depressed. I am so much less depressed now that I don't drink any more.