Posted by Ed O`Flaherty on October 23, 2002, at 9:15:31
In reply to What did people do before antidepressants?, posted by WorryGirl on October 20, 2002, at 19:49:30
Alcohol has always been used by depressed people although it is itself a depressant.Opiates were used for thousands of years before they were put on prescription.It was common in Britain up to about 100 years ago to buy a few cents worth of morphine every week.Much of our depression though seems to be related to a deficiency of omega-3 fish oil in our diet.Where people get plenty of it in e.g. Japan or in the case of Eskimos depresssion is not so common.Put "omega-3" in the search box of Psycho-babble to find out more about it.
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