Posted by bleauberry on October 25, 2010, at 17:46:11
In reply to Will It Go Away On It's Own ?, posted by Buckeye Fan on October 23, 2010, at 10:18:04
Good question. Sometimes depression can lighten up on its own, go away, stay the same, or get worse. It depends on what the root cause of it is.
If there is a genetic mutation or snippet, it will continue. If there is gut dysbiosis, it will continue. If it is stress or lifestyle related, it could get better with a change in food choices and lifestyle. If it is an unsuspected (and likely undiagnosable) chronic bacterial, fungal, or viral infection it will continue.
There are actually some simple things you can do. B12 comes in 4 different metabolic forms...you need them all. Folate comes in at least 2 forms. Niacin in three forms. In conjuction with all the others in the B group. There are a couple companies that make B complex with all of these various versions in them...so without knowing which one you actually need, or where your genetic roadblock is, the ammo is there to bridge the roadblock. And you need methyl donors, which are in some of the specific B forms. Low dose SAMe provides them too, in addition to being proven an antidepressant on its own. Vit C (effervescent only), Magnesium Malate, all the other minerals especially in the Picolinate form as much as possible. No sugars. Limit caffeine. Try a rotation diet with all of this...skip all wheat/rye/oat products for 2 weeks (gluten free). A few years ago substitutes were hard to find, but today gluten free is a big deal and there are many good products. Even WalMart has a whole 8 foot section with some of them. Whole Food Market is your best source. Skip all dairy products for 2 weeks. These are the worst of the common food offenders that directly cause depressive behavior, for reasons too lengthy to explain here. Lots of purified water.
It's not a surprise a doctor can't give a straight answer. The most successful cure stories out there are the ones where the patient took control of his/her life instead of paying to put it in the lap of someone else who really doesn't know much more of what to do that you do...10 or 12 doctors and specialists later, and thousands of dollars later. With this post, you are now armed with power.
Psych meds "might" help depression, "maybe" for a while. They don't fix anything that is wrong causing the depression. If serotonin or dopamine are low, they are low for a reason. Merely artificially raising their availability does nothing to fix the problem, and can actually worsen it over time.
I like psych meds for short term use. In your case, even though you may not have known it when you posted, you are seeking options. You instinctively seem to know meds are not the answer for you and you instinctively know there is something deeper going on. I applaud that.
But to do nothing? I don't like that. People end up dead on the end of a rope that way. What I am saying is, there are powerful things you can do to feel a lot better without going back to the psychiatrist.
> Question for the forum.
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> Any experiences of thoughts on what happens if you let major depression continue without any medication?
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> I am currenty trying this approach myself...and so far have no success.
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> I am not suicidal....but I currently cannot function properly in society.
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> No Doctor has ever given me a staight answer on this question.
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> I have been depressed for several months now, without being on an AD since January.
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> Thanks in advance
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> BF
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