Posted by bleauberry on August 16, 2011, at 5:19:21
In reply to Supplements vs dietary changes, posted by Vasilis on August 15, 2011, at 22:18:48
There was a book called Potatoes Not Prozac, where eating a baked potato with its skin before bed increased serotonin for depression. Whether true or not, I dunno. The Mood Cure is a book all about supplementing with the amino acids. Apparently from what I have seen in real life, it is sort of like the meds....it works for some people and others not, mileage varies. From roaming around other boards the general take I get is that best results are with a balanced approach. For example 5htp or tryptophan with tyrosine or dlpa. Not just any single one. Some people do well with trytophan but not 5htp, and others it is the oppositie. Same with tyrosine versus dlpa or lpa.
I certainly think it makes sense to at least try these things prior to embarking on the medicine route.
In terms of diet, it should be mostly veggies, smaller portions of carbs and proteins, very little sugar, very little caffeine, and organic at every opportunity. And lots of purified water. We're not just dealing with neurotransmitters in depression, but also inflammation, stealth infections, low grade chronic toxins of all kinds, and health of the other organs in the body which directly or indirectly impact what happens in the brain. Much of those things can be accomplished with food choices and supplements. Healing takes time no matter. We're talking at least a good number of weeks and usually months. The difference is it is true authentic healing that benefits everything in the body and endures, which meds don't do.
When things are really bad though, unless the person feels safe and has some endurance, meds might be needed to bridge the gap temporarily in scary moments.
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