Posted by Dr. Bob on February 2, 2004, at 17:58:27
In reply to *Cures for Depression Everyone Should Know About*, posted by Mr. Jeff on February 2, 2004, at 13:13:32
> There might be hope for the people who've tried almost everything in the book to get rid of their depression. I'm one of those people. I've read a lot out there on depression and I may have some info you might need (or just not already know). I've tried those herbal (rip-off) remedies along with clinical antidepressants. Nothing so far has worked for me. However, there's a lot of information out there about depression and what it's believed to be caused from. There's a lot of things I've found out that might cause depression and it might be able to help you. There's also things I have read that might help cure depression.
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> I've read that eating sugar can lower your serotonin and endorphin levels, which could very easily cause depression and you'd never even consider that. Here's the website where I found that out: http://www.radiantrecovery.com/sensitive.html
> Take a few minutes to just look over this website, it has some info that might be able to help you.
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> I've also bought this book called "Beyond Prozac" and it states that 30 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise a day can dramatically increase serotonin (along with endorphin) levels naturally. This could be why people (like me) feel like they were so much happier at a young age. And that might be because we did alot more when we were younger. Another bit that might help you, incase you aren't already aware, stress (especially long-term) causes depression by depleting a lot of the chemicals in your brain that make you happy. So if you can, try not to get worked up about things as much.
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> If you have any questions, feedback, or advice, please email me at Jeffianity@yahoo.com, or post a follow up. Just so whoever's reading this knows, I'm still depressed, so my advice might not be the best you can get, but I've been trying things for a long ass time and I know there's other people out there like me. So if there's something that I might know about that might help you, even though it might not help me...it's worth telling about.
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> -Jeff
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