Alternative Cures for Depression?

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I read an article the other day that dealt with alternative cures for depression. In the article it talks about molasses as a possible cure for depression. I have been dealing with depression for 6 months now, since all of my BFS type symptoms started. I am on effexor xr right now and I believe it is actually causing or at least making my fasiculations worse. Plus it has given me palpitations and fatigue. I thought medicine was supposed to help! This week I added 2 new smoothies to my diet to see if it would help me feel better. Sure enough I have more energy and less depression. The fasiculations are still present, but I think the only way they will go away is to stop taking the effexor. I have been drinking a green smoothie in the morning (half lime with white of skin left on, 1/4 avacado, baby kale, strawberries or blueberries, 1/6 cucumber, banana, water, ice). This has really helped with my energy. In the evening I am drinking what I call a depression smoothie (hand full of halfed walnuts, banana, molasses, ice, and water). My overall mood seems to be better. I know a lot of you out there are taking supplemental pills to help with symptoms, but it would probably benefit to use food instead. Your body will be able to absorb the food better than the supplement. Plus you don't have all the other added chemicals that constitute the pill. Also, scientist don't know every single phytochemical, enzyme, and nutrient in every whole food. So, when you eat the whole food you are getting good stuff that you will not get in pill form. Would you rather put something in your body that was made by scientists and men in a lab or factory, or would you rather put something in your body that comes from the earth that God has created? I admit I have also been taking spirulina and chlorella, but they are in the powder form with no added chemicals. So, technically they are whole foods. By supplements I am talking about something that is derived from a laboratory. Here is the article. God bless and praying for everyone's good health,Jerad
 
That is funny, because for the last 6 months I have been craving for walnuts, bananas and honey or molasses. I used to eat that every single day with greek yoghurt, although I had never liked that before. Unfortunately with that diet, my butt grew just as much as my well-being increased :oops:
 
I'm also on a quest to get my body back on the track to receiving all the proper nutrition it needs for optimum health and I definitely believe now that my depression was linked to my Vitamin D deficiency. I've also been on Effexor, was on it for about 5 years. Upon looking at the questionable long term effects of such medications (and that no one seems to really know for sure exactly what these medications are doing to our brains) I decided to get myself off of it two years ago. It took me almost 6 months to ween myself off I was so addicted (I even had to start opening up pills to count the individual little balls slowly down), otherwise I would get terrible withdrawal symptoms. I crashed again into a really bad depression/anxiety last September (that I think was ultimately the catalyst of my BFS), which lasted until about two months ago. When I got blood tests (3 months ago), my Vitamin D level was a 14 (on a 30-100 average scale). After taking a 5000iu liquid form for three weeks or so, I began to notice my depression begin to disappear. I found my old self returning, which had been absent for a couple years. Now, I feel no depression (still taking 5000iu per day). The terror I was experiencing upon the onset of my BFS had all but vanished by the time I finally got to my EMG appointment. I was anxious about the procedure, but not concerned at all about the diagnosis. And though I still experience high anxiety, my depression is finally under control, which is something I haven't felt consistently while being off medication for over 6 years.There is tons of information out there about Vitamin D and depression, and how the modern diets absence of many different kinds of vitamins/foods could be single biggest root of most health issues. The key is to find out what your dietary imbalances are. Nutrition is often intuitive (sometimes your body will crave something you need), and sometimes it isn't (in the case of sugar). I've been researching this stuff for years, but never really put it consistently into practice (I've always been a yo-yo dieter). It takes patience and vigilance, and I'm determined to stick with it this time. Our food supply is in terrible shape and filled with many dangerous/questionable things. You mentioned many supplements containing chemicals that are potential harmful. This is true. So are the absorption issues you mentioned. It's a minefield out there when it comes to food. One of my favorite websites for helping sift through all this is .I've also recently discovered something called the GAPS diet, which seems to make a lot of sense so far, and am looking into further. But it makes the argument that many ailments/diseases (including certain neurological ones) originate in the gut due to improper gut flora (not enough good bacteria). Since I have a bit of lactose intolerance, I know I am probably deficient in flora (since a lot of it is found in fermented foods, much of which is dairy). It boasts impressive claims, and makes a lot of sense so far. So, the yogurt you're incorporating (which has flora) may also be helping you out a lot. I requested a book about it from the library to learn more.Anyway, interesting post. I'd be curious to hear more discussion on different non-medication avenues board members have tried (or are currently trying), and what helped or didn't help.
 
I will look into the GAPS diet you mentioned. I also have become somewhat lactose intolerant as I've gotten older. Apperantly, as you age your body doesn't process milk as easily because only babys and kids are supposed to consume large quantities of milk. As we age we are not supposed to be as dependent on milk as a food source and therefore the enzyme that we break lactose down with decreases in our GI track. I still drink milk sometimes, but not in huge amounts lke I use to. I remember as a kid I could go through a quart of milk in a couple of days. If I tried that now I would be hurting. I do take a probiotic every morning and it really does help with the GI track. I use to have horrible acid reflux and I would take Prevacid or Prilosec. But, after starting the probiotics I don't have any need for the meds. Plus, there are no lomg term side effects and it is a lot cheaper. I also had my vitamin D checked and it was 33, which is on the low end. I wonder if that could account for some of my symptoms?
 

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