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Does anyone know of a herbal/natural pick me up for depression? |
My dad died in December and my mum is alone after 50 years of marriage. She is being very strong but obviously she is sad and lonely. I know she has considered ending it all but gave herself a mental kick up the backside because of myself and my two brothers and two sisters. Whilst we do what we can, I live miles away, I have a sister in Yorkshire, and the others are pretty far too (most of them.) Either way, it can never make her loss any better (I say her loss as we are all married with kids so it's easier to cope I guess) She asked the doctor and he prescibed prosac but she looked them up and it said they can give suicidal tendencies. She ripped up the prescription as, she feels if the thoughts have been there, they may subconciously still be and the medication could push her over the edge. Is there anything herbal or natural, does anyone know, please? Treatments for depression that are used to regulate seratonin all have the ability to make symptoms worse in the short term. This includes Prozac as well as the other SSRI's. St. John's Wort is a mild regulator of seratonin, tho because it is herbal, it's potency can't be assured. Any SSRI will be safer than for her to self medicate with herbal remedies as the dose will be accurate in the prescribed medicine. Chocolate and exercise will only raise endogenous endorphins which will give a rise in mood for < 2 hours. Omega 3 and Omega 6 fish oils will do nothing since the apparent cause of her depressed mood isn't genetic. Marijuana won't work since it is a depressant; it will however destroy short term memory, but I don't recommend that as the treatment. St John's Wort - natures pick me up!! I used to use it chocolate, exercise, saint johns wort, omega 3 fish oils. Tell her not to keep looking things up they all have side effects but are very good if at anytime she starts to feel worse she needs to go back to see the doctor. She has been through a very hard time with losing your father and sometimes its best not to take meds but I do feel that if things are so bad she should at least give them a go. I have been on lots of different anti-depressants through the years and they are very good. good luck take care by the way I live in the UK as well. try st johns wort, I know a lot of people that have tried it and they have said it is great. just be careful with going out in the sun with this one as apparently it has adverse effect on skin colouring, this info was from holland and barret My brother was put on prozac a while ago, as long as you don't take to many it should help a little. think of the best time she had with him and keep thinking about it whenever she is really sad or somethinglike that...lmao theres this thing called marijuana......idk if your down to take this but it does do the trick |
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