Long term antidepressants treatment

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Hi Anne and Michael.

I am sorry you are suffering from all this everyday stuff when you are working on getting healthy, Michael.Its very hard to afford to be well, even though our jobs, families and the tax dept. even, depend on us being well enough to make a living and be responsible financially. A catch 22?

I think a book I am reading may be a big help to us all. Its called The Mood Cure by Julia Ross. She recommends supplements but also diet alone can make massive differences to our seratonin levels, our homone inbalances, our adrenal functions...everything associated with mental dysfunction.

The book includes all the research you have done, and reinforcesour own knowledge. What I found helpful was the questionaires which help identify what chemicals in our brains are low and how to increase them by particular foods and/or supplements. Her results have been phenomenal and she said your mood can improve within 24 hours without antidepressants. She discusses coming off antidepressants with the help of supplements too, which will probably only be needed short term to kick start our healthier brain functions. Read if you can get hold of it in the library.I am excited.

I am feeling great by the way. Off Prozac for 3 weeks and trying to do all the things in the book, even before I read the book, including 5htp, l tyrosine, magnesium etc. which came from my various rexearch. This book though ties it all together for me and gives me guidance based on professional standards and case studies, rather than leaving me to guess and experiment on my own.

Well, not entirely on my own because I have you wonderful support people to share my journey with.

I do feel very hopeful. Please keep on going both of you, you have come so far already. We can do this together!

I have been off prozac 3 weeks and feeling soooo good.

Good luck and keep in touch.

I'm so happy to hear your doing well. I have heard about that book and will check it out I also ordered a book last week and it sounds very much the same as the one you mentioned as its all about healing your mind through good diet ect 

I have a good book too about diet and supplements called Optimum Nutrition For the Mind.  I also have another called Good Mood Diet.  I try everything I can.  I will see if I can find the book you have too. 

Have you found that your mood has improved a lot?  Mine is better, but then I get down again.  I find myself in tears at silly little things.  When I was on Effexor my emotions were blunted, but when I came off it, I found things were difficult to deal with and I get tearful.  One good thing is I lost all the weight I put on. 

So pleased you are feeling great.  Wish I could say the same.  I did try 5HTP and St John's Wort, but no help to me.  You give me hope.  I take supplements every day and will add some more, like you suggest.

Take care dear lady, as you are giving me hope, but after 16 months off anti depressants, I think perhaps because I am old it is more difficult for me. 

I have been reading about supplments other people are using, and have now ordered some magnesium tablets and see if they help.  Also ordered 5HTP which I tied before, but thought I would give them another try.

I eat lots of yoghurt and have a priobotic drink every day.  My tummy sometimes a bit loose, but other than that the supplements do not have any bad effects.  Better than taking anti depressants. 

Hi Anne

Great that you are having another try. I am interested in the books you have read. The Good Mood Diet is by the same author as The Mood Cure I think.  Julia Ross?  I am feeling really positive about my recovery since reading her book and implementing the supplements.  I hope you have great success too. She makes so many sensible suggestions and gives good scientific reasons for those suggestions.  Thats what I need.

cheers 

I am so very pleased for you.  I did look up the book on Amazon but have not ordered it yet.  The Good Mood Diet is not by her,  but I am going to read it again and see if it helps me like you are getting encouragement from a book.  I still struggle with depression and anxiety, but it is so much better than it used to be. 

I don't think, at my advanced age, I will ever feel better than I do now, but I long to feel I can cope as best I can. 

The book I have about Good Mood Diet is more about losing weight  and feeling better about it.  I lost a lot of weight after stopping Effexor.  All the weight I put on whilst taking it. 

I have looked up Julia Ross's site, and will seriously think about getting her book as it seems to have helped Abella a lot. 

I have been on Julia Ross's site and printed off extracts from her mood book, and looked up a lot of the things she mentions.

Started tsaking magnesium yesterday on top of all the other supplements.  Omega3 had really good reports, and I always took that even when on anti depressants.  I am now awaiting delivery of 5HTP.  What do you find helps you most?

Not sure what helps most I think it all just works together

Oh and omega 3 s every day.

Thanks abella 

I just posted a reply but the moderators won't allow it I'm not happy about that at all but anyway what your doing is the way forward I think and I'm doing the same 

Hi Michael.

Go us!!  I think so too.

Yeah let's beat this son of a bitch bloody depression + anxiety one and for all lol x

Abella how do we know what supplements to take and how much.  I don't know if I should be taking so many as I don't know how they interact with each other.  I don't want to do more harm than good.

I felt really weird last night and could not sleep at all as my brain was rascing, and I wondered if I was taking too many supplements.  I have ordered 5HTP but what should I take it with?  I started magnesium the other day,  and not sure if I should take it, but I see you are doing well on it.   I have also been taking Kalms.

I take multi vitamins and minerals, 1000mg Omega3, VitaminD, vitamin B complex.  I feel so low today because I am so tired.  I thought I was beginning to feel better.  Perhaps it is just lack of sleep. 

I ran off some pages from Julia's website.  You say she suggests right dosage.  Are we all different when it comes to how much and how many supplements we should take.

Her book seems expensive.  I live in UK. 

Hi Anne

Maybe your library has it. If they dont ask if they can get it. I do that and they get the books in. They like to respond to requests as they have a budget for new books.

We are all different. If you answer the questionaire on Julias website and give me your total results I will give you her suggested supplements daily plan. She suggests Kalms too though I havent taken that. None of the supplements you are taking are overdosing, but Julia says to introduce one new one at a time and if you get a reaction that you dont like then reduce the dose of that. Too much will bring on the same symptoms you had before you started taking them eg. depression. Stop or reduce if you get depression or anxiety or sleeplessness. Increase if your mood doesnt lift. She says you should notice a lift in mood within 30 minutes of taking a supplement. Some supplements work for some people and some dont. The questionaires on her website indicate what supplements are most likely to work for you. I am happy to tell you what Julia recommends for her clients based on your questionaire scores.

As I say, I have had to experiment a bit but its been worth it. I hope you are feeling a bit better. I am 60. How old are you?