depression meds working best

[janny108]

I took my daughter to the doc a few days ago and I suggested the doc give her an anxiety test. Well she got a depression evaluation to fill out and she said later she felt like she was depressed. Now we're waiting for the doc to call us back about the evaluation. I read the depression meds change your brain chemistry and stabilizes a person's moods. She is starting a new school next week.

So what med/ nutritional help helps you all?

 

[miss-a]

I took Lexapro off and on for a couple of years and it helped me greatly. I weaned myself off of it about six months ago and started taking a nutritional supplement call SAMe. I'm not sure I need it, but it can't hurt and I can't afford to crash again and I'd rather be safe than sorry.

While on the Lexapro I didn't have any side effects. I've often wondered if this was because I keep my diet very clean. It's important to stay away from sugar, caffeine and refined foods and chemical preservatives. Also, artificial sweeteners have been shown to disturb brain chemistry, so these should be avoided. Stevia, raw honey, and agave are not a problem for when sweets are desired.

The basic nutriton needed is a good clean diet, free of what's listed above and full of whole grains, fresh fruits and veggies, nuts, beans, chicken, turkey, and fish. a good multi vitamin and a good dose of fish oil are also helpful. The interesting thing about this sort of diet is that many of these foods have elements in them that promote higher seratonin levels.

Prayers for you and your daughter. Let me know if you want more nutrition info.

Blessings,
A

 

[drjean]

Good nutrition is important, I agree with the other poster. There are quite a few medications for depression, and sometimes the doctor will combine two. That all depends upon your daughter, her age, the doctor and how long she's been depressed and how deeply depressed she is.

She may "only" need a counselor she can trust with whom to talk. An outside the family source, a confidant, gives her a chance to air her thoughts and find out that she's not crazy or weird, in a trusting environment. A professional can also identify any cognitive distortions that might be causing her depression.

(Don't read me wrong here... it's not "all in her head". No matter how the depression began, correcting the habit of negative thinking that keeps one there is very much in one's control, once they learn to identify what they are doing. Correcting thinking improves how one feels because it changes the brain chemicals as well.)

Good for you to get her help!

 

[janny108]

I called her doc yesterday and out of a score of 15 for depression, she scored only a 10 so he is not recommending anything.

 

[Bobby64]

St. John's Wort is an OTC supplement that can help ease depression symptoms. It helped me for a while, but I then needed to switch over to prescribed medicines from a psychiatrist. I've tried many, and none have quite made me my old self.

 

[janny108]

She's been to several counselors over the years, and none of them had any lasting help. She goes to a new school next week and a counselor she knows is there at the school.

 

[janny108]

I took Lexapro off and on for a couple of years and it helped me greatly. I weaned myself off of it about six months ago and started taking a nutritional supplement call SAMe. I'm not sure I need it, but it can't hurt and I can't afford to crash again and I'd rather be safe than sorry.

While on the Lexapro I didn't have any side effects. I've often wondered if this was because I keep my diet very clean. It's important to stay away from sugar, caffeine and refined foods and chemical preservatives. Also, artificial sweeteners have been shown to disturb brain chemistry, so these should be avoided. Stevia, raw honey, and agave are not a problem for when sweets are desired.

The basic nutriton needed is a good clean diet, free of what's listed above and full of whole grains, fresh fruits and veggies, nuts, beans, chicken, turkey, and fish. a good multi vitamin and a good dose of fish oil are also helpful. The interesting thing about this sort of diet is that many of these foods have elements in them that promote higher seratonin levels.

Prayers for you and your daughter. Let me know if you want more nutrition info.

Blessings,
A

let me know how Sam E works for you!

 

[Krissy Cakes]

I took Sam E for a little while and it worked.

I had to get off it cause of my other health problems and the other meds I am on.

I'm praying for you and your daughter.

 

[Liberal Angel]

Meds don't really affect me, but I try to eat a healthy balance diet, work out and try to be as positve and calm as i can.