Anti-depressants are poisen

[blueta2]

AD are poison. I agree 100%

I suffer depression and refuse to take meds that alter my mind. There are so many other ways to regulate the chemicals in the brain.

Naturally, one can take L-Theanine or SAMe, but diet change, exercise and talk therapy is usually a sure way to overcome.

 

[OneBreath]

I'm trying to taper off lexapro right now. I feel the same way. Any adverse reactions to quitting cold turkey OP?

I've tried it before and when the anxiety hit i started popping them again. It could all be mental i suppose lol.

 

[blueta2]

I'm trying to taper off lexapro right now. I feel the same way. Any adverse reactions to quitting cold turkey OP?

I've tried it before and when the anxiety hit i started popping them again. It could all be mental i suppose lol.

I have my friend withdrawaling off Wellbutrin by using L theanine.
You can try other amino acids to help with the withdrawal, but L theranine is probably the best one.

Quitting cold turkey is not recommended. It's hard on the body and will cause chemicals in the brain to spiral causing major anxiety. Ween off and replace with alterantive

 

[the_alcatraz]

1500 mg of St. John's Wort/day is just as effective as as a few commonly used anti-depressants, this has been proven in clinical trials.

I also think that making sure you have good quality fats in your diet, as the brain is mostly lipids, and depression has been on the rise since we did change the types of fats we consumed approximately 40-50 years ago.

Cognitive behaviour therapy has also been found to be highly effective for moderate depression, as has exercise.

Awesome info. Thnx Tat

 

[Rage-Of-Sparta]

I have a friend who recently starting taking Pristiq. He says his workouts are better and he is more focused and positive during his training

 

[OneBreath]

I have my friend withdrawaling off Wellbutrin by using L theanine.
You can try other amino acids to help with the withdrawal, but L theranine is probably the best one.

Quitting cold turkey is not recommended. It's hard on the body and will cause chemicals in the brain to spiral causing major anxiety. Ween off and replace with alterantive

I have never heard of using aminos to come off. I will give this a try. Many thanks.

 

[OneBreath]

I have my friend withdrawaling off Wellbutrin by using L theanine.
You can try other amino acids to help with the withdrawal, but L theranine is probably the best one.

Quitting cold turkey is not recommended. It's hard on the body and will cause chemicals in the brain to spiral causing major anxiety. Ween off and replace with alterantive

Do you have any dosing recommendations? Time of day to take? Thanks!

BTW, i started at 20mg, then did 10mg for 2 months, and now am on 5 mgs. I have 6 more days and then its nothing. I just looked up some info on Theanine and will order some today.

 

[blueta2]

Do you have any dosing recommendations? Time of day to take? Thanks!

BTW, i started at 20mg, then did 10mg for 2 months, and now am on 5 mgs. I have 6 more days and then its nothing. I just looked up some info on theranine and will order some today.

Here is a great site with info about it

http://web-us.com/l-theanine_anxiety_reducer.htm

I've been taking 300 mgs a day. You can tell the difference as soon as you take it
It's also very important to keep the body's PH in check when depressed.
Depression/anxiety means chemically, the body is unbalanced.
A good way to keep the PH at a healthy level is to drink lemon (real lemons) water a few times a day

 

[Sim882]

Sorry I didn't realise more was said on this thread

TAT:
I had tried John Wort's before Lexapro, but it didn't do anything for me. I had read the wikipedia article saying similar to what you had said first. Basically, trying to deal with chronic daily headache and starting at a top tier law firm (comparable demands to an Allen and Overy - who my firm is on a "best friends relationship" in UK) was giving me an anxiety disorder so I had to take something, and the doctor said this was well tolerated.

OneBreath:
No adverse reactions to cold turkey quitting, but this may be unusual and I didn't get doctor's permission to do so. However, I feel if I quit in my former job I would have had more stress reactions. My advise is quit when your in the least stressful situation possible - perhaps an easy time at work, a holiday etc. Don't quite if your starting a new job etc.

Blane:
I have always had a very low sex drive - even before any depression - so I don't think lack of sex or masturbation is causative of my issues, although I'm sure it contributes in many cases.

blueta2:
I do know people who say taking Anti D's was the best thing they ever did, and these people have since discontinued them. A friend of mine whose mother died prematurely for example; another friends who turned out to be a closet homosexual and almost killed himself over it (strange reaction in Australia given very little prejudice exists - more typical I suspect in the US).

I guess for me they were poison in terms of muscle growth anyway.

Humorously enough, I think I'm about to go on "ace-inhibitors" for headaches - and according to this forum, that could improve my body fat! Further, I think beta blockers (for headaches also) were worse than the lexapro for me, because i couldn't even run on those

 

[EnderJE]

1500 mg of St. John's Wort/day is just as effective as as a few commonly used anti-depressants, this has been proven in clinical trials.

I also think that making sure you have good quality fats in your diet, as the brain is mostly lipids, and depression has been on the rise since we did change the types of fats we consumed approximately 40-50 years ago.

Cognitive behaviour therapy has also been found to be highly effective for moderate depression, as has exercise.

Really? I found myself angrier on St John's. I guess it works for some, but not for all.