Re: Anti-depressants... the natural prozac...

[Guest guest]

Thank you Crystal and everyone else that responded to my question

about Zoloft. After 3 days, I couldn't bare the side effects any

longer and I quit. I am going to try the St. 's Wort and see if I

have any luck with that and I'm still waiting for my Armour to

arrive. Since I'm taking .025 mg of Levothyroxine, should I introduce

the Armour slowly before stopping the Levo or just stop cold turkey

once I start on the Armour? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks again!

Mel

>

> Mel and all,

>

> I know the feeling!!! Took 5 different kinds of antidepressants

> over 5+ years (only one at a time) then switched over to St. 's

> Wort because the last one, Prozac, was no longer working. St

's

> Wort is considered the 'natural prozac'.

>

> During the post-partum years that I was very hypothryoid with

> adrenal exhaustion and very, very depressed ... no doctor would

look

> at my multiple symptoms, only wanted to treat my depression. Over

> time I found that St 's Wort (for the depression) and Triple

> Root Ginseng (American, Siberian, and another one... think Korean-

> for energy) combination helped me to survive. I preferred St.

> 's Wort over any of the antidepressants. It gives no side

> effects as the rx do.

>

> Also, SAMe is supposedly a good choice. I tried it earlier this,

> but didn't stay with it. Anyone tried this?

>

> The T3 in Armour is suppose to increase the seratonin. So, once

> you're on it for awhile, you should notice a difference. My severe

> depression lifted right away once I started Armour. Some did come

> back this November but contribute that to detoxing the yeast.

>

> Also, if you've been tested to need cortisol and begin taking it,

it

> should also help with seratonin levels.

>

> Also, take B-12 and a good B-complex. I'm taking B-Complex-125 mg

&

> B-12 sublingual. Sometimes 2 B-12's when I'm really depressed.

>

> Any and all of these will take a couple of weeks to get into your

> system good making a noticable difference. But hopefully, if you

> get started on these tomorrow, you're whole holidays won't be in

> misery.

>

> For anxiety or anxiousness- I like Calms Forte. I saw that Walmart

> even had this. Most vitamins places carries it. It's a wonderful

> soother for the nerves. Double the dose and it aides in sleep.

But

> it does not make me drowsy during the day! Like when I've yelled

at

> the dogs or something rouses my nerves, this greatly helps to calm

> me before having an anxiety attack.

>

> With hugs,

> Crystal

>

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>

>

> >

> > I'm still waiting for my Armour to come from Biogenisis. I'm

> really > suffering from a bad bout of depression and I was

wondering

> if anyone > else has tried taking Zoloft just to get them through

> for awhile. I > understand a lot of people are against taking anti-

> depressants but I > can't function and I had to quit another job

> today. Who will pay my > bills if I don't get better soon? I know

it

> takes a few weeks to > start working too so I'll have to tough it

> out. Thanks.>

> > Mel