@eric_gladiator Depression and anxiety are frequently symptoms that the body needs something - nutrients. Whether from a slow starvation or a sudden illness, loss of nutrients is an ongoing problem. The psych drugs just send the body a temporary false message that the body soon recognizes. However it still needs what it needs and probably even more.
Experimenting with nutrients, at least you have a better chance of doing less damage and actually finding out what is missing that it really needs. However in some cases one will not noticeably respond until after months of supplementation as the body has much to repair.
@Alexandra90 As a woman one needs to be wary of birth control pills which deplete many nutrients. After several years on these I told my doctor I wouldn't be able to go on living due to severe depression and horrible period issues. This doctor was a gem and put me on many thousand times the RDA of B complex vitamins to which I responded healing well with depression resolving. This was the first time I realized how much drugs can deplete. No need to go on antidepressants, or to a psych ward....simply take the missing nutrients. What is missing of course is the big question. Iron is a common deficiency for women due to monthly blood loss.
I have unfortunate long term experience with anti-depressant drugs which are given when the doctor who cannot diagnose you in fifteen minutes, feels compelled to do something. In the end the drugs made things worse in many ways and much more complicated. I now had multiple nutrient deficiencies to conquer beyond the original problem.
What worked for me: I thought that since I was taking a multi-vitamin/mineral that this nutrient loss possibility was long ago covered. So I was totally surprised to find when I decided to try eating beef liver, that absolute treasure chest of nutrients important enough to store,.... because my body responded in a huge way.
Within an hour after consuming liver I felt life and joy spreading through my body. It was like a thirsty man 3 days in the desert finally found water. I kept eating liver and life and joy grew steadily. This was no false message. My eyesight and skin greatly improved. I found it easier to fight off infections. Depression and anxiety receded and healing began from a long term nutrient(s) starvation. These nutrients were in a form my body could utilize while the vitamin pills were not.
I then researched liver nutrients and made some very interesting discoveries about what my body was now thriving on. Liver is a very nutrient dense food.
Liver of course may not happen be your personal ticket to health. An overload of a nutrient can also cause problems, as with hemochromatosis which is often found in men, whereby the body stores iron into a serious overload capacity causing progressively worsening symptoms and eventual death. However, if you try consuming some liver you may notice a good response early on and this can help you decipher the problem.
There is a lot of high calorie malnutrition in the western world and thus many people are suffering.
Running your genetics can help you find answers to some of these problems. It has certainly helped me and my family. But experimenting with liver is quick, cheap and easy. If you really can't stand the taste there are liver capsule supplements.
