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11-16-2011, 04:27 PM
Wow, some of the things people have written in this thread... just plain scary.
Funny how the culture is such that it is unacceptable to not have an opinion on something. No matter how little someone knows about something, I rarely if ever hear, "don't know anything about that so I can't have an opinion."
I think it was Mark Twain who said, "it's better to stay quiet and let people think you're an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." Good advice for about half the posters in this thread. LOL
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11-17-2011, 04:19 AM
Quote: (11-16-2011 04:05 PM)kbell Wrote:
I just got a bottle of St. Johns Wart. Hope it helps. What is this weird feeling you get with it?
Man, someone mentioned that on here a while back but I never tried it out because of side effects.
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11-17-2011, 07:39 AM
Move to Ukraine, it's good for depression and lack of confidence.
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11-18-2011, 02:56 PM
Depression can have multiple causes.
Physiological factors, such as lack of proper nutrients or improper thyroid functioning, can cause depression. I personally sought help for depression, only to find out through differential diagnosis bloodwork that I had advanced Lyme disease, which also can cause depression.
Brain-based physiological congenital factors can cause depression as well. A friend of mine has Bipolar Type I, which causes not only periods of intense depression (sleeping for 22-24 hours at a time) but also "raving lunatic in the streets" mania if he doesn't take his medication (he was diagnosed after such a period of mania). Some cases of major depressive disorder are similarly congenital. However, we really don't know what exactly these congenital factors are; "chemical imbalance" is a crude approximation.
Some cases of depression are simply people with shitty lives.
It varies.
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11-21-2011, 11:58 PM
Great tips to reduce depression, some more tips to beat depression effectively.
Do take deep breath in fresh air,
Do start some light exercise,
Eat a well balanced diet,
Share your problems with your pals,
Drink 2/3 glass of water,
Avoid caffeine and other stimulants,
If you do not eat well take multivitamin regularly,
Avoid or limit alcohol consumption.
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11-22-2011, 01:04 AM
One thing I never hear people talk about with depression that was a HUGE breakthrough for me is how you shoot your dopamine up on a regular basis. Jerking off, and just looking at porn gives you little hits of dopa in your brain. So does drinking and pretty much every drug. Comfort food can do it too, and even teasing people and getting that quick ego boost can get you addicted to that shot of dopa in your brain.
The thing is, when you are constantly getting dopa hits, you through your chemistry out of wack, and begin to need that hit. After the hit, your dopa drops hard, and you need to raise it again, with food, sex, video games, whatever.
Cutting the shit you use to feel comfortable and get instant happy feelings will make your brain chemistry go back to normal and even out.
The only way I get dopamine hits now is from sex and exercise, and socializing. Cutting waaaaaay back on looking at girls on the internets and alcohol has stabilized my mood way better than anything I've ever done. I've always been a bit on the moody side so the change has been real significant for me personally.