Hi,
I'm betting you get tons of advice.
One of the most holistic things you can do to alleviate depression is regular
low-level aerobic exercise. Actually, the more intense workouts help too, but
simply walking a half hour a day is good enough to have a real effect. Of
course, when you're already depressed, it's really hard to get motivated to
take that first step. Helps if you can make a committment and turn it into an
automatic routine.
My wife has had endogenous depression most of her life, which merely means that
for whatever reason, her body or brain is predisposed towards depression. In
addition she has had some significant life-changing events that have caused
stress and situational depression.
Over the years, she has had talking therapy and also a variety of
anti-depressant medications. She had no success with any of the medications
until her dr. prescribed Cymbalta. Now despite her daunting health and
situational situation, she no longer has to deal with mood problems.
My advice would be to try out holistic avenues, alternative meds and so on, but
also consider trying some of the prescription medications. Standard medical
treatment has mostly failed her, but we do have one really nice allopathic
treatment which has been very successful for her for depression.
It's expensive though, so our insurance plan is always trying to find some way
to have her treated with something cheaper that is unlikely to be effective.
Best of luck,
--- On Sat, 1/30/10, LOU ROSELLI <lrose...@hvc.rr.com> wrote:
From: LOU ROSELLI <lrose...@hvc.rr.com>
Subject: CS>Depression/Anxiety
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 7:43 AM
I need some direction.
My wife is 46 years old suffering from depression,
anxiety and menopause. She has been seeing counselors and she was recommended
to
again take an depressants. She has tried Wellbutryn once for a month which
gave her bad side effects like headaches and anxious and the latest Lexapro
which also she can not stand the side effects. They are making her feel
even worse, then better. Lexapro has been making her feel nauseas and dizzy
which are some of the side effects is what I read. I finally got her to think
about the natural route and I am trying to see if anyone out there can
give me some solid holistic direction of what see can take to help her
feel better to alleviate the depression anxiety and the usual hot flashes and
everything else that comes with menopause, without these side effects..Can
anyone direct me.
Thanks
Lou
from NY
