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Prevention and Treatment for Depression(Read
This Article Carefully)
Make
sure you have a diet that provides adequate amounts of clcium and
protein. * If you crave carbohydrates, go on a high-carbohydrate
diet. supplemented with 500 to 1,000 milligrams of I-tryptophan,
taken three times a day with juice. * If you are lethargic and depressed,
and do not crave carbohydrates take a gram of tyrosine three times
a day with meals. * If you are taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors
(MA 0 inhibitors), be sure to consume a tyramine-restricted diet.
* If you are on antidepressants, watch your weight carefully.
Lynn had always been a happy sort of teenager, but during the last
six months she seemed to have changed completely. In fact, since
her seven teeth birthday she had gradually drifted away from most
of her friends. She had stopped caring about her looks, lost interest
in everybody and everything, and withdrawn into herself. She had
also lost her appetite and found it difficult to sleep. Her schoolwork,
too, suddenly seemed unimportant to her performance in school fell
off precipitously. Her mother noticed that Lynn had gained a good
deal of weight, and that she would binge on cakes cookies, and chocolate
at almost any time of day.
Lynn's mother had confided her concern about her daughter to a friend,
and the friend had told her that she had been given a tryptophan
supplement when she felt depressed and that it had worked well.
Lynn went to a psychiatrist specializing in nutritional therapies.
He ruled out physical or metabolic causes for her depression, such
as hypoglycemia , and he agreed that tryptophan might help. Lynn
started taking one gram of crypto three times a day. After four
weeks, she said she began to feel much better. Within a year, she
was able to stop taking the tryptophan and is once again a sociable
young woman, as well as a successful student looking forward to
college.
Other Advice: There
are many people who feel that controlling depression through natural
dietary supplements and adjustments is far preferable to the use
of antidepressant drugs, like the MAO inhibitors or tricyÂclic
antidepressants. However, in cases of massive, continuing depression,
or true emoÂtional imbalances that severely disrupt
a person's life, a doctor's care and appropriate medication are
advised. The simple dietary suppleÂments discussed
here are intended for people who are usually well balanced, and
who suffer only rarely or occasionally from depression and/or
lethargy.
The emotionally ill, on the other hand, show dramatÂic
changes in neurotransmitter levels that cannot be corrected solely
by dietary supplements. Coffee will not cure depression. It is
a brain stimulant and will temporarily improve your energy level
and concentration. Although some unconventional therapists suggest
that certain foods cause depression, this has yet to be proved.
There is no harm in trying this approach, though it is unlikely
that the majority of patients will benefit. In those cases where
there is an apparent success, it also generally takes a long time
to isolate the problem food, during which time the patient gets
no relief.(Author)
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