I can understand your hesitation to use what you call "happy pills." I had that same feeling most of my life. I grew up in a vegitarian home. My mother doesn't believe in medications. She won't even buy asprin!!! I didn't get asprin until I was an adult. I can go on and on about my ultra-healthy upbringing (which was a good thing)... as a matter of fact, I kind of live this way too.... I shop at Whole Foods, buy organic milk, look closely at the ingredients of my cosmetics, etc...

But when a person is clinically depressed, self-medicating with an affair, alcohol, drugs, etc... is not exactly healthy. Compared to these forms of self-medication, a low dosage of anti-depressents would probably be much healthier and more effective. If you are serotonin deficient, just trying to think depression away only goes so far. You might improve it a little, but if your body needs it you are better supplimenting it. And the easist and most effective way is anti-depressants. And it can be a low dose and temporary. Just to help you during a very difficult time of life.


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