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DEPRESSION
Biofeedback at Mood Change Medicine
Biofeedback-Assisted Relaxation Training (BART) helps you shift your physiology from a stressed state to a relaxed and balanced one. This one of the ways BART supports your efforts to break free from destructive, anxious and depressive thought patterns. Continue reading
Is Valerian Effective for Depression?
A valerian-St. John’s wort combination herbal supplement was linked to a more rapid improvement in depressive symptoms. Learn about other depression remedies that are more reliable and can break the vicious cycle that perpetuates depression. Continue reading
St. John’s Wort: Getting its Benefits without the Drawbacks
St. John’s wort may fight depression by modulating cortisol, calming stress, extinguishing inflammation, boosting neurogenesis and neuroplasticity, increasing tryptophan and normalizing melatonin. But there are more powerful ways to heal depression that do all those things and more. Continue reading
St. John’s Wort: Backyard Weed as Potent as Prozac
This mood-boosting herb that can be found growing in your backyard is shown in studies to be as effective as a variety of different types of pharmaceutical antidepressants including tricyclics like amitriptyline, SSRIs like Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft as well as other types of antidepressant medications. Continue reading
5-HTP: Are antidepressants effective, and if so why?
5-HTP might be as effective as SSRI antidepressants like Prozac. But that might not be saying much. Most (if not all) of the benefits of SSRIs “are due to the placebo effect,” a re-analysis of FDA studies found. Antidepressants and 5-HTP may work in ways that don’t involve boosting serotonin. Continue reading
5-HTP: Efficacy for Depression, Anxiety & Insomnia
5-HTP might be as effective for depression as Prozac, but the evidence of efficacy is unclear for both the supplement and the antidepressant pharmaceuticals. It’s possible 5-HTP might help some people with either insomnia or anxiety. But the evidence is less clear. . . . Continue reading
Low Tryptophan = Low Serotonin. Does Low Serotonin = Depression?
There’s a major controversy over whether or not depression is caused by low tryptophan and it’s consequence—low serotonin. Some researchers assert that there’s no support for the hypothesis that depression is caused by lowered serotonin. What does the science say about the causes of depression . . . Continue reading
Are Tryptophan Supplements Effective for Anxiety & Depression?
Tryptophan deficiency has been linked to depression in some people. Not all tryptophan deficiencies are the result of inadequate intake. A deficiency can be caused by problems like absorption issues. Other treatments that are more effective for anxiety and depression include talk therapy, biofeedback, mindfulness and other supplements like . . . Continue reading
Cannabinoids: Depression & Inflammation
Compounds in cannabis have anti-inflammatory properties which might lead one to reach for cannabis products high in the anti-inflammatory constituents. But those using cannabinoids for anxiety and depression run the risk of making things worse. Continue reading
Nutrition for Making the Most of Natural Melatonin
The most potent way to get the sleep-promoting benefits of melatonin is to not to buy it off a store shelf. Natural melatonin is made in the body from food. All melatonin production is driven by key dietary nutrients, especially tryptophan found in foods like turkey, eggs and bananas. Continue reading
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