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Old Nov 12, 2014, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by x123 View Post
Thanks, and I realized I forgot to mention that I have been using some herbs for depression. They help a little bit.
- licorice: 3 cups of tea per day helps sometimes
- SAM-e: 200 mg once per day gives energy and motivation (sometimes too much though and I get jittery)
- kava: once in a while if I'm having panic it helps, but it makes me sleepy
I had a similar experience in that herbs (St. John's Wort) and various teas did little or nothing for me either.

Here's something that I think might be very surprising for you but worth your consideration. The little snapping thing I do

http://forums.psychcentral.com/depre...n-escaped.html

is not like the herbs. It's not like it helps a little. It was a VAST change for me. It was far more powerful than any drug I took.

I'm similarly impressed with a couple of stories about meditation not helping a little, but helping a HUGE amount.

As Stephen Colbert says: I'LL SEE YOU IN HEALTH!!!

- vital