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Originally Posted by vital
Since you're in Canada, I'm really surprised that you have such restricted medical options, but OK...
I suspect that at some point, you've been told the the options for treating depression are antidepressants and therapy. However, there are things you can try that statistically speaking work better than either drugs or therapy and they cost nothing. I'm thinking of exercise, improving your diet and meditation. If you look in the "Depression Success Stories" section, for instance, you'll find people who report that they have completely resolved their depression just with meditation. If I were in your shoes, I would give these things a very serious try. You can also try this
http://forums.psychcentral.com/depre...n-escaped.html
which is easy to try and also free. In post #45 above and web sites by Mark Hyman and Andrew Weil, you can find ideas about diet and possible underlying medical or nutritional issues.
 - vital |
I was also wondering about the thing in Canada with their insurance system. Aren't prescription drugs covered?
I would like to see the studies that say statistically speaking exercise and meditation is better than meds and therapy combined. It seems the common consensus is that meds and therapy combined is the best approach. I would strongly encourage anyone to add these other methods or go with therapy and other methods without meds if meds haven't worked.
You might check out this thread. There is no way to know if those that reported lasting success relapsed or not and actually there are very few who reported lasting success.
http://forums.psychcentral.com/depre...s-stories.html