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Old Sep 07, 2015, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Slowbrains View Post
Vital, i just consider how common it really is. What i believe is that you can't say it's quite likely. I've read hmm... paranoind concerns about Lamical causing rash, and the truth is that it's about 1/1000. It just gets too much attention. I took a risk with that and don't regret.

I take, beside Lamictal, fish oil like triple dose, it has notable effect. Also do trail running, snowboarding and free weights at gym. I feel those absolute helpful (all training requiring good balance has been scientifically proved to relieve depression)

But still when depression crawls in to me... I can usually keep doing those but just like technically performing those routines... Not enjoying.

I'm bipolar, so it is brain chemistry problem. I know sometimes depression can be cured with pretty natural means, but in those cases it would be rather psychological.

I'll study your post you linked...
Hi Slow,

It sounds like you're doing lots of great stuff already and are already trying the safe healthy things first. I only had depression rather than bi-polar, but I might have been similar to you in that exercise was a big help, but couldn't resolve the whole thing. It sounds kind of crazy, but what really worked for me for depression was this:

http://egg.bu.edu/~youssef/SNAP_CLUB...0164151576.pdf

My own main reference for antidepressant risks is this paper

Negative Effects of Antidepressants | Mad in America

I don't know that much about ECT, but it's clear that at least some people consider it to be very dangerous. If it was me, I'd be researching that carefully before going in for it. You can find posts right in this forum that would be giving me pause

http://forums.psychcentral.com/other...er-normal.html

- vital