Would like to hear what others have learned or experienced with respect to physiological contributors to depression and effective ways to address them.

I'm not talking about the "chemical imbalance" myth and marketing campaign that props up the psych drug biz. I'm talking about real physiological factors.

I'm not dismissing emotional, social, familial factors. Seems this is the biggest piece of the puzzle.

But the advice is nearly always -- you need drugs, or therapy, or both. And what's left out is the entire body and its connection to the mind.

How many who have been declared "mentally ill" by the mainstream medical system are in fact suffering from undiagnosed systemic disease?

Examples:
- thyroid or other hormone dysfunction
- nutrient deficiencies (B12, D, EFAs, Magnesium, Zinc, B6)
- chronic inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) from autoimmune, inflammatory, or infectious disease
- neurotoxins from parasitic/infectious organisms, mold exposure, mercury/metals toxicity
- diseases of the gut