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Originally Posted by DeterminedSlacker
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Anyway, I was curious if anyone had any suggestions as to the first steps I should take to start recovering. I don't want to take pills, I'm not judging anyone who does of course but if I can I'd like to deal with this without medicinal assistance if possible. If I can't then I'm open for meds, but I'd like to try without them first....
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Hi DeterminedSlacker,
There are LOTS of promising things to try for depression. You can find a partial list here
http://forums.psychcentral.com/4262681-post105.html
I especially think that the best first step is to carefully check for medical problems with your M.D. There are a surprisingly large number of common purely medical problems that can drag you down mentally.
You might find these notes to be helpful.
http://egg.bu.edu/~youssef/SNAP_CLUB/BA.pdf
You'll find and explanation of how depression works and what you can do about it.
- vital