When I developed a receding hairline, I freaked out and decided I couldn't take it any more as I had a bunch of other nasty side-effects. It wasn't a one day thing, but I did stop taking them except when I felt I needed them.

Shortly thereafter I learned about amino acids and how they are used by the body to produce the neurotransmitters ADs worked on. It seemed logical to me that taking something to produce them was the sensible thing to do so I bought some, and started taking them. I was amazed at how better I felt, especially because I hadn't realized how many of my crazy symptoms were really unrecognized side-effects.

That was about 9.5 years ago, and my mood is better than it's been in 25 years. I was on meds for 13 years with very limited success. My husband is amazed at the difference in my life from when we got married when I was undiagnosed with bipolar 2, and now my mood is very stable.

Here's some links on the subject of treating depression with amino acids. St. John's Wort is known to be very effective in controlling depression as it increases serotonin in the brain. I've never used it simply because the amino acids have done a great job.

This is a brain function questionnaire that shows the emotions and feeling related to each neurotransmitter:

http://drjolee.com/Brain-Function-Questionnaire.pdf

Two article on using amino acids to treat depression:

https://www.integrativepsychiatry.ne...epression.html

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