Vitamins/natural supplements to help with anxiety/depression

Hello. So I have found that vitamin D has helped A LOT with mood, as in depression. I am unsure about the vitamin B12 I am on. So today I bought a bunch more supplements. Here will be the list I will be taking:
-Vitamin B6 and B12 (will combine to complex once B12/B6 run out)
-Vitamin D
-Omega 3 & 6 & 9 (combo pill)
-Melatonin (my pdoc recommended me to go on this because of sleep issues)

Do you think this will benefit me? Should I drop some? Add more? What vitamin(s)/natural supplements help you? I am curious on the more "natural side of thing" that my mom won't get angry at me about. I do want to go on another anxiety medication, but I do want to try natural ones. Thanks for any responses .

Have you read anything about St. John's Wort? It's supposed to be excellent for depression. I have noticed a significant decrease in my depression since I started taking it about five months ago.

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Hello. I have heard of it. But my pdoc said NOT to take it with my antidepressant because I could get serotonin syndrome, which I don't want. I would if I could. Thanks for the advice .

For anxiety passionflower is as effective as benzos without the side effects,and addiction.

St John's Wort has been excellent for me. SSRIs have given me bad side effects whilst not doing much for my depression whereas after being on (a good quality) St John's Wort supplement for 6 weeks now, my depression has remitted quite a lot and I have very little side effects. I can't speak highly enough of it.

Lavender for anxiety, pepermint for depression

Valerian root is one of the only non-prescription things to actually reduce my anxiety. I was skeptical of it for the longest time because none of the other things worked.

Your body slowly stores vit D naturally from the sun for example which helps absorption of vit C which is more readily helps absorption of Iron which helps feed your RBCs which helps those who are anemic or slightly anemic which one. Common symptom is fatigue. Simple building blocks that makes you... damanged parts need to be rebuilt... and you get all these from breaking down different types of food. That's how yor body heals itself. Both physically and mentally. However it's a lot more complicated than that other people react different. requiring other medicines. I personally ally enjoy many kinds of herbal teas. I don't drink it before rafter taking my meds

Many vitamins work in con junction with each other ND other minerals so that's why it's I. Portent to have a well rounded diet. Eating from natural sources is great. But if you have problems eating and your body can't absorp well for any reason, supplements are the next best thing to consuming them

please DO NOT quote ANY SELECTION of my post. thank you. have a good day.

That doesn't help my anxiety but it does make for a more peaceful sleep when taking with melatonin.

I take all of those and none helped my MH issues. That is not to say it is not helpful. I am on a ton of meds and have bad anxiety both of which blocks absorption from what I understand.

Melatonin helps me sleep, 3mg, but I need to also take valerian root because melatonin by itself, or maybe it is interacting with Remeron or Gabapentin, causes crazy dreams which makes for a less restful sleep.Valerian root seems to smooth it out a little.

Are there any scientific studies on this? I would be very interested in them.

L-theanine is a *godsend*. It doesn't make you sleepy so you can even take it in the morning.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21208586

Taurine is calming too but makes me sleepy so I take it before bed.

Here's one Passiflora for anxiety disorder. - PubMed - NCBI

I just started taking L-theanine and it's awesome. I have trouble sleeping (night shift worker) and have added L-theanine and 3 mg melatonin to my clonopin and doxepin and I am sleeping really well, all things considered. I also take D3 2000IU and "Calm Tabs" from Puritan's Pride which have a bunch of herbal things, as well as Sertraline for depression. I am going to add milk thistle/silymarin as I worry about the damage I am doing to my liver. I try to check drug interactions in medical papers and so far have not found anything worrying yet.

Determined to lose weight - and also because money is an issue - I have become practically vegetarian. Even with my diet well thought out and allowing for my hutritional needs my psychiatrist has expressed concern. As a result he has pleaded with me to supplement my diet with a multi-vitamin; especially one high in D, omegas, and the Bs.

i know what you mean. i eat well, and still require supplements of D, potassium and now , on the recommendation of my Pdoc, B12. there is a lovely vegan omega, made from krill that is much more pure than the fishy one. the D and potassium are relatively affordable, but the B12 and the Omegas are a bit pricey, esp. for the high quality ones. however, they are still much cheaper than meat.

i had the blood tests and it showed my vitamin levels quite acceptable, but when i started taking an organic, liquid B12, i noticed a considerable rise in energy levels. i guess 'normal' is different for everyone.

best wishes with your slimming plan. i am shedding about a pound a week on a strict calorie-counting food intake plan. ( i avoid words like 'loss', 'diet', 'weight', etc. which i think trigger old eating habits.) i have found that keeping a food log really helps me to manage my appetite.

I take medical cannabis with the psychoactive part removed so I don't get high.I take Vitamin D3 5000 iu a day,which the doctor's tests showed I was deficient in and the doctor said it was likely if I was deficient in vit D3 that I would be low on Magnesium.

So I also take Magnesium,Calcium and Zinc combined as well as Chromium Picolinate which is meant to help regulate blood sugars as I am diabetic.

I think it is all helping the Magnesium,calcium and zinc seem to work on alleviating my anxiety and depression too!

So far it is good.I eat fish as well to get my omega 3 and 6, good for the brain!
I have smoked salmon with creme cheese for breakfast in the mornings.

That keeps my depression into the less severe that it could be.

I think some supplements are a great help!

For example, when low on Vitamin D3 I was always extremely fatigued and exhausted,once diagnosed and treated that changed for the better,physcially,and my mental health got better too.Before I was always so low,moody,irritable now I am more mellow.
It is surprising what a good diet with supplements what a difference it makes.
I mean if we are deficient in vitamins and minerals psychiatric medications aren't going to help the body or mind affected by those deficiencies.

I wish everyone good luck!Marylinx

I read in a book on natural supplements published by Mosby. If you're unfamiliar with the publisher. Its a major medical publishing firm. It says St. John's Wort is good for mild to moderate depression. It can cause seratonin syndrome if taken with SSRIs and NSRI. IOW don't take with Rx meds.

I've been a vegetarian/almost vegan for years, and if anything my nutrition has improved. It's a knee-jerk reaction for healthcare practitioners to be worried when you say you're cutting out animal protein. Just be careful not to overdo the carbs, which is super-easy to do. I am not a skinny veggie, by any means, lol. But I did cut my cholesterol wayyyyy down after I stopped eating meat, as well as my fasting glucose. My doc was pleased, and said nothing when I told her how I was eating (but I also supplement with Vit D because I live in a not-super-sunny state). I will say that I eat fish and eggs, once in a great while, but they are usually locally harvested/caught.