Great post Mark.
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I'm surprised there's been little mention of nutrition in all of this .
I'm sure that I owe my life to the internet and some research about nutrition for depression .
A lot of well-meaning people are advising that exercise is a way of getting over this, but certainly there was no way in late 2007 I could have used exercise as a way out of this because any attempt to do any exercise resulted in (worse) insomnia , plus I was absolutely exhausted .
I would recommend anyone suffering regular bouts of depression to research AT LEAST the following :
Magnesium
Zinc
Vitamin B6
Anti-depressants will help the brain chemistry, but they can only be successful in the long run if the raw materials are supplied .
Serotonin requires Tryptophan ( from protein , esp. milk and chicken ),
Magnesium,
B6,
Zinc.
Oh, did I mention that hard exercise depletes Magnesium ?
High carbohydrate diets with a lot of cereal reduce Iron and Zinc .
Caffeine and alcohol can make you short of various B-vitamins .
There are loads of good websites out there . Some I recently discovered, for instance :
http://evolutionarypsychiatry.blogspot.com/
http://george-eby-research.com/html/...n-anxiety.html
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