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Thank you guys so much, I Do realize that most of the things you are suggesting, I don’t get or do enough of. I will defiantly make a better effort at getting outside exercising and eliminating as much non-raw foods out of my diet as I can. Thank you so much for your help and encouragement.
My ENTIRE family has a tendency to be extremely depressed. I am the ONLY one who is not so depressed and doesn’t take medication. Not to say that I don’t get depressed. If I didn’t choose this lifestyle i would be just like them. But it is more situational and controlled by food and exercise. I don’t agree with Laurenlove’s reply to you at all. 5 yrs ago or so by switching to all ORGANIC foods ..processed or not I cured an immediate onset of panic and anxiety attacks. Haven’t had that problem since! Depression is DIRECTLY related to food and exercise. My sister is on 3 drugs for her depression and tried to commit suicide twice whilst on them. She cannot be convinced that it is the drugs that made her feel that way. Never before the drugs she attempted suicide:( My other sister also on drugs for bi-polar and manic depression. So I definately have some serious depression running rampant in my family. They ALL think I am NOT as depressed as they are. I keep trying to tell them it’s my lifestyle that keeps me less depressed. Currently I am using maca powder but it is making things worse for me. It seems it is bringing out deep seated mood swings, depressions and breakdowns. I still think it works!! but I have cut back from using everyday. I couldn’t take the behavior i was exhibiting. I seriously think its MAJOR detox and my mind can’t handle that much at one time. Sometimes our depression is not really what it seems. 90% of serotonin is in your colon. And maybe, just maybe you are heavily loaded down with heavy metal toxicity causing you to feel this way. You never know.. try some cilantro it is great for that.
I think, for me, exercise really helps. Another, more experimental, treatment, is saffron, believe it or not! It is expensive to get the real stuff, I know, but steeping about six or so stigmas of saffron in some hot water long enough to make a “tea” is something I have been doing. It may be placebo, I don’t know, but I came to this conclusion after reading about medical trials featuring saffron for depression (you can probably google it) and so far the effect has been really wonderful and uplifting. You could use the soaking liquid in a raw smoothie, too, to get the added plus of raw food healing power as well! Not sure if the stigmas are edible, but I usually do chew on them and maybe swallow a few! Be warned, though….your teeth will get stained temporarily until you brush them from drinking this! A small price to pay for the hope….
I know this may go against what some people are saying here, but you could also look into a local DBT program. It’s a sort of behavioral group therapy where they teach you skills about how to look at situations with a higher consciousness of your feelings and behavior—so on top of learning how to re-evaluate and frame situations you also are taught methods of being nice to yourself and treating your own consciousness with compassion and empathy (i.e. not beating ourselves up on bad days). A lot of times these are offered at hospitals and centers for the treatment of mental illness, but from what I’ve personally experienced they will not force or pressure you to go on medication if you decide you just want to go through the program. The tools are invaluable and many of the things I personally learned I was actually relearning from a naturopath who took care of me growing up.