Being medicine free was something I took great pride in. My secret for success, eating a variety of foods (healthful & not so healthful) and exercise. How could this healthy combo not lead to a medicine free existence?
Enter depression, like a foul ball coming out of nowhere & hitting me in the head (figuratively). The symptoms of lethargy, sadness, crying, barely making it out of bed in the morning & the complete inability to interact affectively with other people. I was falling down the rabbit hole. Solution, psychiatrist and SSRI. So much for my medicine free existence!
Treatment with SSRI slows the brain. Perhaps that’s how it works – the brain forgets it has depression. This phenomenon really struck home at Thanksgiving. Every year we have dinner with family and after we play games. My favorite is BuzzWord as I am really good at it, or should I say – was good at it. Last year no SSRI, I could blurt the answer before the word was fully delivered. This year SSRI & my brain could not retrieve a response. Teammates that previously could’t formulate an idea before I blurted the answer were leaving me in the dust.
It was then I decided to do research on depression, SSRIs and alternative treatments to depression. This blog will chronicle my journey in managing depression and uncovering alternative remedies through nutrition, movement outdoors, mediation (yoga), and the support of family & friends. My goal is to successfully integrate lifestyle changes that result in my psychiatrist d/c-ing the SSRI.
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