Has anyone tried “natural” supplements for anxiety and depression?

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Just wondering. I have really bad anxiety and depression. The meds my dr has tried me on just makes it worse, I feel like I’m just not there sometimes and I don’t wanna have to keep taking these harsh medications. I’ve read online where they have mood lifters and supplements for stress, anxiety, depression, etc. Even oils too. Has anyone tried any of this? How did it work for you?

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I use Ylang Ylang oil, frankincense, and lavender to balance my hormones. I’d love to tell you more about them (and there are plenty of others good for hormones as well) good luck!

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I have heard of people taking them for anxiety depression. My mom even used to work and a naturopath shop and they used to give vitamins and supplements for anxiety and depression. in some people they really did help and they really did show some improvement. But even my mom said that had a lot to do with what caused the individuals depression. Even some vitamin disorders, can cause mood disorders or imbalances thus taking the vitamins to make up for what's missing would counteract that.
I suffer from a condition known as psychotic depression. I've tried taking some of the supplements before and some of them I feel really did help for a while. But I quit taking them and never took them long enough to give you a full answer. for instance one of my biggest problems is that I can't sleep. On average I sleep maybe 4 to 6 hours a night, so I started taking melatonin. Which is a supplement that helps you sleep. Melatonin is produced naturally in your brain and, puts you to sleep obviously LOL and for people who suffer insomnia and what not it's because of a lack of melatonin in the brain, so taking the supplement will add it into your body and you will be able to sleep better naturally. I honestly felt so much better waking up in the mornings after sleeping with melatonin rather than waking up after taking antidepressants and whatnot the night before. Anti-anxiety medications, and antidepressants and other sleep aids always made me and still make me feel like I'm waking up with a hangover, melatonin never did that. hell even the more I'm telling you about it I'm sitting here debating going and picking up a bottle later today. sorry for the rant, but honestly I believe that if you want to give natural supplements a try, do it. I can honestly say a lot of prescribed medications for my mood honestly always made me much worse, the natural stuff never did. I either showed no difference or actually helped. Another thing to is its own natural stuff your brain either produces on its own or that's produced in nature so it's a lot harder to make you sick or become dependant on it. best of luck to you!

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I was taking St. John’s wort... it bulls birth control pill... I got pregnant... just a heads up to look into drug interactions

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No but I concur with another reply , I cannot emphasize how important a strong workout routine changes one life. I went thru a horrible time last year and started working out and I still have anxiety but nothing like before.

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try kava kava at natural grocers

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Working out really helps, when I work out religiously I don’t need my meds.

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I'm not kidding when I say fish oils help me so much

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Following! I had to stop all meds due to being pregnant and my anxiety is through the roof.

Has anyone tried “natural” supplements for anxiety and depression?

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