Depressed

Check out the Neurocycle app. It’s the first scientifically researched and tested mental health app. It’s made to help work with the cycles of the brain to help rewrite the stories we tell ourselves, and to change our ways of thinking, which have such a profound change on the body, down to the cellular level. Sometimes our own prison is the one we’ve made with our minds because we are not taught how to use our minds properly. This is definitely an app worth checking out!

Sometimes there’s no rhyme or reason why one feels or goes through depression unfortunately but a therapist can definitely be helpful with potentially uncovering the root of your depression and/or helping you work through it in general 🤍

i had this issue and i was on a hormonal birth control.. i got off and decided to use phexxi as birth control & i have been feeling so much better!!

I started Prozac and saw a huge difference- I didn’t like relying on it and am now off of it and working on my mental health but just finding that initial push to get you out of the depression rut helped me a lot, there are side effects which are super mild at first and tend to get worse once you are on it for a while - I think I’ve been on it for a least a year - 2 years which is why I don’t recommend depending on it super long term! Coming off was easy - had one really emotional day but was also because of PMS - which doc told me it would help that too for PMDD. Which it does so I might take it periodically or as needed now but they say it’s to be less effective - take what doctors say about medication but also look at redit for groups because I had a lot of questions why later when I started experience it symptoms like crazy dreams and some other minor things that apparently are really common! But I thought I was going a bit crazy at first lol I think therapy is the BETTER option but I couldn’t afford it and my insurance covered the medication my doctor recommended based on my health history- this is only my personal experience

Check your iron levels, look at if you're having enough sleep, maybe a blood test?. Also, I sometimes feel depressed after ovulation. I would track my moods throughout several months if I were you, some women have it worse than others. There could be something off with your health right now and I've noticed that therapists don't look into it at all.

I would also recommend getting some blood work done to check nutrient levels. Being deficient in a handful of minerals or essential fats can mean that the brain doesn’t have enough fuel to function and make all of its happy hormones too! Getting it from food is best, but finding a quality supplement can help support brain health too. There are many forms of depression, but when it comes on without any reasons you can see as an external factor, a lot of the time, it’s simply a minor imbalance or deficiency with nutrition. It’s sad but most doctors are too quick to recommend pills before even doing tests to determine if anti-depressants are necessary. If any physician pushes for pills before any testing, get a second opinion and push to get testing first. Functional Medical Practitioners will have more understanding with looking for the root causes of individual issues instead of just pushing conventional medicine.Vitamin B complexes - when deficient, the brain can easily dip into depressive episodes, seemingly without external reasons.Omega 3s - amazing fuel for the brain. Meta studies are showing the benefits of supplementing with omega 3s, especially with higher EPA content. Aim for over 2000IUs total dailyPolyunsaturated fats (mostly plant fats like avocados, olives, nuts, and seeds) - the brain is mostly made up of fats and needs healthy fats to fuel itself mentally and to make hormones and energy in the body.Magnesium - this mineral is required for over 300+ functions in the body & brain, and most people are deficient. Magnesium Malate is a blend that you can take in the morning to help support energy production as well as many other functions that can help the body to balance itself back out again.5-HTP or Triptophan - both are building blocks needed to produce the main happy hormones in the brain. If the body can’t produce or use enough, it doesn’t have enough materials to build happiness.