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Don't ask your doctor as he may not know much about depression treating strategies. The majority of primary care providers will prescribe anti-depressant medications as the first and only option. While anti-depressant medications are a perfectly valid and sometimes helpful method of treating depression, I would not exactly call them successful as a study three years ago showed that only about 50% of patients could actually get rid of their symptoms with this type of medication. That is not a high success rate.
Before we list the three successful depression treating strategies, we need to understand the complexity of the problem. Most anti depressant medications work by increasing levels of serotonin which is an important brain chemical in determining our mood but it also plays a very important role in our appetite. But there are other causes and mechanisms at work which complicate the picture, such as a deficit in nutrition, a problem with our immune system, a high level of stress hormones. There can also be genetic and environmental factors at work too, not forgetting the psychological and social factors such as exercise, diet and social contacts.
The first depression treating strategy is to look at the lifestyle of the depressed patient. There is now a ton of evidence to show that persons with a range of social contacts are less likely to fall into depression. Regular exercise has been shown over and over again to be beneficial because it produces endorphins which are also known as the 'happy chemicals'. One study even shows that a sweat breaking activity can be as effective as any anti-depressant if done regularly.
Talk yourself through depression. That is the second of the successful ways of treating depression that I can recommend. Talking could involve counselling and or psychotherapy. But, on a more modest scale, it could involve getting involved in a support group or joining the online forums where you can meet people and talk the whole experience through. It is also important in making social contacts, even if they are only online. The great advantage is that by talking about depression and learning coping skills, we are much less likely to have a relapse which is a big problem for many patients on depression medicines.
The third depression treating strategy is to look at alternatives to lift our mood. While relaxation, meditation, yoga and special breathing exercises will all help, we will need something else to boost our mood and to help us restore some of the balance in our brains which seems to be a bit skewed. One of the best treatments I know is a homeopathic or a herbal one. There are now studies to show that some herbs (St. John's Wort, passion flower and gingko biloba) have much fewer side effects and will be just as effective in restoring serenity to a troubled mind.
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Want to learn more about depression treating strategies ? Robert Locke has written extensively on Mental Health for many years.
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can u ever get better from fibromyalgia or improve a great deal?
i am having a major panic attack right now. Have had this for 9 years and currently in severe depression at how i have no life AT ALL and people on forums all saying you have this for life and end up disabled. I cant deal with the thought of that as my future and doesnt really help with the depression
I dont know what to do but i cant live knowing thats my future - has anyone had this/improved/ANYTHING OF SOME HOPE??
As for having it only some months i have had it 9 years!
And though you say it wont lead to disability on the daily strength forum i am constantly speaking to fibromyalgia sufferers who are disabled and unable to work as a result. I am so scared i am only 26
The metformin approac- im actually on this for PCOS and havent noticed it helping but thanks for the suggestion and i used to be on amitriptyline but that just made me feel even more exhausted
I have improved alot since my diagnosis. There are so many things we can do to improve our health and lives. Dont listen to all those people who tell you that you will be disabled. You can have a very good life despite this diagnosis.
These are the things I have found that helped me to improve my life:
Dietary changes:
Eat a diet as close to natural as possible. That means you eat lots of fresh fruits and veggies,whole grains, lean meats and low fat dairy .Avoid foods with added sugar, artifical sweetners (especially those in the aspartame -nutrasweet family ) . Avoid caffiene in all forms. Give up drinking carbonated beverages. Drink water, its good for your body.
Basically its a very healthy way of eating. Once you get all the over processed foods out of your life the better off you will be.
You should also try taking vitamins and supplements . People who have fibromyalgia tend to have probelms with processing nutrients . Take a multiple vitamin, vitamin c for your immune system, take a magnesium/calcium/zinc blend. The magnesium is for muscle cramps , it needs the calcium to process correctly and zinc is for the immune system.
Your doctor will prescribe a sleep medication , and something for pain. What you should know is pain meds will not get rid of all your pain, they simply will take the edge off your pain . Many of the other things I have mentioned will help reduce your pain down to a level you can live with.
I stumbled across DRibose, and it has made my life so much better. It has allowed me to cut my pain medication back by half. Read up on it, and dont be afraid to try it. I have information about it on my yahoo 360 blog.
I have found that working in warm water has helped my pain .The water is the only place I dont hurt all the time. Walking is good too. Just start out slowly, building slowly.
Now this final thing is something you need to hear. Please listen to me. You are young and I want you to have the benefit of what I wish I had known at your age. Once you really understand this one thing your life will change for the better:
You need to change the way you think. Stop dwelling on the negative, keep your life and thoughts positive. You see fibromyalgia is a very complicated thing. It all starts in our brains. Our brains control so much and we dont realize how much our thoughts can be involved in how our bodies feel. Im not sayings its psycological, Im saying its a chain of chemical reactions that originates in the brain. When we have negative thoughts , our brains send out a wave of chemicals that prepares our bodies for the "fight or flight" cycle. If you allow your thoughts to be mired in negative thoughts( You know the ones...about being disabled, about all the bad things in life) you are causing your own pain. I know its easy to get stuck in a cycle of negative thoughts, especially if you are surrounded by people who are stuck in their own negative thoughts. BUT you cant afford to live your life that way. Its just causing you more pain. Its those chemicals that are being secreted in your brian that are causing you to have more pain. You CAN break this cycle.
When you catch yourself having those negative thoughts, deliberately stop yourself and substitue GOOD thoughts. Things that make you happy. Eventually you will change the way you think and your health and life WILL improve.
I know that sounds deceptively simple , but it really does work. Please stop surrounding yourself with negative thoughts , you really can be better. You just have to decide you want better health and a better life. All these things will take time to do, choose one and work at it. It took me several years to learn all these things. I hope you will find things from my post to help you.
One final thing. This next year there will be a new medication coming out on the market that will be a huge boom for those of us with fibromyalgia. It treats both depression and insomnia, without all those sexual side effects and the morning after fatigue we are now dealing with from our meds. I suspect the medictaion will change all of our lives. It will be called Agomelatine.
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