So you go to your doctor or psychiatrist and you finally agree to take an antidepressant. Yet to your dismay you find that your depression symptoms are not fully going away. What now? In addition to talk therapy or other non-prescription remedies to treat depression your doctor may also recommend that you take an add-on or augmentation medication or supplement along with your antidepressant to increase its effectiveness. In a previous post I discussed how many of us are taking a...
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