The Truth About Natural Treatments for Depression

Also, if there is a natural depression cure out there, chances are pretty poor that it is going to be dispensed online or in health food stores. Remember, pharmaceutical companies want to find the perfect depression cure too. They would license the rights to any herb or supplement that showed promise, like Pfizer did with Hoodia eight years ago, long before it started showing up in spam advertisements. So if you're tempted to try one of these cures, remember that a legitimate discovery would have been sold to the drug companies for millions.

Antidepressants definitely aren't perfect. Side effects can be uncomfortable. My teeth are permanently de-calcified from ten years of dry mouth caused by taking an antidepressant from one of the older families. But I spent those ten years happy and productive, not miserable and withdrawn. I'm not thrilled about what happened to my teeth, but it's a small price to pay for that decade.

If you are resistant to taking antidepressants because you'd rather find a natural solution, ask yourself how long you want to wait. How much of your life do you want to waste waiting for someone to find a natural treatment for depression?

If you are taking a natural herb or supplement to treat your depression, make sure you have at hand a book like the Pill Book Guide to Natural Medicines, which gives information about possible drug and food interactions. And please make sure that you talk to your doctor to see if you need to do any regular testing.