>Janice, Depression is not natural..transient sadness,
>grief,that's normal, but depression is a disorder, like
>diabetes. If one is not re uptaking serotonin, it is foolish
>not to treat it....I have had patients in CCU using St.John's
>wort - who were in complete heart block and in need of
>pacemakers because they wanted to be "natural" (and yes,i'm a
>nurse,vegetarian,yoga teacher, peta and greenpeace activist)
>but why do SSRI with something unregulated when you can have
>something that has been FDA approved with peer reviewed study?
> Anyhoo- you are coping with something too heavy for your
>shoulders....the zoloft, maybe at 100 mgs, might negate your
>underlying pathology so you can do the work of grieving and
>maybe get through some other pain that you've
>suppressed....your dad's death is part of his story...he never
>got to make amends...but you can live life and not repeat his
>story, your children never need to experience the
>ramifications of his life - as they so impacted
>yours....you're trying to try - and that's all you have to
>do....and if you need a nap, TAKE the damn nap! That's the
>body attempting to HEAL!! We Americans sleep less than anyone
>on earth and its not healthy..sleep 12 at night at times and
>take a nap a couple times a week - till Christmas - GIVE
>yourself permission to heal! THEN, New Year, you can start
>kicking your butt in gear and back off the naps and sleep, but
>allow yourself the fall to rest, heal, and get recalled to
>life.
>
>You are not alone...you have countless friends you've never
>met, just by sharing yourself. Hang in there .
With all due respect, just because the FDA approved it does not mean it is good for you. Take artificial sweeteners, for example. They turn to poison in the body and yet the FDA says they are "safe". They chemically alter when heated over 90 degrees, and yet now they are telling you to bake with at (at over 350 degrees) and use children in their commercials to brainwash you into thinking it's safe. It chemically alters into a different kind of poison when stored for extended periods (say, oh, a few months) and into a another kind of poison when it gets cold, but that doesn't stop people from putting it in their iced tea. But, the FDA says it's "safe", so everyone thinks it's okay.
And look at methodone. It kills someone every other day - people who were using the drug in the exact way it was intended and prescribed. It kills them while they sleep because it turns the body toxic. But the FDA says it's safe.
The FDA also said it was safe to inject thimersol into children as part of their vaccinations. Thimersol is mercury and I find it more than a coincidence that hundreds of babies were perfectly healthy and developing perfectly normally UNTIL they received a vaccination or booster. Then, they suddenly "became" autistic and developmentally stunted.
I know someone who was starting to become depressed all the time, and she tried St. John's Wort and immediately improved...with no ill side effects. Just because something isn't "regulated" doesn't mean it is bad for you. I mean, look at all those "regulated" things listed above. When faced with the facts, can you really say they are better than a non-regulated item? I know my answer.
>grief,that's normal, but depression is a disorder, like
>diabetes. If one is not re uptaking serotonin, it is foolish
>not to treat it....I have had patients in CCU using St.John's
>wort - who were in complete heart block and in need of
>pacemakers because they wanted to be "natural" (and yes,i'm a
>nurse,vegetarian,yoga teacher, peta and greenpeace activist)
>but why do SSRI with something unregulated when you can have
>something that has been FDA approved with peer reviewed study?
> Anyhoo- you are coping with something too heavy for your
>shoulders....the zoloft, maybe at 100 mgs, might negate your
>underlying pathology so you can do the work of grieving and
>maybe get through some other pain that you've
>suppressed....your dad's death is part of his story...he never
>got to make amends...but you can live life and not repeat his
>story, your children never need to experience the
>ramifications of his life - as they so impacted
>yours....you're trying to try - and that's all you have to
>do....and if you need a nap, TAKE the damn nap! That's the
>body attempting to HEAL!! We Americans sleep less than anyone
>on earth and its not healthy..sleep 12 at night at times and
>take a nap a couple times a week - till Christmas - GIVE
>yourself permission to heal! THEN, New Year, you can start
>kicking your butt in gear and back off the naps and sleep, but
>allow yourself the fall to rest, heal, and get recalled to
>life.
>
>You are not alone...you have countless friends you've never
>met, just by sharing yourself. Hang in there .
With all due respect, just because the FDA approved it does not mean it is good for you. Take artificial sweeteners, for example. They turn to poison in the body and yet the FDA says they are "safe". They chemically alter when heated over 90 degrees, and yet now they are telling you to bake with at (at over 350 degrees) and use children in their commercials to brainwash you into thinking it's safe. It chemically alters into a different kind of poison when stored for extended periods (say, oh, a few months) and into a another kind of poison when it gets cold, but that doesn't stop people from putting it in their iced tea. But, the FDA says it's "safe", so everyone thinks it's okay.
And look at methodone. It kills someone every other day - people who were using the drug in the exact way it was intended and prescribed. It kills them while they sleep because it turns the body toxic. But the FDA says it's safe.
The FDA also said it was safe to inject thimersol into children as part of their vaccinations. Thimersol is mercury and I find it more than a coincidence that hundreds of babies were perfectly healthy and developing perfectly normally UNTIL they received a vaccination or booster. Then, they suddenly "became" autistic and developmentally stunted.
I know someone who was starting to become depressed all the time, and she tried St. John's Wort and immediately improved...with no ill side effects. Just because something isn't "regulated" doesn't mean it is bad for you. I mean, look at all those "regulated" things listed above. When faced with the facts, can you really say they are better than a non-regulated item? I know my answer.
