If you read this thread you can understand why depression is such a pain in the arse. If you havent been through it you would never understand it. Telling a depressed person to be happy and think positive is like telling a drunk person to be normal and think sober. They are literally incapable of doing more than pretending. Clinical depression is a life stopping experience. It usually settles in slowly so you dont realize your falling into it, then one day you just realize that someone has shut off the lights. You dont care about anything (in alot of cases even getting laid.), and you become lost in a mental fog. Your energy level becomes that of a 90 year old and the word fatigue takes on an entire new meaning. You havent felt fatigue until youve felt depression induced fatigue. Its pretty dibilitating. You spend the entire day trying desprately to count blessings, but you wake up the next morning feeling fatigued and negative. Pilots get double screwed. Unable to even hint at a possible condition, the choice is the chuck a career and get treated (probably with no Med. insurance) or suffer.
If your not ready to make that choice there is alot of stuff you can do that may help. You need to boost serotonin and dopamine. St. johns wort, SAMe, 5htp, and tryptophan boost serotonin(take only one of those at a time). L-phelenanine is an amino acid that boosts dopamine and noradrenaline. If anxiety/depression is a problem you may need more serotinin. If your energy is low and you are apathetic/depressed, you may need dopamine. Read about it before you supplement. Some things can improve depression but can slightly raise anxiety(L-phelenanine) so be careful. Make sure you get the right combo for your situation. If that dosent work, get treated professionally, life is way to short to throw away.
If your not ready to make that choice there is alot of stuff you can do that may help. You need to boost serotonin and dopamine. St. johns wort, SAMe, 5htp, and tryptophan boost serotonin(take only one of those at a time). L-phelenanine is an amino acid that boosts dopamine and noradrenaline. If anxiety/depression is a problem you may need more serotinin. If your energy is low and you are apathetic/depressed, you may need dopamine. Read about it before you supplement. Some things can improve depression but can slightly raise anxiety(L-phelenanine) so be careful. Make sure you get the right combo for your situation. If that dosent work, get treated professionally, life is way to short to throw away.
