If you have always struggled with depression or if, for the first time, you feel yourself slipping into the abyss over the current economic crisis, take matters into control now and get some relief. Besides prescription medication that you may be taking, there are natural remedies that complement any sort of depression therapy you have…
Category Archives: Depression Talk
Does Zoloft (sertraline) cause vitamin/nutrient deficiencies?
Does Zoloft cause nutrient deficiencies? It’s a great question and is actually addressed in the Drug-Induced Nutrient Depletion Handbook. The basic idea is that your body has to metabolize any sort of medication and some of the medications that we take in an on-going fashion essentially have the opportunity to deplete us of certain nutrients…
It’s the “daily hassles” that will get you
I am currently exhausted and in recovery mode from a whole lot of work. We are all so vulnerable when we are exhausted and we need to protect ourselves from all of the little things that take away our energy and patience. It is those little things that can sneak up and kick you right…
Second chance, second baby (a recap)
Just over one year ago I announced here on this blog that I was expecting a baby in December. “I don’t know if I am feeling more fear or excitement, but it’s definitely a combination of the two,” I wrote in 95% excitement and 5% fear. We did not plan to have a second child,…
Depression: The mental and the economic sorts
I don’t really know what is worse: living in a depressive mental state or living in an economic depression. I have only lived through one and hope not to make it two. I do expect that what’s worse is living in both at the same time. Let’s hope we don’t face that. I checked out…
Mental health problems rooted in the NICU?
In the comments section of my recent post, Barb brought up the issue of infant trauma in the neonatal intensive care unit. My son was in the NICU for four days; my first son was in the NICU for 18 hours. Barb has worried about the impact of the experience on her own children and…
Cannabis: Not your mood solution anymore
Somehow, cannabis has been an on-going theme of our summer and now news of cannabis and mental illness keep the theme alive. Apparently there is a link between smoking pot and developing psychosis at a younger age. On an anecdotal level, there is a pretty powerful testimony of the link in a recent story about…
What are you most deficient in? That’s your key
Nutritional deficiencies are a big part of my own depression story. I spent the formative years of my life on low fat diets of bagels and imitation cheeses. Nary an Omega-3 was to be found. I proceeded through life managing nonetheless until my body was charged with making an entire new person. As my son’s…
Avoiding down cycles: Food and other behavior
A big part of my depression story was lack of food nutrients. The memoir portion of the book (which is coming very, very soon) make that fairly clear. As I move past those very bad years and have friends and family conduct their own professional and amateur analyses of my psyche fairly regularly, I start…
Ask Your Dentist: Dental Health, Inflammation, And Depression
At my six-month check up and cleaning yesterday with my Bakersfield dentist, I asked the dental hygienist “how old” my teeth are. “You know that book ‘Real Age’ that adjusts your calendar age for bad habits like smoking and good habits like exercise to come up with your ‘Real Age’? What’s the ‘Real Age’ of…
“You Know We’ll Have a Good Time Then…”
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I work too hard. When I feel like I have no choice (with a newborn baby and contract deadline), I work too hard. Even now when no one is riding me hard to meet a deadline, I work too hard. When my son lost his tooth,…
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Endorsements
The best book on depression and food I've seen is Rebuild from Depression, by Amanda Rose, who understands the condition from bitter experience.
Nina Planck,
Author of Real Food
Rebuild from Depression is going to be a very important book. Its dissection of the role of diet and nutrition is well-researched and an eye-opener.
Robert Kotler, MD, FACS
Clinical Instructor, UCLA
Rebuild from Depression provides real answers for reversing depression caused by common nutritional deficiencies.
Jan DeCourtney, CMT
Co-author, Recapture Your Health
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About
Amanda Rose, Ph.D., is a political scientist and author of "Rebuild from Depression," on the link between nutrient deficiencies and depression. She has been depression-free for over four years, even during the recent pregnancy of her second child. Read her postpartum depression success story.
Life After Depression
There really is life after depression. I am so excited by that point, in fact, that I neglect this blog and find fun/quirky projects to do with my family. We live in the Sequoia National Forest in a house (and former brothel) designed by Irving Gill. My 7-year-old son Frederick and I chronicle our adventures at Gill on the Hill when we're not exploring. Frederick posts some of his homeschool projects at "Frankly Frederick."