f troop

appreciated.

I had to hang tough through the rebound depression I started to feel envelop
me bout 8-10 weeks after I stopped Paxil for the very last time

For a week or so, I felt like I was right at the brink of plunging into the
black pit.

I had to fight real hard to keep from plunging into that pit that time.

I kept it at bay that time, but when it got to be the thick of winter, 6
mo's later, I had to use AD's for 3-6 weeks that first year.

The next couple of times I felt the black dog creeping up on me I used
supplements like 5htp and Same to keep it at bay, and the 5Htp worked
well..the SAME was too strong for me. .

Then, I discovered Vitamin B Complex and Cal-mag and a bunch of other
vitamins and minerals made me less vulnernable to PMS, and depression.

Eventually, my doctors discovered somebody had been misreading my thyroid
tests and i had been hypoT the whole time so I was valiently fighting off
two different types of depression, as anergiac depression accompanies
Hypot.

I think I have been doing pretty well on the depression front since stopping
the SSRI's 3 years ago, with my having only anergiac and mild reactive
depression.

My best advice is to post a lot to vent when it starts creeping up on you,
make sure to get out and exercise some, get some lamps for light therapy,
have a supply of 5-htp or something similiar on hand to take during rough
patches, and experiment with supplementing with vit/min especially,
vitamin B-100 complex, magnesium, fish oil, evening primrose, vitamin C,
zinc, betacarotene see which ones help you maintain your mood best.

f troop

5-HTP (5-Hydroxytryptophan)

http://www.nubrain.com/5htp.html

Mostly I use it to help me with a sleep problem.

I have severely blocked airways during fall and spring allergy seasons.

Some nose drops of warm salt water and 5HTP helps unblock my airways and
nasal passages and sinuses so I can get more than 1 1/2 hous sleep at a time
during fall and spring allergy season.

Selective augmentation of genioglossus electromyographic activity by
L-5-hydroxytryptophan in the rat.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract