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I'd have to agree with the idea of thinking people being a little more
prone to depression ... how does the saying go? "Ignorance is Bliss."
Simple St. John's Wort is my current mood evener of choice. I've
dealt with the depression thing on and off my whole life (perhaps
from being a thinker? ;-) ) and took Serzone during a very low
point. But, I've also always disliked the idea of having to take
drugs
at all. As a few have brought up here, we live in a society that
promotes the miracle cure: We want a pill to make it all go away, the
doctor is happy to charge an office visit to prescribe that pill and
the
pharmacist is happy to sell us that pill. While I certainly
appreciate the
availability of antibiotics for my tonsillitis, Serzone for my most
severe
depression, and Tylenol 3 when I crash my bicycle, I also find it way
too easy to become dependent on snake oil for -every- little ache and
pain. I often find it much more beneficial in the long run to listen
to
my body without masking the symptoms -- putting them out of sight,
out of mind. Thus, when I started on a depressive downswing again, I
thought I'd give the herbal route a try ... less snake oil than it is
something to help me help myself. And it's worked wonderfully!
And before anyone thinks I'm flaming people who seek a hearty dose
of western medicine, I'm not. I totally understand that there are
folk
out there who, as Rikki said, are very much in need of all the modern
medical bells and whistles available. I have found myself in such
need
plenty of times. Unfortunately, I believe there are even more folk
out
there who are not in such need, yet are seduced into believing they
are.
Just as physical injuries are better healed through activity versus
inactivity, so are emotional injuries (and mental, and spiritual).
I wholly agree with keeping anti-depressants, be they herbal or
western,
'just below the fog,' as the medication is really just there to ease
the
symptoms while it is up to the user to heal the root cause.
- - Mary; burning a little sage tonight to get rid of the bad vibes.
- --
"He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched
than he who suffers it."
- Plato
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