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> >It is rather sad that we have become so dependent on artificial
> >cures, when the natural (ie-herbal) way is as effective, if not more
> >so, in some or most cases.....the indiginous tribes had it right...
the idiginous tribes also didn't live in the environs - socially,
chemically, psychologically - that most of us do today. I really think it's
kind of ridiculous to assume what worked for self-sufficient, nature-bound,
family-oriented people would work for professional women in a highly
stressful, chemically saturated, media-driven urban or suburban environment
today.
I'm not judging St John's Wort or any other herbal remedies like smelly
candles if they work for anyone else. Whatever works is TERRIFIC.
I'm really tired of people blasting antidepressant drugs however. Depression
is a phenomenon of modern industrialized society more than anything. Women
are overwhelmingly more depressed than men (more women are than men i mean),
which is also in the nature of living in modern industrialized society -
conflicting societal expectations, organizational sexism, blablabla. Of
course i'm sure there was depression in past ages or nonindustrialized
societies. Nothing like now.
Please make distinctions between seasonal depression, depressive phases, and
serious, chemical, chronical depression. Some types may go away with minor
adjustments. But don't ever tell me that I'd be fine if only i walked in the
park and listened to some whale sounds every day. I need my high doses of
Effexor and Trazedone or else i die.
Rikki
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