CAUSES of Depression: Many Things - Sometimes it's What We are Taking!

Depression has many causes. People often have stressors on their body/mind/spirit which leads the brain to have different chemicals in it: everything from poor nutrition in the foods consumed to not getting exercise and laughter regularly, even enough hugs! Often, people have been prescribed and might prefer 'give me a pill to solve my problem' rather than finding and correcting the underlying reasons. Often medications are necessary and helpful, hopefully for a short time while the underlying causes start to be investigated.

So it's not a suprise to read the information at this topic at AARP, but it was a suprise that AARP had such an excellent piece in terms of including alternatives -- supplements, herbs and the more powerful drugs which are prescribed and sold by pharmacies to millions of people every month in the US and beyond. I hope that if you're one or a person 'with a brain' you want to treat well, you follow the link. Below the line I am going to transfer just a bit of the information so you can see if it's something you want to read more/all of.

Live and Learn. Learn and Live Better! ~~ Mardy

www.aarp.org/health/drugs-supplements/info-02-2012/medications-that-can-cause-depression.html [1]

10 Types of Medications That Can Make You Feel Depressed

Here's a checklist of drugs to watch out for

En español [2] | Researchers have long known that many drugs can make us feel down or even depressed and that, as we age, our changing body chemistries put us at a greater risk for this side effect. But few doctors think to review the medications list when their patients have the telltale symptoms of depression: lack of energy, listlessness, feeling rundown, excessive fatigue, changes in appetite and sleeping patterns, sadness, despair. As a result, they often layer on top of the drugs causing those symptoms a new drug, such as an antidepressant [3], for treating them, which may in turn trigger additional side effects.

by: Dr. Armon B. Neel Jr. [4] | from: AARP [5] | February 27, 2012

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IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU READ, TAKE THE LINK OUT FROM ABOVE~~Mardy

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