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Depression is a serious mental health condition and that is why it is important to treat the problem. There are a number of ways to treat the condition and it would seem depression meds are the most common. Depression meds are prescription drugs prescribed by a psychiatrist with the intention of alleviating the various problems associated with the condition. There are numerous different types of meds for treating depression. None are really better than the other. However, different people will experience different results from using different prescriptions. Some of the most common prescribed antidepressants include:

Doctors never seem to have enough time to suggest self help for depression. They will never tell you that although the SSRIs they are prescribing for you will raise your serotonin levels and consequently your mood, there are other side effects which will kick in and affect your whole lifestyle negatively, if you are not careful. Why is this? They never tell you that serotonin which is a brain chemical also controls our appetite, digestion, our reaction to pain and how clearly we can think ! That is why there are such a lot of side effects which range from a loss of sex drive to problems with weight, not to mention sleep. But natural help for depression is within everybody's grasp.

11 billion dollars a year! That is how much the anti-depressant medicine market makes in sales so you will NOT be surprised to learn that the pharmaceutical companies are doing everything to protect their interests. That includes the majority of doctors who are sometimes beholden to the companies and will play along in this awful game of prescribing medications which can have lasting and damaging side effects and will rarely mention that there are ways of treating depression naturally. Medication may alleviate depression and certainly works in many cases but the medical community is blinkered when it comes to even considering treating depression without drugs.