How I cured myself of a life long depression. (a short background story and then the cure below.)
When I was 17 I went through a dramatic experience that at the time was just an instance of being a teenager. I thought I would just get over it and move on. But as months went by it just got worse. Even after I graduated it got to the point where it severely affected my relationships. They would normally not last that long and I would basically not care when they fell apart. If you never experienced depression, you can not understand it. Because it’s one of those things you have to go through. Once a person ask me how it feels to be depressed all the time. I said, “What is it like to be happy?” That’s what it feels like.
As the years went by it of course got even worse. To the point where only stimulates would subside the effects for a short period of time. Not hard drugs but things like lots of alcohol, concerts, hanging out with friends, vacations, sex, short road trips, and temporary friendships. And these might seem like normal interactions to a regular person, but to me, I depended heavily on them. They would only help for a little bit and then it would set back in. Usually harder than before.
Then it came to the breaking point. Age 26. I could no longer concentrate at work and hold a relationship even remotely together. At this point I developed Dysthymia and usually a person that has sever depression also has anger issues. Mine was extremely bad. So bad that my family wanted me to seek anger management or therapy.
This is when I told my family I was depressed. My mother didn’t even now. That’s how good I was at disguising my problem. Keeping it hidden took a lot of energy and at the end of the day I was always exhausted.
But here is the point where it took a turn for the better.
Almost 10 months of therapy later my anger was under control but the depression didn’t get any worse. The therapist knew within a few visits that I had extreme depression. She suggested in the beginning to get on anti-depressants. I declined because being a strong minded person I knew somehow I could beat it. Well after 10 months I couldn’t. So at age 27 I started the anti-depressants. Within 2 weeks of taking them I felt better. And after a month for the first time in 10 years I felt happy.
My therapist said that maybe after a year of taking them my body would start again to reproduce a chemical that keeps a person from feeling depressed. So i decided at age 28 I would get off them and pray to god that my body would take over. But as time passed I noticed how these drugs effected my mind. I felt “out of body” most of the time and usually loopy. But not the same when your on pain pills. It was more a subtle feeling. My concentration seemed blurry. And I felt apathetic more than when I was depressed. Because at least when I was depressed the apathy would turn on and off for periods of time. But on these anti-depressants it was constant. But at least I was happy right?
At age 28 I went off them. My depression came back and I waited months for these chemicals in my body to kick in. They never did. I fell back into depression until i was 29 and I got back on the pills. I stayed on them for 3 years knowing that I would have to stay on them for rest of my life. But so I was told. Because I never heard of anyone being cured of this disease.
On February 1st 2012 I came across a website with Dr. Mercola called www.mercola.com
It had several articles on there that showed what certain ingredients in the food that cause problems with peoples health. And after some research on that site and comparing this information with other sources on the internet i found the research was backed up.
So I made a list of ingredients to completely avoid at all costs in my food and drink. And this list is below.
This list below are poisons to avoid 100%. Doing so cured my depression, anger problems, anxiety, social anxiety, paranoia, nervousness, and zombie like state.
Agave
Aspartame (also known as “Amino Sweet” and “Natural Sweetener” and “Artificial Sweetener”)
Aspartate
Aspartic Acid
Brominated Vegetable Oil
Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA)
Butylated Hydrozyttoluene (BHT)
Diacetyl
Fluoride
Glutamate
High Fructose Corn Syrup (soon to renamed Corn Sugar)
Methanol
Mono sodium Glutamate (MSG)
Natural Flavors (this is the hardest to avoid. Cut it out as much as you can.)
Neotame
Phenylalanine
Potassium Bromate
Saccharin
Sodium Nitrate / Sodium Nitrite
Sodium Sulphite
Sorbitol
Soy Lecithin
Sucralose
Sulphur Dioxide
On Feb. 2nd 2012 I started avoiding these poisons. Over a month I incrementally got myself off my anti-depressants. And at the end of the month I showed no signs of depression, anger problems, anxiety, social anxiety or nervousness. I was CURED!!
It is now April 16, 2018. I still continue my healthy diet. It has been over a year and still no signs of ailments. I am so HAPPY!
I hope other people find this information. I want people to be cured. Of course when you do your research you will find that avoiding these poisons cure many other health problems.