My trick is to drink some no sugar hot chocolate. Some good stuff out there, and its a bitter kind of drink at first but you get used to it. You can put it in coffee too!
Pure 100% cacao with no sugar is the way to go for me :)
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that helps for depression? 😮☝🏽
Short term it can. From how I understand it and what I have read, Dark Chocolate and 100% cacao help.
"Dark chocolates can increase the production of endorphins and serotonin in the human brain. As many of us may be aware, serotonin is one of the main neurotransmitters in the brain whose levels affect moods; lack of serotonin can cause depression. Therefore, any boost in the production of serotonin is welcome, especially in people going through depression. In this regard, it is true that dark chocolates reduce depression."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4696435/
Also antioxidants in the 100% cacao.
Now I am not saying sugar free chocolate is the best thing for that or anything. But I take a lot of preventative measures and do activities that help me stay away from ever being depressed.
i just read all of the answers above and i would try the mix @rawutah uses, my intuition on this is (from his blogs) he is the real deal. not to say many had regiments we should all be doing. the issue is cost and time. many of us work long hours sitting in a dark office, which doesnt help matters. a few people swear by cacao, it has never worked for me personally but thats not to say it will not help others. that happens a lot with me though. also i feel we are talking about someone living with SAD and for many that happens as soon as autumn hits, we all get a bit of this as the human body gets ready to adjust to winter. if you do not have this issue or do not live in seasonal changing environment this may be why? also, so many people i know have to live like the list enjoyinglife put on here, which can be very overwhelming to somone living with depression and/or a mix of that and what others have written. each body is so different and not one thing works.
I would say I don't have seasonal depression, I do live in a place that gets all seasons. There are a lot of different things that work for me that may not work for others. One of the best things that can be done is a cardio workout.
For my own personal self, the self medication that works the best for me is playing extremely competitive video games when I feel anxious or nervous. When playing video games I find myself able to focus and enjoy myself instead of worrying or feeling low.
Some days I need to play for extended periods of time, other days I don't need to play at all. Sleep is another issue for me as my body I think is very nocturnal or whatever that would be called, I naturally LOVE to stay up late!!!
phenethylamine....in cacao...and blue green algae. that feel good drug. combine the TWO...and really have something going. i take cacao and blue green together. kinda an MDMA kind of sense of calm...and inner joy. i make a raw cacao drink....with blue green algaes in it..for my morning drink...and i testify! but i mix...the cacao beverage with....other goodies...like reishi mushroom and chaga. https://www.amazon.com/Superfoods-Medicine-Future-David-Wolfe/dp/1556437765?crid=YWVWVE3ZVRF3&keywords=david+wolfe+superfoods&qid=1540736598&sprefix=david+wolfe+%2Caps%2C191&sr=8-1&ref=sr_1_1
i am going to try this mixture for sure, all of this can be really expensive for those that cannot afford it, do you have any other herbs you use in place of? can i just come live on your farm? hehe
totally feel you on expense! the e3live...can last a LONG time..if used just a tsp at a time and titrated up as needed and felt. but for budget....brain joy...i enjoy mct oil and coconut oil in my morning coffee and a little ghee. raw honey too. this just works my my brain...but as you said we are all so different. sometimes...fasting...and just feeling it all the way...it the best route. detox...via coffee enemas..i just can't state enough how much it saved my life. truly i would be dead...or put away somewhere. the way the coffee enema..increases...glutathione production too...oh geez just so many many effects. i chase my coffee enemas with living green juice...and my coffee elixir. my next meal comes...with broths...about mid day. slow assimmilation of nutrients. sis...thanks for being here...and sharing your heart...i love it so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for anyone reading this: https://www.amazon.com/Transformational-Power-Fasting-Spiritual-Rejuvenation/dp/1594774668?keywords=buhner+fasting&qid=1540741608&sr=8-1-fkmrnull&ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1
if i didn't have access to live greens or a farm...i would scoop this..and add to your morning drink with e3live. again...upfront expense...but it'll last forever! small amounts...titrated UP as felt. https://www.amazon.com/Pure-Synergy-Organic-Superfood-Wellness/dp/B000TG5LJA
lot's of goodies...in there...like spirulina and chlorella. chlorella is such a bad ass....as are spirulina and klamath lake blue green algae. brain and heart food. lots of wonderful herbs like ashwaghanda...that @enjoyinglife mentioned in his wonderful wonderful comment. he mentioned source water too....oh so important! quite a few sources in oregon. http://www.findaspring.com/category/locations/north-america/usa/oregon/
yes whats strange as that when ive done these methods and not all can do this regiment bc of a 9-5 job or even 50-60 hour work week. its not practical, but yes necessary. i will use your methods for sure. i do love coffee enigma a lot, but havent for years because then i couldnt go on my own. you do this every morning? enjoyinglife broughg up good points we all meed to mive by and i do, those that live with a lot going on as you know can be quite overwhelming when given a meditative, energy exercise and superfood diet esp with feeling humanity is sunk or suicidal ideation. just getting out of bed or taking a walk is painful. im preaching to the choir tho, you get me.
ive been a “healer” my whole life but i dont know everything and prob would just love to intern around you for a summer! LOL that would be a treat for me or go visit flauwly in costa rica for a summer and of course my own tribes. that is heaven to me. sooo all that said i bow to you in love, respect and honor.
your sis,
eagle spirit
sister....i've been pondering your message for days..and i'm just so humbled. i FEEL you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am the one who should intern around you sis. lol....you're so damn humble. i SEE YOU!!!! i feel you on not being able to go on your own. it's a practice...and no way as way kinda thing for me. i have rocked as many as 4 enemas a day...during certain times of toxicity i could feel...and as little as once a week. my usual practice with them is about 5 days a week with a few days off. even with work schedules..i allow myself a few hours of detox time. waking up a few hours ahead...of needing to leave anywhere..and giving myself...that time to detox, stretch...and breathe. at the gerson clinic...they rock the enemas many many times a day...and then follow with green juice...but i don't do that anymore. just during extreme toxicity times in my life. i've been doing them now ...for over ten years. have you studied dr. nick gonzales's work? he pioneered the use of coffee enemas clinically..and his papers and research are just incredible! kelly brogan covered studied with him...and then wrote her book "a mind of your own" which is also really good IMO. she covers his work with coffee enemas. https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Your-Own-Depression-Reclaim/dp/0062405578/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540999175&sr=8-1&keywords=kelly+brogan
her interview with joe rogan is also really good imo. yah...ya know..."one persons poison is another persons panacea eh? lol....so i just add my testimony to those that this works for. if it's hard to implant the coffee at first .....i recommend a quick water flush...then implant and hold for 15 mins. it takes some ...a while to work up to 15 mins...but eventually you can. i hope this helps a little sis. hit me up anytime. to anyone reading this too. may we all be blessed...and be in joy..as children today. our birthright :) i love you! i bow to YOU..in respect honor and deep aloha! family!
That sounds very interesting, I don't think I have ever had blue green algae in anything before.
try the klamath lake blue green algae called e3live. they have one kind called brain on"...that is soooooo good just mixed with a little water...and slammed! pour a little in your cacao beverage too. :) add some mct oil for added joy! :) cheers! https://www.e3live.com/p-4-e3live-brainon.aspx
ps...my first hot cacao/chocolate drink was prepared for me by an old woman living at the top of a large mountain on the island of cebu..in the Philippines. she was an orchid grower...and cacao tree farmer. she mixed a little vanilla bean with the cacao and served it hot. oh my goodness...it changed my head..and my heart...in that moment. i had never tried hot chocolate till that day. it felt like that scene from the movie.. chocolat...as all the townspeople are changed by the alchemical magic of the chocolate. i feel you! :) testify
"anandamide" also found in cacao: the bliss chemical: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anandamide
Anandamide
Anandamide, also known as N-arachidonoylethanolamine or AEA, is a fatty acid neurotransmitter derived from the non-oxidative metabolism of eicosatetraenoic acid (arachidonic acid), an essential ω-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid. The name is taken from the Sanskrit word ananda, which means "joy, bliss, delight", and amide. It is synthesized from N-arachidonoyl phosphatidylethanolamine by multiple pathways. It is degraded primarily by the fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) enzyme, which converts anandamide into ethanolamine and arachidonic acid.