How to Recover From Depression Without Drugs?

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Depression is a very common illness afflicting millions of people each year. It can sap your strength, put stress on relationships and make you lose your sense of self. Here are some things you can try to lift your spirits and make you enjoy life again, without drugs or therapy. depression is the world's most common psychological problem. It impacts the lives of literally millions of people, every day. It takes the joy and hope out of so many lives.

Depression often goes undiagnosed or untreated. And even when it is diagnosed, too many people are treated with drugs alone without the support and help of a qualified therapist or hypnotherapist.

Steps to recover from Depression without prescription drugs

1. Decide what you would do if you could do anything in the world you wanted, and then start to do it. No matter how impossible that goal seems, if you cut it into small enough steps, you can find a way to start. Take one minute at a time.
2. Spend time doing the things you enjoy, and avoid doing things you don't. Socialize with people you like, and stay away from people you don't. Live every minute like it's your last.
3. Remember you have two choices in life. You can spend the next five minutes being happy, or the next five minutes being sad. Whether happy or sad, you are using the same amount of energy in that five minutes.
4. Work at a place you enjoy and where you like most of the people. It's depressing if you don't like your job or the people there.
5. Acquaint yourself with your mood ebb and flow and embrace it. If you have more energy in the morning, utilize mornings.
6. Maintain a regular schedule - awake at the same time each morning, take your meds at the same time, go to sleep at the same time.
7. Have fun and laugh often. Rent funny movies. Laugh and smile often. It's contagious.

Tips on curing depression without using drugs

• The psychiatrist should make you feel comfortable and should not be judgmental. Get a good vibe from your psychiatrist as you will constantly be disclosing confidential information to this person and must feel comfortable while doing so.
• After you and your psychiatrist are comfortable with one another, ask if it's fine to slightly adjust your meds if necessary.
• If you don't like your psychiatrist, switch immediately. Your mental health is the most important thing you own. If your psychiatrist hasn't found the right medication, get a consultation with someone else.
• Attend a support group in your area with like-minded people. It's great to talk to people and learn how they cope with their illness.
• Set a small goal at your support group to accomplish by the next meeting. If there's no support groups near you, start your own.
• If you're feeling suicidal, take your cellphone with you and leave the house. Get away from anything lethal. Spend time with positive people when feeling suicidal.
• You must get regular lab tests if you're on certain drugs such as lithium, Depakote and Tegretol.
• Hot weather may be hazardous to people on lithium, Lamictal and antipsychotics. Drink plenty of water, wear sunscreen with an SPF rating of 15 or more.