Overcoming depression without medication?

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For me it was dietary alteration. I was ingesting too much in the way of carbs, and not enough protein. When I started ingesting a ratio that was higher in protein than carbs, it balanced itself out.

I still have a small ways to go before my diet has protein > carbs to such a high degree (I still feel like there isn't enough protein, even with a daily protein shake and protein bar for breakfast, and a 4 oz piece of salmon as part of dinner), but I'm still working on it.

For the record, I was also on Zoloft. I decided to get off it when I realized:

1. Nobody ever asked or tried to find out WHY I was depressed, they just wanted to throw pills at it, and
2. People treated me as invalid because I was on it and
3. I stopped knowing who I was - this guy who hurts so much he wants to die, or this guy who has no feelings?
4. I was going to have to be chained to this little blue pill forever if I did not find the solution myself.

Hope you find something that works for you.

1. I kind of had the opposite of this early on, but over time it became this and it still feels like doc's solution is pills.
2. I've told almost nobody off the forums about being on medication, though a couple of people at school are unsurprisingly ridiculing me about it, and one asked me to stop because "pills mess with your mind" and she wants me to go back to my "old self" again.
3. I definitely identify with this, not knowing who I was/am; feeling robotic feels very inhibitive.
4. I feel this too.

Thanks for the well-wishes, Shannon.

What subs are you using?

I'm currently on what I call the "Sex Magnet Lite Protocol" (what I've mentioned and journaled about previously) but will almost certainly buy the real SM3 as early as Christmas. I haven't journaled just yet about two subs I ran, but I do plan on recounting experiences when I regain motivation.


@Others - I'm not looking to spend more money trying out different herbal and/or chemical remedies just yet. Thank you all for your suggestions, though, and I'll see what I can do about incorporating some of the no-extra-cost suggestions sooner.