| There is no way that we could appreciate the | | | | tiredness, fearfulness, and dejection Change |
| good times in life if we hadn't experienced | | | | of appetite, and recurring thoughts of death |
| the lows. Likewise, it is the memory of | | | | Any natural depression treatment must be able |
| happier times that get us through the low | | | | to target each one of these symptoms and |
| points on life's journey. The peaks and | | | | reduce them in the patient. This is where B |
| troughs are normal. They are life. But when | | | | vitamins come in, as their wide-ranging |
| the feelings of sadness persist, or when we | | | | properties can effectively deal with all the |
| are thrown violently between highs and lows | | | | signs of depression. A B Vitamin for Every |
| seemingly without reason, then is the point | | | | Sign of Depression B vitamins for feelings of |
| to seek out depression treatment. Normally, | | | | sadness and dejection: Pyridoxine, or vitamin |
| our experience in life affects our mood, and | | | | B6, is an essential component in the |
| this controls the hormones released in our | | | | production of SAM-e, a "feel-good" |
| body. Depression results when our hormones | | | | neurotransmitter that can significantly |
| control us. Depression Treatment( So when the | | | | improve a person's mood. Depression has been |
| signs of depression are found, how can they | | | | linked to deficiencies of vitamin B6 in the |
| be treated? Depression treatment usually | | | | body. B vitamins for an in ability to |
| consists of anti depression medicines such as | | | | concentrate and make decisions: Depression |
| tricyclic, amitriptyline, imipramine, | | | | has also been linked with anemia, and |
| lithium, and selective serotonin re-uptake | | | | inability to concentrate, coupled with a |
| inhibitors that can stabilize the mood of the | | | | feeling of tiredness, is consistent with a |
| patients. However, any good physician will | | | | low red-blood cell count. Vitamin B12 can be |
| also recommend a balanced diet to restore any | | | | used as a depression treatment because it |
| nutrients that may be deficient in the body | | | | helps in producing and maintaining red blood |
| and thus be causing the depression. It is | | | | cells responsible in oxygen transportation in |
| because of this that supplementing medication | | | | body, controlling mood swings. B vitamins for |
| with vitamins is also highly recommended in | | | | feelings of fearfulness and anxiety: Studies |
| the treatment of depression. B vitamins, a | | | | have shown that low levels of folic acid, or |
| collection of similar, but not identical, | | | | vitamin B9, can cause depression. Folic acid |
| vitamins are shown to have a wide range of | | | | makes an effective depression treatment |
| properties that can effectivelt treat each of | | | | because it clears stress hormones from the |
| the major signs of depression. So let's look | | | | liver, reducing feelings of anxiety. B |
| at these in more detail… Knowing the | | | | vitamins for feelings of fearfulness and |
| Signs of Depression Depression can be classed | | | | anxiety: A double-blind study conducted on |
| into two main types: Anxiety depression | | | | women showed that vitamin B6 treatment for |
| occurs when the levels of hormones that make | | | | depression can bring emotional stability and |
| us feel happy are too low in the body. | | | | hormonal balance. Supplements of vitamin B6 |
| Sufferers feel sad, low, and dejected and | | | | can help women get rid of their post |
| crucially, the anxiety depression persists | | | | menopause anxiety and depression. Folic acid |
| for at least two weeks without interruption. | | | | is also important for the proper functioning |
| Anxiety depression is also called unipolar | | | | of the brain and the maintenance of emotional |
| depression and can be triggered by any | | | | stability. So what B vitamins do I need? The |
| stressful situation such as a death, loss of | | | | simple answer is: all of them! It has been |
| a job, or the break up of a relationship. | | | | found that taking high dosages of a |
| Manic depression, or bipolar disorder, is | | | | particular type of B vitamin can induce |
| another form of depression( in which a | | | | deficiencies of the others. This can lead to |
| patient suffers from extreme mood swings from | | | | other symptoms that can only confuse and |
| very high to very low. Manic depression is | | | | hinder normal depression treatment. That is |
| caused by hormonal imbalances. For both | | | | why a B vitamin complex, containing all the B |
| types, the main symptoms and signs of | | | | vitamins mentioned in this article, plus all |
| depression are: Loss of interest, headaches, | | | | the others useful in the maintenance of |
| and stomachaches Inability to concentrate, | | | | optimum health of the body is recommended for |
| sleep, and make decisions Feeling of | | | | natural depression treatment. |