| Depression is a disabling condition that | | | | depression, irritability, anxiety, or |
| is described by unhappy feelings of | | | | worse, negative thoughts of suicide. |
| hopelessness, which can be a result from | | | | Also, deficiencies can result to memory |
| stressful events, hormonal imbalances, | | | | problems, loss of appetite, trouble |
| or many other causes. Those people with | | | | sleeping, and constipation. Just by |
| depression tend to withdraw themselves | | | | simply consuming refined carbohydrates, |
| from the world, get angry easily, and | | | | like simple sugar eats away the supply |
| lose the interests once enjoyed doing | | | | of vitamin B1. |
| exactly changes in mood! Didn't you ever | | | | Vitamin B3 or Niacin deficient can |
| wish that you can just take vitamins to | | | | result to pellagra, which produces |
| treat your depression? Well, it may work | | | | psychosis and dementia, and many other |
| for some people, but definitely not for | | | | symptoms. At present, many commercial |
| everybody. There are actually several | | | | foods already contain niacin, keeping |
| vitamin deficiencies that may lead to | | | | pellagra out of the scene. But, |
| depression. | | | | sub-clinical deficiencies in vitamin B3 |
| There are a lot of ways to overcome | | | | may produce agitation and anxiety, and |
| depression, such as change in lifestyle | | | | mental and physical slowness. |
| on top of medication and counseling and | | | | Vitamin B5 or Pyridoxine helps in the |
| taking vitamins for depression. A change | | | | processing of amino acids, which is |
| in lifestyle includes keeping healthy | | | | considered to be the building blocks of |
| eating habit, proper exercise, and | | | | all proteins and other hormones. It is |
| taking vitamins for depression. If these | | | | an essential element in manufacturing |
| things are being followed, you're | | | | serotonin, melatonin, and dopamine. |
| treatment will be as effective as you | | | | Although deficiencies in vitamin B6 are |
| want it to be. | | | | rare, it can result to impaired |
| Deficiency of certain vitamins has been | | | | immunity, skin wounds, and mental |
| shown to have some effect in someone's | | | | confusion. |
| mood, with which should be taken care of | | | | Vitamin B12 is essential to red blood |
| immediately by taking supplementation. | | | | cell formation. Therefore, deficiency on |
| Let us see what possible vitamins for | | | | this will lead to an oxygen-transport |
| depression are available that you can | | | | problem, most commonly known as |
| use to avoid both deficiency and | | | | pernicious anemia. This condition can |
| depression. Here are some of the | | | | possibly cause mood swings, paranoia, |
| vitamins for depression that you might | | | | dementia, hallucination, irritability, |
| want to start taking to combat your | | | | confusion, or mania and eventually |
| condition: | | | | followed by loss of appetite, weakness, |
| Vitamin B-complex is important to keep | | | | dizziness, shortage of breath, |
| us emotionally and mentally balanced. | | | | palpitation, and more. |
| And since they cannot be stored in our | | | | Folic acid is needed for DNA synthesis |
| body, we simply depend on our daily food | | | | and for the production of Sadenosyl |
| and vitamin intake to replenish them. | | | | Methionine. Usually this is taken |
| Unfortunately, B vitamins can easily be | | | | together with vitamin B12. |
| destroyed by alcohol, refined sugars, | | | | Vitamin C is needed, especially if you |
| caffeine, and nicotine. Therefore, it is | | | | are pregnant or lactating, or under a |
| not surprising to know that many of us | | | | lot of stress. |
| may be deficient in B-complex vitamins. | | | | Deficiencies in minerals such as |
| Vitamin B1 or Thiamine is being utilized | | | | calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron and |
| by our brain to convert glucose or blood | | | | manganese can also lead to depression. |
| sugar into fuel for the brain to | | | | So, make sure to take not only vitamins |
| function properly. Insufficient supply | | | | for depression, but also certain |
| of this vitamin can lead to fatigue, | | | | minerals. |