| Depression and mood disorders are very | | | | medication may be needed in extreme |
| prevalent mental health issues today. In an | | | | cases.Mood enhancing herbs have actually long |
| increasingly health conscious society, more | | | | been used in ancient civilizations as a means |
| options are being put forth in the realm of | | | | for mood stabilization and mood elevation. |
| natural medicine, allowing people to | | | | Natural mood enhancers, in contrast with |
| stabilize and enhance mood naturally, without | | | | prescription antidepressants, actually do not |
| addictive and often harmful prescription | | | | produce many of the common side effects of |
| antidepressants.Natural mood stabilizers and | | | | prescription antidepressants.Side effects of |
| mood enhancers usually work by encouraging | | | | the more common antidepressants (Zoloft, |
| the production of serotonin and other | | | | Paxil, Effexor, Lexapro and more),may include |
| "pleasure" chemicals such as norepinephrine | | | | any of the following: suicidal tendencies, |
| in the human brain, thereby promoting a sense | | | | sexual disfunction, dry mouth, urinary |
| of calm, well-being and revitalization.Herbal | | | | retention, constipation, blurred vision, |
| mood enhancers may contain several different | | | | headache, weight gain, gastrointestinal |
| herbs and vitamins in concentrated form | | | | disturbance and more.Most people actually |
| ranging from St. John's Wort, Vitamin C, | | | | discontinue the usage of prescription mood |
| Vitamin E, Vitamin B12 and various other | | | | enhancers (antidepressants) due to the simple |
| proprietary blends of botanical extracts and | | | | fact that the side effects are worse than the |
| powders. The goal of natural mood | | | | actual depression. Many critics of |
| stabilizers is to simultaneously alleviate | | | | prescription mood stabilizers argue that we |
| stress and anxiety, while increasing energy | | | | don't know enough about how or why they work |
| and vitality levels (this is where Vitamin | | | | in the human brain, and that it is the |
| B12 usually comes into play - as an energy | | | | "overkill" approach to treating depression or |
| enhancer). All of this is done through | | | | the "sledgehammer to crack a nut" approach, |
| precise blends of complementing ingredients | | | | which is not necessary to effectively treat |
| to produce the desired outcome chemically in | | | | many cases of depression.One thing is |
| the human body.A mood stabilizer is an | | | | certain. There are countless people who |
| excellent way to help make it through life's | | | | suffer from moderate depression and mood |
| rough patches or particulary stressful events | | | | disorders from time to time. There is simply |
| in life, since they are natural and non-habit | | | | no reason to not try a natural method to |
| forming, but very effective at enhancing mood | | | | stabilize and regulate your mood by using a |
| for those who need some temporary help from | | | | natural mood enhancer to get through |
| time to time. Please note that individuals | | | | emotionally difficult times. It's simply not |
| who suffer severe clinical depression should | | | | worth the risks associated with |
| seek the help and guidance of a therapist and | | | | antidepressants if it is not severe enough to |
| or psychiatrist though, as therapy and | | | | warrant a psychologist's supervision. |