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