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Hello everyone - I am hoping someone here can help me. I have been

suffering from depression for 14 months now, and it seems the medical

community is failing me!!! My regular doctor upon finding out I was

depressed prescribed Celexa to me. I was two months pregnant at the

time and after taking it for several weeks I went off of it for fear

of what it would do to my baby.

 

After I had my baby I was suffering pretty bad again and the doctor

convinced me to try the Celexa again. After several weeks I started

noticing some problems with it. I was sleepy all the time and

started to become more depressed. I called my doctor who increased

my dosage, the depression increased and the sleepiness increased and

it got to the point where I was close to suicide (yes, I know that is

bad). Anyhow, at the time I didn't even realize what was happening

to me. I trusted my doctor so I took the medication. It was my

mother and husband who started to notice how bad I had gotten and

convinced me to stop cold turkey. Apparently I had been talking

about ending it all. I didn't really even realize how bad I was.

Now looking back and reading my journals I see how terrible I had

become.

 

My doctor flat out refuses to try something different with me, and I

am feeling really failed. I am looking for something natural that

might be able to help me. (I know you may all be wondering what

caused the depression and that was finding out my husband was having

a long term affair - when I was two months pregnant his affair had

gone on for almost 1 1/2 yrs and it didn't end until he hit the two

year mark - my doctor feels that if I dump my husband I will feel

better, but since we now have seven children together and we are both

trying I don't see that as feasible).

 

Someone told me they took a multivitamin with antioxidants, 5HTP and

Vitamin B Complex to alleviate their depression. Is this safe? Also

does anyone know if you can take those while breastfeeding? What

about taking Ginseng while nursing?

 

Thank you for reading all of this and I am sorry it is long. I am

desperate for help and hope someone here can do what the medical

community hasn't.

 

Michelle

[Guest guest]

Going after that doctor legally and trying to run the creep out of business

might give you some inspiration and satisfaction right there. Even if you

can cost him some money and put his reputation where it belongs (in the

toilet) you will do a great service to your community. Being bummed out

about a spouse having an affair is perfectly normal, and is something that

many churches are designed to handle. In the Good Old Days (whenever that

was) doctors who ran into something like this would often refer their

patient to a minister.

 

Your reactions to Celexa are fairly common, but not well known. You were

very fortunate to be able to quit cold turkey -- often with that family of

drugs, people get really messed up when they terminate suddenly.

 

Doing the often recommended liver flush may help to get drug residues out of

your body, and i'm sure somebody else will recommend that too.

 

I'm not familiar with 5HTP -- is that some kind of proprietary formula? As

for ordinary B Vitamins, definitely they should be tried. Very few people

have experienced adverse reactions to that, and they are recognized as safe

for breastfeeding if the dose is not too high. As for Ginseng, i don't

recommend it for women at all, but some people on this list disagree with

that opinion. In general, any vitamin you take except for A will pass

through into your breast milk AND be good nutrition for your baby.

Sometimes A causes problems, so it's best to be cautious with that one.

Herbs also pass through. My wife has successfully changed a few conditions

for our baby (now 1 1/2 years old) by carefully taking certain herbs.

Usually there is a 12-hour lag time for that.

 

Don't count on people on this list to do something for you. Instead, count

on yourself. Some of us here are just educators, and it is up to you, to

apply what you learn. We tend to notice that when people take charge of

their own health, get educated, and carefully evaluate every bit of data

that comes along, they do a lot better. There are many ways you can improve

your situation at this point. And always remember, the original definition

of the word " doctor " was " teacher " . Check out the quality of teaching in

every case.

 

At 04:30 PM 11/21/01 -0000, you wrote:

>Hello everyone - I am hoping someone here can help me. I have been

>suffering from depression for 14 months now, and it seems the medical

>community is failing me!!! My regular doctor upon finding out I was

>depressed prescribed Celexa to me. I was two months pregnant at the

>time and after taking it for several weeks I went off of it for fear

>of what it would do to my baby.

>

>After I had my baby I was suffering pretty bad again and the doctor

>convinced me to try the Celexa again. After several weeks I started

>noticing some problems with it. I was sleepy all the time and

>started to become more depressed. I called my doctor who increased

>my dosage, the depression increased and the sleepiness increased and

>it got to the point where I was close to suicide (yes, I know that is

>bad). Anyhow, at the time I didn't even realize what was happening

>to me. I trusted my doctor so I took the medication. It was my

>mother and husband who started to notice how bad I had gotten and

>convinced me to stop cold turkey. Apparently I had been talking

>about ending it all. I didn't really even realize how bad I was.

>Now looking back and reading my journals I see how terrible I had

>become.

>

>My doctor flat out refuses to try something different with me, and I

>am feeling really failed. I am looking for something natural that

>might be able to help me. (I know you may all be wondering what

>caused the depression and that was finding out my husband was having

>a long term affair - when I was two months pregnant his affair had

>gone on for almost 1 1/2 yrs and it didn't end until he hit the two

>year mark - my doctor feels that if I dump my husband I will feel

>better, but since we now have seven children together and we are both

>trying I don't see that as feasible).

>

>Someone told me they took a multivitamin with antioxidants, 5HTP and

>Vitamin B Complex to alleviate their depression. Is this safe? Also

>does anyone know if you can take those while breastfeeding? What

>about taking Ginseng while nursing?

>

>Thank you for reading all of this and I am sorry it is long. I am

>desperate for help and hope someone here can do what the medical

>community hasn't.

>

>Michelle

>

-- Michael Riversong **

Professional Harpist, Educator, and Writer **

RivEdu ** Phone: (307)635-0900 FAX (413)691-0399

http://home.earthlink.net/~mriversong

[Guest guest]

Dear Michelle,

Most emphatically can something be done about this. Absolutely!!!!!

I actually have about 10 questions for you which will lead to more, once I get your answers. This is best done over the phone. There is NO charge for a phone consultation and I recommend you call me.

Love,

Doc

 

Ian "Doc" Shillington N.D.505-772-5889Dr.IanShillington

 

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Momto7kidlets

herbal remedies

Wednesday, November 21, 2001 9:30 AM

[herbal remedies] New member...

Hello everyone - I am hoping someone here can help me. I have been suffering from depression for 14 months now, and it seems the medical community is failing me!!! My regular doctor upon finding out I was depressed prescribed Celexa to me. I was two months pregnant at the time and after taking it for several weeks I went off of it for fear of what it would do to my baby. After I had my baby I was suffering pretty bad again and the doctor convinced me to try the Celexa again. After several weeks I started noticing some problems with it. I was sleepy all the time and started to become more depressed. I called my doctor who increased my dosage, the depression increased and the sleepiness increased and it got to the point where I was close to suicide (yes, I know that is bad). Anyhow, at the time I didn't even realize what was happening to me. I trusted my doctor so I took the medication. It was my mother and husband who started to notice how bad I had gotten and convinced me to stop cold turkey. Apparently I had been talking about ending it all. I didn't really even realize how bad I was. Now looking back and reading my journals I see how terrible I had become. My doctor flat out refuses to try something different with me, and I am feeling really failed. I am looking for something natural that might be able to help me. (I know you may all be wondering what caused the depression and that was finding out my husband was having a long term affair - when I was two months pregnant his affair had gone on for almost 1 1/2 yrs and it didn't end until he hit the two year mark - my doctor feels that if I dump my husband I will feel better, but since we now have seven children together and we are both trying I don't see that as feasible).Someone told me they took a multivitamin with antioxidants, 5HTP and Vitamin B Complex to alleviate their depression. Is this safe? Also does anyone know if you can take those while breastfeeding? What about taking Ginseng while nursing?Thank you for reading all of this and I am sorry it is long. I am desperate for help and hope someone here can do what the medical community hasn't.