Depression Medication

Depression Medication
By Dave Kettner

Many people are reluctant to begin taking pharmaceutical antidepressant medications or other medications typically prescribed for the treatment of –and with good reason. None of the popular antidepressant drugs have been studied long enough to really know what it is we are taking into our bodies, nor what we can expect from them in the long run.

On the other hand, there are many natural medicines that have been taken for thousands of years by peoples of many different cultures for the treatment of and related symptoms, such as anxiety and low energy.

Below is a brief list of the most well known natural medications as well as a description of their uses and effects.

• Valerian Root

This natural herbaceous medicine is given primarily for is sedative effects upon the central nervous system. Valerian is know to produce immediate and marked relaxation and reduced restlessness, making it suitable for evening use to encourage a good night’s sleep. With and anxiety many of the symptoms

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are exacerbated by a lack of rest during the nighttime hours. The vast majority of studies done around Valerian Root show it as a very effective medication in terms of its ability to calm the central nervous system as well as providing an enhanced quality of sleep.

• St. Johns Wort

This is one of the most widely used homeopathic antidepressants that is available today. St. Johns Wort is shown to effectively treat both anxiety an in periods of time as short as two to six weeks in duration. There are even clinical trials where St. John’s Wort is tested side by side with popular pharmaceutical antidepressants and St. John’s Wort is shown to be at least as effective as its pharmaceutical counterparts.

• Kava Kava

This is one of the most anxiolytic herbs know to mankind. An analysis that involved over twenty-five clinical studies shows that Kava Kava is more effective than placebo at producing relief of symptomatic anxiety. Also, Kava Kava is one of the safest types of anti-anxiety and anti-depression drugs.

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