For People Whom Have Recovered From Anxiety and Depression?

Question by motorcross234: For people whom have recovered from anxiety and depression?
How long did it take you to get back to being free from anxiety and/or depression?

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Answer by Jodie
My depression started during the spring of my eighth grade year, and lasted throughout my entire freshmen year (unfortunately) and a few months into my sophomore year, so probably around two years total. But the process wasn’t immediate, and at times I still do have depressing thoughts, though generally I now have a brighter outlook on life and find myself to be content with everything and everyone around me.

Answer by ferrisulf
It took me a few years…but I had to find the right treatment and make a lot of changes in terms of diet and exercise. What worked best for me was acupuncture. Actually, it was the ONLY thing that worked for me. I have unipolar disorder. It’s a chronic condition similar to bipolar 2. I have the ups and downs in mood but no manic episodes. The acupuncture not only got rid of my suicidal thinking, but it stabilized my moods better than any of the meds (the meds gave me terrible side effects that I’m still recovering from) It took about a year of acupuncture treatments before I was free of depression, but I was suicidal and was even considered for ECT. Luckily they turned me down because I was considered too young.

Recovering from anxiety and depression is different for each person. For my anxiety, it turns out all I had to do was remove all wheat from my diet. Anxiety vanished. I’m sensitive to wheat, but if I take an allergy test for it, it comes back negative.

My suggestion for anyone suffering from anxiety and/or depression: consider acupuncture first. The worst thing it could do is not work. It has no harmful side effects and is completely natural. Basically getting your body back in rhythm with itself. I would have recovered in one year instead of several if I had started with acupuncture and skipped all the meds.

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