This quite often follows pain, especially if relief is slow. Depression can be biological, psychological or environmental. In other words, severe depression can be in the family genetically, and medication is necessary. Erratic hormone levels can be the cause of depression in the case of young mothers and menopausal women.
Natural therapies of homoeopathy and acupuncture are necessary in the treatment of depression. Finally nutritional requirements may be inadequate and atmospheric toxins in air and water and food may be to blame. Heavy metals may be found in the bloodstream so elimination techniques are needed.
Gentian and mustard are the correct Bach Flower remedies for depression. Also in my experience vitamin B3 (niacinamide or niacin) can be just the necessary vitamin to pull you out of it. This should be taken under direction as there is an interesting side effect (hot itchy skin) if the dose is too high or is taken at the wrong time with a hot drink. Don’t self dose.
Lack of direct sunlight can also cause depression but it isn’t noticeable till about three months later. So if you miss your ten minutes of sunshine a day in the winter, you may become depressed in the spring. The cure in Europe is to take vitamin D tablets with calcium, but in a sunny country like Australia, the answer is to have your lunch sitting in the wintery sun. (Don’t sit in the sun in summer if you value your skin!)
With acupuncture, we balance the earth pulses to cure depression along with worry and tension. Many a case of nervous breakdown has been cured in. a week with needles. There are no drugs involved here.
A new mother came for help. She was suffering post-natal depression and didn’t want to have medical treatment if it involved medication while she was breastfeeding. She found looking after the baby tiring and she felt she couldn’t cope.
She was asked specifically about her menstruation before the pregnancy, and she had always had painful and long periods. Her diet was discussed and it was apparent that she suffered cravings for sugar which left her very tired in the afternoons. It was obvious that she desperately needed to correct her diet, especially to include protein at breakfast, and she was happy to have acupuncture to balance the erratic hormone levels. A multi-mineral and multi-vitamin tablet to correct her nutritional status was advised. A specific homoeopathic tablet was given to her and a month later a happy mother came to see me. It was recommended that she have monthly check-ups for the next six months to circumvent a possible relapse.
Post-natal depression is a serious condition if allowed to develop. The tragedy of babies being mishandled is a sad reality. Natural therapies have much to offer. Prevention here is so much better than cure. Depression is often deeply submerged anger.
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