Most people who've met me in the last two years might be surprised to find out that from the age of 13 and up I had suffered 30 years of major depression where at many, many points I had become suicidal. Moreover, on three occasions, enough to actually attempt it. I'd been institutionalized twice and I'd been on and off medication for years. I was even married once and much of the failure there was due to my mental illness, the rest was probably due to being young and emotionally immature.
Unfortunately for me, modern pharmaceuticals like SSRIs, SNRIs, and NDRIs, exacerbate another pain point I have that didn't help the depression, essential tremor. I was not treated well in school because of that. So unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I cannot take these medications. Instead I had to figure it out for myself through trial and error and sheer determination motivated by nothing more than being absolutely sick and tired of it all.
I spent a ton of money trying to figure out what works and spent even more in time reading and researching and then trying anything that had even a remotely solid amount of clinical evidence behind it no matter how silly it seemed. In most cases, everything was just another disappointment.
Then, about two and a half years ago, I figured it out... While I've been reasonably sad on occasion, I've not been depressed nor even remotely suicidal. Quite the opposite actually. I've been more determined to extend my youth, because I want more, and I want to make the best of the now happy years I have left. So why am I posting this?
Because after two years of keeping depression at bay, I figured that what I had been doing to conquer depression actually worked and... because there is considerable scientific evidence to support what I've been doing, I do not think it is merely something that "works for me". That would not make any sense. Also, it's not simple, in fact, it's really not easy, which explains why few people have succeeded at figuring it out or found the wherewithal to adopt such a protocol. If it were easy, like a pill, it could be packaged and sold for billions. Unfortunately it isn't. So I decided to write it all out in the form of an outline and share it with everyone. It's a work in progress and currently I'm still expanding many of the points and adding citations and references everywhere they are called for. So, be patient, it's mostly done but still has a ways to go. I just wanted to share it with you so that you can at least get started, if you so desire.
Please share this with anyone you know.
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Edited by Nate-2004, 02 February 2018 - 09:51 PM.
