"natural"
Posted By: deenibeeni on 2009-01-23
In Reply to: does anyone have advice for this situation... - anxiousMT
Keep in mind that some antidepressants (SSRIs, SNRIs) work by making available to your brain an endogenous substance -- one that is already there but in short supply -- & that this is less like "doping yourself up" and more like taking insulin. Go get the meds. If you give it a chance & you don't like it, you can always go back to valerian.
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Thanks, I did not think it was, it is on the regular "natural" one though - nm
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but remember that the "natural" supplements are not...sm
tested as to potency or strength or even ingredients. 400 mg of melatonin from one company or even bottle to bottle is not necessarily the same. And there is no FDA oversight, so could be other things cut into the mixture, which could be a lot "harsher" than "drugs." Testorone is a natural substance that your body produces naturally but it would not necessarily be a benefit to have more of that! Benadryl in fact is an antihistamine which is actually just as "natural" a solution as melatonin, being as it counteracts a natural substance that your body produces.. I know people don't think that way, but chemistry is chemistry. If you really want to go "natural" you could investigate sleep hygiene, darkened room, cognitive behavioral techniques and maybe lavender aromatherapy. Not saying what you should do, just educating regarding that word "natural." 
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