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Thanks for your post. It is very interesting. I have struggled with depression since I was probably 13 or 14 (I am 29 now). I have taken zoloft and wellbutrin in the past, but things were okay recently and I haven't been taking anything. I still had low moments or days, but nothing too harsh.

I was reading about the benefits of flax seed oil and saw that it contains Omega 3 and 6 efa's and may be beneficial in treating depression. I have been taking it for about 2 or 3 weeks and I feel like a new person. I take it with breakfast and lunch. I have so much energy I have to exercise to burn it off. I laugh easier. I am more alert. I had some digestive problems that are all but gone. For years I have been on the search for the perfect lotion because my skin, especially my legs, was always dry, within about 4 days I noticed a difference (for the better!) in my skin and my hair is softer. In short, I feel better. I didn't even feel like this on the antidepressants.

I've never been a big meat or fish eater, so maybe all these years it was just a nutritional deficiency??

I've never been a big meat or fish eater, so maybe all these years it was just a nutritional deficiency??

Hmmm. It's quite possible. I take omega-3's, dessicated liver and lots of B-vitamins myself. And amino-acid chelated Cal-Mag-Zinc. But the things that have helped me the most have been getting a Jack LaLanne Juicer and walking 3 miles a day every day (which was no easy feat at first for a former couch potato; I had to work up to it slowly!). After about 50 minutes or so I get a "runner's high" even though I only walk at 3mph; I dimly remember hearing various endorphins, hormones and fat-burning enzymes are released at about the 55-minute mark, and I have lost a lot of weight on a low-fat high-juice diet.

Glad to hear you're feeling good a lot!