Naturally Depression Free

There are tons of depression treatments and depression cure solutions that you can find on and offline. Many of which are completely ridiculous and ineffective - and are basically nothing more than snake-oil gimmicks in a bottle. 

And then others which are quite toxic and come loaded with side-effects, although they are often prescribed by your own family physician. 

Chances are if you suffer from depression, that you have tried at least one of these methods with little success. And you are starting to feel frustrated and quite frankly - hopeless. You might be starting to think that:

1. "This is just my personality--nothing's wrong with me."

2. "There is nothing that is going to work for me."

3. "Depression runs in my family. There's nothing I can do about it."

4. "I don't like how I feel on anti-depressants - so I'm just going to forget it. 

5. "I can beat this on my own. I don't need any help from anyone."

And this is why you think that...

Most clinicians and mental health experts are out there trying to solve the depression crisis with one magic solution. One little pill. Or they are advising their clients to do what they were taught in graduate school and medical school to do. Or some are just following the trends, and recommending the newest or most popular drug (anti-depressant) of choice out there. 

But the Bottom line - is that these traditional solutions often:

1. Don't work at all.

2. Have tons of side-effects that only worsen the symptoms of your depression.

3. Work for a while...and then stop working.

And I should know...

My name is Lisa Angelettie MSW. My background includes working as a psychotherapist and life coach, and as the founder of the #1 Advice & Counseling site on the web, GirlShrink.com. I am also the Depression Editor at the 2nd largest online magazine for women, BellaOnline.  I am completely committed to the issues surrounding the causes and treatment of depression, and I have been helping people on and offline with their issues surrounding depression since 1999. 

Not only have I worked with dozens of clients who suffer from depression - but I myself have suffered from dysthymia my entire life and postpartum depression (twice), and searched for years to find a solution that worked for me. My physicians and colleagues highly recommended that I continue to search for the right anti-depressant for me. Even with everything that I had been taught - most believed that the right combination of therapy and anti-depressants would be the right "fix" for me. 

It wasn't.

The truth is - is that much like any other medical condition such as diabetes, high-cholesterol, etc. - the drug treatments available for depression do not always work for everyone. There is no one-size-fits-all solution.

I tried various combinations of prescription drugs and nothing really worked. Although there was about a year I was on one medication that seemed to really work, then after about 18 months it was almost as if I hit a plateau and it no longer worked. I was basically back at ground zero!

I'm sure you know what I mean.

This was really frustrating for me. Especially because I was working with and helping other people suffering from depression as a therapist, and I couldn't get a handle on my own situation! Can you imagine?

The REAL truth is that...

1. Traditional therapy can be ineffective for most people suffering from depression
When you talk to others you know with depression or visit depression forums on the web, you will hear the same things over and over. People are still in search of something that is going to work for them. Some spend years searching for the right "fix" and still others never find something that works.

2. Traditional therapy methods are all that is taught to physicians in medical school
The reason why you are constantly bombarded with new antidepressants to try is because that is what psychiatrists and M.D.'s are taught in medical school. Until they are taught that there are other options out there that could widely benefit tons of people - they will continue to recommend all that they know.

3. Traditional therapy treatments cannot be combined with other prescription or over-the-counter drugs
You can catch the evening news and learn that combining your antidepressants with cold medicine or some other type of pharmaceutical would not be wise. These are some powerful drugs and so in many cases you need to make a choice of which is more important -- and while you cannot just stop taking an antidepressant for a few weeks while you take something else (it can be very dangerous to do so) -- you will have to choose your antidepressant over anything else. 

4. Traditional therapies are big business
Just five years ago, you would have never seen a commercial for an antidepressant on television. Now - there are many. That is because antidepressants have become big business, and many of the side effects have been published in very small print on that paper that comes with your prescription. You know the one you never read! Or worse - some of the side effects have been under reported during development. I know this first hand because my mother worked in research and development for a major pharmaceutical firm for over 30 years, and she does her best to avoid prescription drugs.

5. Traditional therapy is a short-term solution to something that usually is a life-long battle.

Not many folks want to hear this, but depression for many people is a lot like alcoholism. You can keep it under control for ten, twenty, thirty years - but you are still an alcoholic. An alcoholic in recovery. Same holds true for depression. While life-long drug therapy may be a reality for a few people, it doesn't and shouldn't have to be a life-sentence for most people battling depression.

So if traditional therapies such as antidepressants are not the solution, then what is? Well, soon I will be showing you the most powerful long-term technique for eliminating your depression without the use of medication...