Best Foods For Combatting Depression

LucyD · Feb 15, 2019 at 01:36 AM

I can't take any of the antidepressants and have tried almost all of them. I have been eating these foods and noticed I've been feeling a lot less depressed:

Best Foods For Combatting Depression

Skeezyks · Feb 15, 2019 at 01:46 PM

Well... I don't know if what I struggle with could really be considered depression or not. (I've never actually been offered anything in the way of a real diagnosis. I do tend to score high on self-tests for it though.) I get up every day, get cleaned up & do what needs to be done. Sometimes I do more than needs to be done. But I also know that depression tends to manifest differently in men than it does in women. (Or at least so they say...) I'm fortunate that I actually prefer, & mostly eat, many of the types of foods listed on the chart you posted. I can't say that doing so has any particular effect on my mood. But then perhaps if I ate differently I'd be in worse shape than I am too. Anyway, thanks for reinforcing the fact that I'm eating a lot of the right stuff! Gee... all of a sudden I'm feeling hungry!

LucyD · Feb 17, 2019 at 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Skeezyks

Well... I don't know if what I struggle with could really be considered depression or not. (I've never actually been offered anything in the way of a real diagnosis. I do tend to score high on self-tests for it though.) I get up every day, get cleaned up & do what needs to be done. Sometimes I do more than needs to be done. But I also know that depression tends to manifest differently in men than it does in women. (Or at least so they say...) I'm fortunate that I actually prefer, & mostly eat, many of the types of foods listed on the chart you posted. I can't say that doing so has any particular effect on my mood. But then perhaps if I ate differently I'd be in worse shape than I am too. Anyway, thanks for reinforcing the fact that I'm eating a lot of the right stuff! Gee... all of a sudden I'm feeling hungry!

I thought the same thing. That if I wasn't eating many of these things I'd feel worse. I have mild depression now. If you read the chart you can see what each food does for chemicals in the brain, don't know if you saw that. I found it very interesting.

Thirty shades · Feb 17, 2019 at 07:08 PM

for posting Lucy. I cannot tolerate meds too.

This is very helpful.

OliverB · Feb 17, 2019 at 07:22 PM

Eating fatty fish everyday helped my cognition a lot.

mikimostar · Feb 17, 2019 at 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by LucyD

I can't take any of the antidepressants and have tried almost all of them. I have been eating these foods and noticed I've been feeling a lot less depressed:

Best Foods For Combatting Depression

Thank you for sharing this.. Keep going..

Fuzzybear · Feb 18, 2019 at 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by LucyD

I can't take any of the antidepressants and have tried almost all of them. I have been eating these foods and noticed I've been feeling a lot less depressed:

Best Foods For Combatting Depression

Thank you for posting, Lucy

I can’t tolerate meds either... thanks for the helpful and informative post

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Thirty shades Grand Magnate Member Since Jul 2018 Location: UK Posts: 4,799 (SuperPoster!) 5 16.2k hugs given	Feb 17, 2019 at 07:08 PM #4 for posting Lucy. I cannot tolerate meds too. This is very helpful.
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