Psychiatric drugs are inferior to chemical supplements

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Why aren't more people talking about this? I've been reading a book called Foods for Moods by a doctor who's not a corporate tool. He suggests which foods to regularly eat to get the chemicals the brain needs for pleasure and to regulate mood in other ways. But he also makes the point that diet doesn't always work. Sometimes people he sees who have been on anti-depressants never had a great diet and changing that alone made them fine. But other times he found he made reasonable success by prescribing people the chemicals he realised they needed in the foods directly. Whether those chemicals be tyrosine, lysine or whatever.

Anyone thought about this? See this news page about Jim Carrey - he used to take anti-depressants and is on chemical supplements now.

http://www.usmagazine.com/news/jim-care ... he-problem

Don't forget about the studies that suggest that regular exercise is as effective as SRRIs for mild or moderate depression.

Yes, there a lot of things that could help people, but are not pushed by the medical establishment because of the rules of the game. Most of these supplements have not gone through the $500 million testing gauntlet to become 'prescription' medicine, therefore, they cannot be prescribed and insurance companies do not have to pay for them. If someone does get suicidal, the doctor is generally better off if he has done what every other doctor does and simply writes a prescription for prozac - then he is providing the 'standard of care' that the medical profession believes is most appropriate. And many patients think they are being ignored if the doctor tells them to exercise, get sunshine and take supplements.

ya, because new age psychobabble is SOOOO much more reliable then a couple thousand years of established science

I agree that excercise can work. For me, it means just a simple walk to the grocery store or gas station near where I live that sets my mind on something almost on a daily basis.

When you are talking about aspergers, our lives often times or maybe most of the time is influenced by the demands of society. This can provoke anxiety or depression etc. This is what people mean when they are antagonist of popular medicine.

Sometimes I have taken melatonin or had chamamoile (at first didn't think it worked but later on used it as concentrated form) but only because of the circumstances of my life and not because of some kind of disorder that is promoted mostly by the drug companies who want you to take their products on a day to day basis which can build some toxicity in the body etc. I do not beleive in cures but these popular medicines are not cures anyways, they are recommended on a day to day basis.