What do you know about SAM-e for depression?

Question

Thanks for your extensive answer Scorpian, you seem to have much experience. I have been working on the spiritual and physical aspects of depression (working out, meditating, etc.) for a while, and it definitely helps, but I still have a very big problem with sleeping far too much. It seems like no matter what I do I end up sleeping for at least 10 hours a day! It's such a waste, but I just can't seem to get up. If I try to drag myself out of bed, I get dizzy, feel sick, and can't get anything done anyway. As far as diet, I eat pretty healthy- not a big fan of junk food. Do these symptoms point to a more specific path I should take? You gave me so many options that I just want to pick one that is more likely to work. Thanks again...and to anyone else who answers!

Answer 1

I know it is expensive and I have tried it.It did not work at all.I take Cymbalta and it Is taking my cloud away, Finally got something that works for me.You can get it from your MD

Answer 2

SAM-e has been called the instant antidepressant. 400mg per day will pull you out of depression. Patients who are depressed may be under-methylating, which is why SAM-e works, by increasing methylating in the bodies chemical reactions.

If SAM-e does show an improvement in your mood, i would reccommend you get a blood test from a nutrtion-orientated lab, and check your homocysteine levels and histamine levels, these will be high if you are under-methylating, and can be corrected with supplements like 2000mg methionine. For more information consult a nutritionist, orthomolecular doctor or naturopath.

It will also be wise to check for allergies, nutritional dificiencies/profile, and candida overgrowth, if your depression has been there for a while, and no longer seems to be just psychological but also physiological.

Also to help 'cure' depression:

- Kefir Making - significantly improves mood, see source 1.

- Gerson Therapy/juicing

- Rife Frequency Healing - Mental health frequencies and Candida Albicans frequencies reccommended. GB4000 is a good machine to buy

- St. Johns Wort 300mg per day

- 5 HTP 30mg per day

- 30minutes of exercise per day, like brisk walking, yoga, swimming. This has been shown, in one study, to cure depression.

- Take a high strength multivitamin/mineral, like Higher Nature brand

- Omega 3 - this has been shown in scientific studies to fight depression, and has produced some remarkable results, google this. I reccommend that you buy Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega, or the Carlson's brand, as they are pure pharmaceutical grade, molecularly sieved, free of pesticides, PCBs ect. and require refrigeration, unlike cheap omega 3 brands. Dosage: 1000mg - 3000mg of EPA/DHA per day.

'They {the medical establishment} hate that word {cure}, like the devil hates holy water' Dr. Royal Raymond Rife

They would rather ensure you stay depressed and make money out of you, from psychiatric bills and the high cost of medication. Telling you that its genetic, and its for life, so they can keep you on the expensive drugs for life, make alot of money out of you, its all complete nonsense. Doctors merely repeat what they learn at medical school, they are ignorant but innocent, they are trained to ignore alternative medicine, in one of the first compulsory modules called 'critical/scientific thinking'.

You need to treat this depression wholistically. the mind, body, and soul must be addressed.

Body - Treat as stated above

Mind - Look into Emotional Freedom Technique, mercola.com for more information, look for a local EFT teacher, much much cheaper than psychiatry consultations. Although Cognitive-Based-Therapy is said to be effective, but EFT is superior to that.

Soul - Meditation, read the religious scriptures of the religion that you follow. If you do not follow any religion, then read the Holy Qur'an, this has a healing effect on those who read it.

Experience, Medical student.

'Until a man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge. Remedies from chemicals will never stand in favorable comparison with the products of Nature, the living cell of a plant, the final result of the sun, the mother of all life' Thomas Edison {American Inventor, famous for inventing the light-bulb} 1847 - 1937