Supplements that may help ptsd and depression.

i have some issues too. it seems nothing really helps. for me there are things that help me hide it from the view of others, but noting that soothes my soul. i am trying to just except it is a part of me and i am who i am. it is hard to live sometimes when you remember too much and can not forget even if you try with the entirety of your being. i try to not give that part of me too much energy but no matter how tired or energy deprived that part is it seems to have a very strong will to rise up. so much of happy life is a illusion and once the illusion is broken there does not seem to be any replacing it.

micro dosing shrooms? It worked good for my cousin who suffers PTSD from his tenured service with the marines.

I’m very sorry that happened to you. I’ve had some awful things happen too. Many of us have. But we can turn lemons into lemonade. Our experiences help us to be more empathetic people able to help others. I’ve worked on forgiveness and even pray for those who did awful things to me. It does take some work. Be kind to yourself.

I was a pretty happy person until the great reset invaded our lives. Gaba, pharm grade. It worked in a day.

Also microdosing cannabis helps without the paranoia.

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And maybe give your mind the ok to run wild for awhile. Just sit with it and breathe and even cry. It is really good for us. And we can give ourselves a big hug.

Bourbon works best for me

and perfectly normal

Hey it’s ok for us to be whiny bitches sometimes.lol Being up all the time is not normal. Or down. We kind of need to be in the middle. And again we do need to whine and get it all out.

But sometimes we all need a little physical help even if it is a double cup if chamomile tea.

I’ve heard playing the harp does amazing things for the body. But who can get access to one of those large things lol

Exactly.

Awesome thread OP!!!!

Try the amino acid L-Tyrosine. It boosts dopamine levels.

Check into agmatine sulfate. It works via the same pathways as ketamine (and increases endorphins) but has only the slightest touch of a trip aspect to it. It doesn't work for some, but those it does work for call it magical. Some suggest doses up to 2g/day (higher than on the supplement packaging) It's also nowhere near the cost of ketamine infusions.

Evening primrose oil works great for some as well, but be careful, as it makes some folks worse.

As someone suggested earlier, l-tyrosine is worth trying, as is dlpa (d/l phenylalanine). dlpa and l-phenylalanine are too stimulanting/anxiety provoking for me, so I use only d-phenylalanine. D-phenylalanine also increases endorphins

Constant stress eventually causes adrenal burnout (research adrenal burnout diets). That burnout, added to changes due to female hormone fluxes, which also causes sleep issues, can be a real problem for older women. Your doc prescribed trazadone (an off-label prescription of an anti-depressant) instead of Ambien (or other sleep med), so I am going to read between the lines that you are an older female and you might have some issues with snoring? Sleep meds are dangerous for people who might have sleep apnea because they might be put in too deep of a sleep and not wake up (along with many being potentially addictive), so doctors use the Trazodone instead. Because Trazadone relaxes and helps some to sleep, docs prescribe that for older women instead of hormone replacement therapy, which they fear is dangerous. You might need a sleep study to see what is going on. You've got to get a handle on your sleep problems first.

Lots of good input with alternative therapies. Here are the basics..

Take daily:
Vitamin C
Magnesium (soaks in hot bath with epsom salts regularly)
Vitamin D3 (Sunshine vitamin, huge in depression. 15mins a day of sunlight correlates with significant mood changes)
Thyroid support (another poster mentioned the importance of rebuilding stressed adrenals/ thyroid)


... the kicker, find a good source of ORMUS (ORMES); take this early in the day so as not to disrupt sleep.


There are other supplements to throw in there depending on sex/ age/ physiology, and diet is huge too, but these are the basics I use to keep my mood balanced.

Iraq war veteran here twice deployed with PTSD..

Meng Da strains...

White and Green= perky and energetic

Red= pain relief and relaxation.

I almost exclusively get the White Meng Da myself.

Good luck.

Yeah you probably need more meat. If you eat red meat you can take digestive enzymes with it. You might feel a lot better with some red meat. Even just a few ounces.

Just put some iodine on your skin.

Thank you for your service.

I feel great. The kratom is a life changer.

carnivore diet, radical honesty, kratom tea when things go bad (easy to make and dose, you do not ingest a ton of bad plant matter, contrary to most, red strains work the best with me)


former C-PTSD sufferer here

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I tried red about an hour ago. Very relaxing and calming. Im impressed.

First get your blood work done.

CBC. CMP. Anemia’s, D25 hydroxy and a complete hormone panel of total test estradiol FSH LH and it’s very important to get SHGB ! Depression and ptsd are being treated with testosterone cypionate or enanthate.
Low D25 hydroxy levels can contribute to depression (think seasonal depression from cloudy weather). Getting this level over 60 will help too. Once D3 is converted to D2 or D it becomes a pro-hormone.

Ignacia Amara - game changer

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I haven't thought of it this way, but those I know who suffer from depression that seems inescapable have issues rooted in anger, even though they don't necessarily look angry on the outside. I think deep down they are angry and don't know it. Not for everyone, but for many.

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This guy is a "Life Coach."

Sounds like you have Complex Post Traumatic Stress Reaction (CPTSR).

Learning to process your emotions (emotional literacy) will help.

Another help is Pete Walker's COMPLEX PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving.

GABA cannot cross the blood-brain barrier

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or, maybe you should learn which supplements to AVOID

read the work of Grant Generoux

"I believe a Canadian engineer named Grant Genereux has discovered the primary cause of auto-immune disease. He used his discovery to cure himself of eczema, kidney disease and some other problems simply by changing his diet. He tried to narrow down the possible list of chemicals that could be causing auto-immune disease by asking a simple question: of the chemicals that are we more exposed to now than in the past (and more in the 1st world than the 3rd world), which ones are known to cause symptoms that are similar to auto-immune diseases. He hit upon a very simple answer: retinol, otherwise known as vitamin A.

The fact that vitamin A is toxic has been known since the early 1900's. (Just google hypervitaminosis A.) And if you look into the established symptoms of acute and chronic hypervitaminosis A, they overlap almost exactly with all the symptoms of known auto-immune diseases. That is not controversial. The only thing controversial is that hypervitaminosis A is only thought to occur at extremeley high doses of vitamin A consumption — although there are plenty of studies that have shown that it can occur even at much lower doses than thought to be toxic. Since vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin, it accumulates in the body (mainly the liver and fat tissue). So even if you don’t consume a massive amount on any given day, it can easily build up over time."

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