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Suggest Medication For Loss Of Energy

hi my friend is coming off her antidepressants under a holistic doctor using natural hormones nutrients amino acids my friend is a lot calmer these day not suicidal anymore and a lot less anxiety and more independent she has been on antidepressants for 20 years half her life and dropped 50% of her meds within the first few months which is amazing anyway when it comes to healing is having motivation and more energy thenext stage in her healing and why are the stages when the mood gets better first then after the energy will come itold my friend it could be because when you get unwell the moods are the first to go and brain uses up so much of our energy is this right? also do you think GABA will give my friend energy she is very deficient in it
Mon, 9 Jun 2014
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Antidepressants help in maintaining the level of serotonin in brain and that would help to control the depressive symptoms. n depression, due to deficiency of serotonin, patients get depressive symptoms. In your friends case, she needs continuous dose of antidepressant. In case, you need further help, you can ask.

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Suggest Medication For Loss Of Energy

HI Thanks for using healthcare magic Antidepressants help in maintaining the level of serotonin in brain and that would help to control the depressive symptoms. n depression, due to deficiency of serotonin, patients get depressive symptoms. In your friends case, she needs continuous dose of antidepressant. In case, you need further help, you can ask. Thanks