Beating the blues without antidepressants

Hey @Josephine66,

Great that you have found something that works.  Double check with your team about the phytoestrogens in it if you are ER+. 
 If you aren't awesome but they don't like you taking those things if you are...why?  Because it's another thing they don't know if it interefers with hormone therapies.
Check on the herbs app but I am pretty sure that pueraria contians phyto's.

@Milly21 I was on melatonin but you can't take it forever. From memory taking this too long reduces what the body naturally produces?

@Zoffiel living with a husband with severe depression and bipolar, has phyciatrist appts and takes several meds is enough for one household. You're right though,  being depressed and having depression are not the same. None the less butchered hormones post BC leaves us feeling a pretty low and for some of us crying far too often. 

@kmakm we do what works. Good you don't feel like a zombie. I need to feel calm and clear to cope with husbands shit. 😞

@Sister they seem to help my sleep too. 

@Blossom1961 I get them through my naturopath. Brand is metagenics and yes expensive.

I've been told sage tea helps cool down the insides reducing intensity of hot flashes. Having a cup now, I'll post again in a few days with a verdict. 

Have a lovely day ladies 🎀

I am on the hunt for a natural tablet to take for hot flashes and mood,but struggling to find anything that I can take with tamoxifen and blood pressure tablets,taking evening primrose and pretty sure it not doing much.just bought some melatonin for sleep but haven’t tried yet.

They're working OK for me. Initially they made me feel jittery but after about three weeks that disappeared. No zombification!

@Josephine66  Great that you have found something that works for you.

@zoffiel I had my first experience of antidepressants over the Christmas holidays.  I waited until I didn't have to drive anywhere in the morning for a few days.  It was a low dosage but I felt like a zombie for about 15 hours afterwards (didn't help me sleep, of course) - no way I could function on them.  Fortunately, I don't feel as if I need them now, anyway.  Except for the past night of poor and little sleep and now I could bite someone!

I've been prescribed a huge range of antidepressants over the last 25 years. This all started with a critical episode of post natal depression. I've never been a little ray of sunshine and a difficult upbringing meant I was acustomed to being unhappy. Being clinically depressed is something else.
I've learnt to distinguish between being blue and being desperate. That has been a lifetime in the learning. I have also figured out that unless I am desperate the side effects of most antidepressants make my life more difficult as I feel like I'm living it under water. I won't take them anymore unless I'm likely to top myself, then I have to embark on a year long journey of getting the dose right then weaning myself safely off them.

@Josephine66 These look great but seem a bit pricey. Where do you buy yours?