Antidepressants

Honesty and a cure for depression: There are many major classes of antidepressant drugs. Most of these drugs are associated in one way or another with serotonin levels. While many the top pharmaceutical companies are making large sums of profit off these drugs, cheaper natural alternatives are frequently available. Much of the user base is misinformed into the effects of these synthetic antidepressant drugs or the natural alternatives which are available.

Before you consider these pharmaceutical companies as being honest and not corruptly profit driven I recommend you read about the history of Tryptophan (a vital precursor to serotonin.) I also recommend you take the time to learn about serotonin and natural alternatives to synthetic prescription antidepressant drugs.

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors are currently the most recent and most popular antidepressant drugs on the market. Includes drugs like Paxil, Prozac, and Zoloft. SSRIs work by inhibiting serotonin from being released from the synapse.

Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors - The antidepressants which regulate neurotransmitter levels by reducing the levels of Monoamine Oxidase in the synapse. Drugs included in this category are Nardil and Parnate. These drugs are not prescribed as frequently as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors because the require a diet which is essentially free of toxins.

Trycyclics - The first major group of antidepressants to reach the market. Imperamine Hydrochloride (Torfranil) Amitriptyline Hydrochloride (Elavil, Limbitrol, Endep) Desipramine Hydrochloride (Norpramin) Doxepin Hydrochloride (Adapin, Sinequan) Nortriptyline Hydrochloride (Pamelor, Aventyl) & Protriptyline Hydrochloride (Vivactil).

Trycclics are not frequently prescribed because they have a propensity for abuse. In addition they have many adverse cognitive, sleep, bodyweight, cardiovascular, and psychomotor side effects.

Other Antidepressant drugs - those that do not fit the three major categories. Wellbutrin, Desyrel, Tianeptine & Effexor.

Biased media and a cure for depression: READ the following articles to see how the FDA is lobbied into protecting the price of synthetic pharmeceutical antidepressants by making natural precursors, and thier precursors illegal.

they made tryptophan illegal (although they still place it in baby food today) explain that logic?

now they want to regulate 5htp, a natural antidepressant, which I take reguarly and notice its positive effects on my life.

these both effect serotonin in a non synthetic, natural way.