I have found the idea that natural herbs and chemical compounds found in nature may help to lessen the severity of depression, anxiety and mood swings in both women and men very intriguing.

Herbal remedies for depression and anxiety are an increasingly intriguing subject not only to me, but to thousands who feel they might benefit from naturally treating their issues with these common psychological hurdles. Relagen is one such product that may help to curb the symptoms of depression, anxiety and mood swings when taken as a natural daily supplement. 

Why my interest? Because I have personally seen the effects of antidepressant drugs on friends and family, and quite frankly I think medically prescribed antidepressants and anti anxiety medications are overprescribed and under supervised, but that is strictly my personal opinion, and I’m sure that they do help some people, I’m just leery of them myself.

I have seen one thing consistently with prescribed antidepressants: the lack of coupled counseling with the prescription of an antidepressant seems a common theme in psychiatry. Why would you prescribe a medicine to a patient for depression without focusing on helping them verbally talk through their issues as well? I never understood this.

In my opinion, when an antidepressant is prescribed, so should therapy sessions that help the person talk out their problems. To me, we are addressing the symptom of depression without addressing the underlying, and perpetuating causes of depression.

Another thing I have seen with prescribed antidepressants is that they too often cause unwanted side effects, even throwing some with severe depression into suicidal tendencies in some cases. This is extremely dangerous, and should be addressed with more urgency than it currently is in my opinion.

Many people also report great difficulty in “weaning” themselves off of medically administered antidepressants, many times having horrible symptoms of withdrawal, and feeling they can never truly come off of the antidepressant. This becomes a vicious cycle for some.

This natural depression and anxiety formula actually may help to naturally boost the mechanisms in our bodies that naturally are in opposition to feelings of depression and anxiety. It has several ingredients that have a reputation for calming the nerves and helping to lift the spirits that have been used in herbology to help people with these mild symptoms.

There are also other methods to herbally or naturall treat depression, but I like “Relagen” because it combines several herbal remedies into one, creating more of a comprehensive herbal/natural remedy approach to helping treat both anxiety and mild depression, without having a sedative effect, but still relaxing the mind and bringing us naturally to more positive thoughts with regular ongoing use.

Another note on the medical approach to treating depression and anxiety, and this is purely opinion mind you, of course there are others with different opinions, and this opinion does not count for every case or every physician or psychiatrist approach.

I believe that many doctors are not trained to look at all aspects of a depressed individuals life, or perhaps they do not know how to broach the subject without feeling they may hurt the patients feelings or alienate them. They should always see what that persons eating habits are (ie do you eat a lot of sugar – sugar and blood sugar play a HUGE role in mood as they can completely rule your hormones, which in turns controls mood).

Does the patient get enough physical activity? Believe it or not, just fixing these two factors in ones life can make a much more dramatic difference in depression than ANY antidepressant drug alone.

Not only that, but for the times when just changing lifestyle and/or eating habits doesn’t cut it, there are natural remedies and herbs for treating anxiety and depression that really enhance mood and lift spirits, without dramatically altering body chemistry or causing unpleasant or dangerous side effects.