Do I need to see a neurologist/psychiatrist/endocrineologist/naturalpath?

[Tokey-tokerson]

I suggest going to an endocrinologist and getting blood work done. If everything comes back in the normal range, then try and find a good psychiatrist, or therapist. Sometimes drugs just arn't the answer, odly enough. Sometimes people can get it in their heads that something is happening to them so deep, that it will start symptoms.

 

[StagnantReaction]

Try starting with a sub dose of DMT and reducing your stress. *shrug*

 

[lifeisforliving]

well depression is essentially a neurodegenerative disorder so it could have to do with more then one of the problems you have. Depression affects the brain physiology in more ways then not just having enough serotonin. Stress is probably one of the worst things for depression as it imbalanced the HPA axis, it makes sense because stress percipitates depression usually. First thing you should do is eliminate any sort of intense stress or your brain wont be in a mode where it can recover. Also help it recover this is how ssri's work they increase neurogenisis increasing brain cells, but exercise does this also.

hrmm.. I just read an article that might interest you about neurogenesis and alleviation of depression (at least in mice )
Can New Neurons Teach an Old Mouse?

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In the new study, Drew and his colleagues tested this hypothesis by irradiating the small hippocampal region where new neurons form, which is thought to be especially important in spatial learning. The irradiated mice, now unable to grow new neurons, were then placed in stimulating cages for six weeks and tested for improved memory and decreased anxiety.

Despite the fact that the mice couldn't grow new neurons, they still fared better on learning tasks than non-irradiated mice raised in cages fit for a prisoner. "We were actually surprised by the results," Drew said. "We fully expected that blocking neurogenesis would block enrichment learning." Since these results suggest new neurons aren't part of the story, Drew says there may be different mechanisms behind enrichment learning, such as a boost in brain proteins that promote connections between existing neurons.

So if the new neurons aren't necessary for these learning tasks, just what is their purpose? Drew says his future experiments will aim to figure out the psychological role of neurogenesis in the hippocampus. "There's a lot of speculation," he says, "that it's involved in depression or the response to antidepressants." After this latest study, current theories on neurogenesis seem to be just that: speculation.

 

[BilZ0r]

Yeah, lots of bullshit in this thread. There is no good evidence that depression is caused by neurodegeneration. Blocking neurogensis doesn't cause depression, and not all antidepressants depends on neurogenesis.

Also,

The SSRIs only treat depressions that are rooted in a serotonin imbalance. In my case, mine was rooted in a dopamine imbalance (which may or may not mean I have Parkinsons disease).

Who says? There is limited evidence to support the idea that depressed people on the whole have low serotonin.

Serotonin depletion doesn't stop people on tricyclics from being depressed, and catecholamine depletion doesn't stop people on SSRIs from being depressed.

 

[streetsurfer]

I think it is all about a hyperactive limbic system