From: bassett_green@hotmail.com 
  
 Hugh Watkins wrote: 
  
 > 
 > "NewLifeTrend.com"  wrote in message 
 > news:e6807a40.0305072215.254576c8@posting.google.com... 
 > > Has anyone had results with herbal products?  I'm trying to loose 
 > > weight and get off perscriptions meds for depression, but haven't 
 > > found a natural solution yet. 
 > 
 > more exercise 
 > and eat less 
 > 
 > simply avoid all the catch-penny thingys 
 > 
 > Hugh W 
  
 Two additional thoughts: 
  
 Talk to your doctor before stopping the meds - you need to come off some 
 anti-depressants [especially SSRIs] by steps, like de-toxing.  Your 
 doctor can tell you if your med is one of that type.  And remember that 
 it took a while for you to get into the state you're in; you're not 
 going to come out of it overnight. 
  
 Set aside time for yourself, even if it's only an hour a week, to do 
 something that gives you pleasure:  soak in a bubblebath, paint a 
 watercolour, write a poem, walk by a canal, play some music, ride a 
 bicycle, dig in a garden - whatever *you* like.  Personally, I quite 
 like flying kites, and I don't care how silly I look - they're pretty 
 and non-polluting.  And make that time absolutely sacrosanct, short of 
 the house catching fire.  Make a point of having some fun!  [from a Lou 
 Reed song] 
  
 Treat yourself kindly and with respect; after a while, so will others. 
  
 It works for me, anyway. 
  
  
  
 Maggie 
  
 -- 
 "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Mark 
 Twain 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
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