as above, there are other alternative (or ‘traditional’, depending on how you look at it) therapies that have worked for depression. so if you’re into acupuncture, give it a try, or check these out (off the top of my head, in no particular order):
- biofeedback or other relaxation-based techniques (addressing stress/anxiety/focus/etc and the physical manifestations of that)
– perhaps a different school of therapy or counseling (there are MANY)
– meditation
– acupressure (working with similar energy flows, but using hands instead of needles)
– exercise (be it through sports, dance, outdoor activities (hiking, swimming, biking), a gym, yoga, traveling around the world…..)
– dietary changes (discovering allergies, cutting meat/dairy/soy/etc (for hormone levels, lactose intolerance, or other reasons), increasing or exclusively eating raw or living foods, just plain eating more healthfully by cutting junk and eating more veggies and fruits, cutting caffeine or alcohol, cutting sugars, taking specific minerals, herbs, or vitamins such as St John’s Wort or Vitamin B12…...)
– investigating sources of fatigue such as sleep disorders (more common than you might realize)
– major lifestyle changes or overhauling certain aspects of one’s life – type of work, relationships (romantic, friendship, family, communities), material conditions or items, hobbies, religious/spiritual beliefs, cultural setting, urban/rural, time spent outdoors…....
– chiropractics (and perhaps other work based on alignment, nervous system, etc)
– reiki, other energy work, work based on chakras