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Taking Care of Myself with Depression.
I've grown up with depression. Literally. I cannot remember one moment when I never experienced it.
Some months ago, I found out about Lexapro and suggested it to my psychiatrist. I took a low dosage of it for a few months, but lately, I've been taking 30mg (about to start taking 40mg). My happiness has soared higher than my depression now! :D
Before this 30mg, I never EVER wanted to get out of bed and take care of myself. I looked absolutely HORRIBLE.
But now, I have an obsession with taking care of my appearance which makes me genuinely happier the more obsessed with taking care of it I am.
So does anyone have any detailed tips on how to take PERFECT, PURE care of my hair, skin, body and teeth?
And I'd appreciate about health too if you can. Thank you SO SO SO MUCH! I can't put into words how much I'd appreciate any tips and help!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
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When it comes to your teeth depending on the condition of them brushing daily when you get up in the morning and between meals if possible and then again at bed time is what dentists normally recommend plus flossing. However, if your teeth are in rough shape you may need to brush 3-4 times a day and right down to the gum.
While there are a lot of products you can put in your hair showering daily and washing it should suffice. Nobody has perfect anything including skin or hair except in magazines. The goal is to find a style and look you can maintain easily and feels "perfect" to you. Washing your face twice daily for starters is good and perhaps consulting a pharmacy about products for skin and anti-acne would help.
I am glad you are happy but when you have depression or mental-health issues you really have to be sure whether happiness isn't soaring into elation, grandiose ideas/feelings and crashing back down and up or even delusion in some people as that's a warning sign of manic depression. I'm just pointing it out.
If the doctor and yourself are happy with where you are and that the happiness is 100% real and because of this new treatment than that's terrific. I'm glad you can get out of bed and care for yourself but don't be obsessed with appearance. As long as you groom yourself as much as everyone else does you'll be fine.
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Hiya! Dr.D here!
Before I say anything else. I just want to say,I am so happy for you that your happy! :D
for hair products. I have no clue.
But I know a lot about health, of how to have better skin, body and teeth. It makes me excited because, I can talk a little science! EEEEEE!!!!
sorry my nerdy side is kicking in.
Skin: get more then seven hours of sleep. See the minimum amount of sleep a human needs is seven hours, and the max amount is eight hours. But going for the max amount will not only get rid of bags under your eyes, it will give you more energy. I suggest moisturizing yourself once a day, and in the shower use tough body wash. But none with funky ingredients you never heard of. Natural stuff is better.
Body: SO...... by body do you mean like healthy, and in shape? or in the sexual way? if its sexual, imma just leave that to others, but having a good body I'll be talking about in health.
Teeth: Its great your thinking about your teeth. Many people just dont brush their teeth today and thats not good. For clean and healthy teeth, I suggest brushing in circles on each side of a single tooth. Of course use dental floss, i dont suggest every day, but every two to three days. Its good for the gums between the teeth and cleans bacteria there. Also your gonna wanna brush your gums. Keeping them strong keeps your teeth strong to. Finally I suggest mouth wash. Not only does it get rid of bad breath but it kills bacteria and some give a little removal of the yellow layer on our teeth. brush your teeth at least twice a day. But a third time like after you eat lunch I bet after a week your teeth will be shining beautifully!
Healthy and life style: So imma just give you pretty much my daily routine. When you wake up, its good to get some excising, to get the blood going and exercise your muscles and you can sweat off some fat. I do planks, crunches, and jumping jacks. Thats just when I wake up. When having a breakfast. I suggest some fruit, it prevents scurvy and it does miracles for your teeth and skin. Ever seen a pirate? if you look at their teeth and skin, thats because of lack of fruit. So i suggest fruit when you wake up. Try to stay away from drinks that give sugar and junk food in general. for a lunch if you get one, feel free to eat whatever you want, I'm not prescribing one because I am pretty sure your fit and dont need to worry about the one meal. Then later you should probably go outside for a while, go for a walk, a swim, a bike ride, what ever, get a little energy out and enjoy the outdoors. Finally for dinner you should have something from every part of the food pyramid. fruit, vegetables, grain, dairy and meat(I suggest fish for your meat product). Also I recommend you indulge in activities you like. Something away from electronics that you like to do. puzzles, reading, writing, anything that challenges the brain. makes it stronger and smarter.
Well thats it. I hope I helped. I wish you good luck. Remember this is only recommended!!!! Good luck, and have a nice day :-)
-Dr.D
P.S. Maybe if you want, try to do a little zen. Have a nice day!
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I do not have any tips about hair care but I do want to suggest you tell your psychiatrist as the obsession with your appearance and hair care may be a side effect of the medication.
Obsessions are part of Obsessive compulsive behavior or OCD. Something your doctor needs to be aware off.
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For hair since I am into natural health products, I suggest you choose a product that can be purchased at a health food store. Read this link for warning on laurel sulfate in most shampoos and other such products:
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At health store write down the names of the brands and then see if you can find it cheaper elsewhere, maybe even Walmart. Summer time is a good time for special hair treatment with things you have in your kitchen. Scramble a raw egg and massage it into your hair and keep it there for a while like if you can stand 20 mins. People just get their hair wet over the sink, wear the egg treatment on hair with towel around shoulders to protect clothes and then take shower and rinse it off in there. The hair likes the protein in eggs.
An alternative is pouring beer over your head, into your hair while holding it over tub or sink. Try it on a sunny weekend where you can go outside and sit in the sun a bit, not necessary and then rinse off in shower. I know, bad way to waste a beer but hair also likes the ingredients in beer.
For skin, again read ingrediants. You want to avoid anything with the word petrol and long words starting with petro. In Europe, thats the word for gasoline and it is derived from gasoline. It has no purpose being in a product that gets applied to our skin. It is cancer causing over long term use.
If you don't know this yet, everything we apply to our skin is absorbed to some degree. So you may also want to go with natural made soap bars or body washes also. It may cost more but your health is worth it.
But what we don't hear from companies advertising their products to make money is that the most significant health, even for hair, skin, nails, starts from the inside. Beauty starts with what you are taking from the inside out.
We live in a toxic world and our bodies take in toxins that sometimes can't be avoided.
Currently besides vitamin and mineral and amino acid supplements, I ressearched what one can take to detox the body. Found something called Organic sulfur, or MSM short for its scientific name. It resupplies an ingrediant babies and children have in abundance but it dissapates over the years and needs to be added to the body. This product detoxs but the beauty benefits are supposedly really great. I've only just started so you might check back with me in a month and ask about it but I can tell I am detoxing. The other benefits for beauty involve providing ingrediant needed for body to have Keratin and Collagen, Keratin makes for thicker healthier hair and nails. Mine have been brittle most my life so we shall see. Collagen is needed to have healthy skin. When we have less or none, we get lots of wrinkles.
As for fitness, it depends on ones body type. There are 3 needing varying amounts of exercise to maintain or lose weight. If walking, running or a dance class isn't enough you may need to do more.
Toning the muscles if you do at least that is accomplished easily by doing yoga stretches.
If you are interested in discovering your body type, there are on line tests with lots of questions you answer about yourself to discover which body type. This will provide a list of foods best for your body type and ones to avoid and what amount of exercise you require. This is Ayurvedic health and just search for how to determine your dosha (body type). If you can't find it, let me know and I will search again for it, as I didn't save the site.
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