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Get Informed - Zoloft Side Effects

Zoloft is the most common brand name for the chemical Sertaline, a drug classed as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI).  Other SSRIs include Fluoxetine (Prozac), Citalopram (Celexa), Fluvoxamine (Luvox), Paroxetine (Paxil), and Escitalopram (Lexapro).  Zoloft is produced today by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, and is also marketed under the brand names Lustral, Apo-Sertal, Gladem, […]

Avoid Medications - Try Natural Cures for Depression

Depression, as the single most common for of mental illness out there and one of the most debilitating, can make living a normal life a losing struggle.  Though everyone will have some amount of depression in their lives, some people have a physical condition that results in unmanageable amounts of depression even when there is […]

Bipolar Disease (or Manic Depression) Can Be Controlled

There are many mental illnesses that affect the people around us. Some of them are apparent during childhood and others are not detected until adulthood. Many mental illnesses are hereditary and others can be brought on through the use of drugs or through a traumatic head injury. Many people do not understand that mental illness […]

Understanding Lexapro

Lexapro is the brand name for the chemical Escitalopram, a drug classed as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI).  Other SSRIs include Fluoxetine (Prozac), Fluvoxamine (Luvox), Paroxetine (Paxil), Citalopram (Celexa), and Sertaline (Zoloft).  Lexapro is produced today by the Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck, and is marketed under the brand name Cipralex in Europe.  Lexapro is […]

Don’t Let Anxiety and Depression Run Your Life

How’s the old happy meter looking these days? Is your level of bliss up to par? Don’t laugh; this is a legitimate question considering all the drama in recent years. It’s almost like people need loads of catalysts to stir a little happiness. So many individuals suffer from anxiety and depression for reasons they may […]

Diverse Therapy of ADD Treatment

While I am not an expert on ADD—Attention Deficit Disorder—I do have it, have had since God only knows when, was not until my early forties diagnosed with it, and have in the past four years read up on and written on ADD and the options for ADD treatment.  So I write about information as […]

Mental Health: Recognizing the Symptoms of Depression

The world we live in can often be a little overwhelming. While many of us are able to leave our daily dilemmas behind and get on with life, some of us have a lot of trouble moving forward. In fact, some of us find life to be rather challenging and arduous at times. Is our […]