is it a cop out to medicate?

[native]

Even after 2 years of being vegetarian, drinking filtered tap water, taking coral calcium, magnesium, B12 , royal jelly, kelp (iodine - for thyroid gland) and other supplements, meanwhile not eating junk food or drinking pop I still had depression until a month ago when I went back to a school to a program I really enjoy full of classmate and professors I like alot. If I wasn't in school for more than a week and if I didn't see my friends on a regular basis, or wasn't doing something else enjoyable to fill the time, I would most likely fall back into depression until I'd get back to something enjoyable. Also I've had mild ADD all my life which was never alleviated by anything I did. Therefore I disagree that it's mineral deficiencies.

I've found that contentment/depression is a choice. You can choose to be happy or choose to be sad. It is a paradoxically complex but simple choice that involves a lot of self-reflection.

I cured years of depression in one summer by deciding that life was good. I've found that when you are depressed, you find comfort in reaffirming that "my life sucks." Sulking is a familiar feeling, and you feel comforted by being the victim..that everything isn't your fault.

Being out in the sun is important. There are the obvious metaphysical connections, and it produces vitamin d3 in your body.