At the risk of "citation needed" on the Omega-3 stuff: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19499625

Recovery
This isn't fun and if you're a part of it YOU MUST ASK TO BE A PART OF THE RECOVERY, DO NOT INTERVENE WITHOUT PERMISSION, KNOW YOUR BOUNDS prepare to be ignored or hated some days.

Really fighting depression is hard. Medicine doesn't work SSRIs just killed the last of my emotions and made my dick stop working. . There will be excuses, there will be laziness, there will be crying, there will be discomfort. Changes in lifestyle that are good, but require getting up and doing them.

Really, you need a full library to learn everything, but I'll summarize my best. Like I recommended elsewhere, The Depression Cure by Dr. Ilardi was my biggest tool to recovery.

1) Diet
Eating well is very important, so generally this should be improved where possible. But no worries if she's a sugar lover, there is one very important thing to focus on: Omega-3 fatty acids. The ratio of Omega-3 to Omega-6 fatty acids is very important for human brain function. Too much of 3, bad things. Too much of 6, bad things. Unfortunately, 6 is very common in our modern lifestyle, but 3's are... well... not.

At the Vitamin Shoppe I can get about a 3 months supply of Omega-3 fish oil supplements, for $30; it's their generic brand. Fish oil is nasty, so try to get burp-free capsules (they lipid coating of the pill dissolves in the lower intestine, so no fish juice in the tummy). Fish oils have nasty shit raw, so be sure they're molecularly distilled, supercritically extracted if possible.

To make absorption as good as possible, have a decent amount of antioxidants in the diet as well. These are generally healthy as well!

2) Light
We're not nocturnal.
Sunlight is extremely bright and has a huge role with our internal clocks and nutrition. In the morning, about 30 minutes after waking up, it's important to get a healthy dose of 15-30 minutes of sunlight. Try to get an hour or two of sunlight throughout the day. It's not hard, but often inconvenient. An alternative to real sunlight is a sun lamp in the house. If she's having trouble sleeping, this will help with that a bit. Speaking of which...

3) Sleep
A big issue that some people have is that they do things on the bed they shouldn't. Humans have associative memories; Pavlov bitches. We want to play when we see our toys, we want to eat when we see food. If you do things other than sleep and sex in a bed, stop doing that. Beds are for sleeping and you want your brain to make you sleepy when you lay down in them, not perk up and wait for playtime.

Getting 9 hours of sleep a night, is very helpful to keep up the needed energy throughout the day.

4) Exercise
I don't know why this isn't #1, because it is.
Exercise is the #1, single most effective, most powerful, healthy, necessary, proven, and non-regressive tactic for beating depression - bar none. If there is a cure, this is it. If you listen to a single thing I write, it's this. It's that important.

Start with basic 10-minute walks if necessary, work toward "real" exercise as comfort increases. Because depression makes doing hard, she'll likely need a friend to workout with, to make it a fun thing she looks forward to (or at least force her to do it anyway).

5) Friends
Humans are social creatures.
Like I said, she needs good friends right now.

6) Happy Thoughts.
Bad thoughts breed bad thoughts.
I told you earlier, Rumination is the Depressive's worst enemy. It's a vicious cycle that gets out of hand quickly.

Rumination happens when you have nothing else to do and lose control of worry. She needs to pick something up and get to work. Occupy her time with hobbies and friends as much as possible. And when she starts to ruminate, she needs to recognize what's happening, stop, and go do something to take her mind off of it.

This is one of the hardest steps.

(CONTINUING)

At the risk of "citation needed" on the Omega-3 stuff: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19499625

thank you so much for the book. I always felt the urge to live in more primitive times, and now I know why. its fascinating to read.

nice. I just bought it for my kimdle. I actually finished my last book the day before yesterday wo I m gonna start reaeing today. thanks man I really appreciate it.

*kindle so reading

wow.., thatd be great, but cant I buy the book myself? that would propably be more convenient than shipping all the way to europe.

thank you so much for the book. I always felt the urge to live in more primitive times, and now I know why. its fascinating to read.

nice. I just bought it for my kimdle. I actually finished my last book the day before yesterday wo I m gonna start reaeing today. thanks man I really appreciate it.

*kindle so reading

I obviously understand the concept of what you're presenting me with lol. But if someone tells me "an averagely intelligent person" I'd be assuming they refer to someone with an IQ of 100. Then yet again, I didn't immediately jump to a statistically correct definition, so I could see where you 2 are coming from.