Both types work by helping to stabilise the chemical imbalance in the brain that is synonymous with depression.
SAD sufferers can find relief in lamps that mimic natural daylight .
For very severe, deep depression, electric shock treatment can sometimes yield results, scary as it sounds, while a combination of therapy and anti-depressants is often the most powerful weapon against depression. Natural anti-depressants One of the most common and popular of these is St. John's Wort, usually extracted into daily tablets and available from many health food shops. Like all anti-depressants, it doesn't work for all people, but some studies have shown it to be at least as effective as some of the pharmaceutical drugs in alleviating the pain of depression. Several plants contain anti-depressant compounds, including bananas. Eating a banana every day, though, is more likely to help than to harm.