5 Over-the-Counter Supplements Show Promise for Depression, New Review Finds

A review of 209 clinical trials identified supplements with strong evidence for treating depression symptoms, including St. John’s wort and probiotics.

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For years, Stacey Stevens felt trapped in what she described as wanting to “unzip from her skin”—a darkness so consuming she didn’t want to exist. The solution that finally lifted her depression wasn’t found in a psychiatrist’s office or on a prescription pad, but in the form of probiotics.

“I didn’t want to be here. I didn’t want to go anywhere. I didn’t want to talk to anybody,” she described her former self to The Epoch Times. “The hopelessness surrounded me. It was dark, and I really didn’t like myself because I was in such a bad place.”