Hey there I've had the same problem for years in my 30's. After having tried everything from sports, doctors, to psychiatrists and their terrible drugs, I decid

Hey there I've had the same problem for years in my 30's. After having tried everything from sports, doctors, to psychiatrists and their terrible drugs, I decided to research the sh*t out of it, which is what I do for everything I don't understand. What I have found is that there are some of us who lack certain non-essential amino acids and can't efficiently build them from food. L-Tyrosine is one of these. It's a precursor to neurotransmitters (particularly dopamine and norepinephrine). The first time I took 2.5g of Tyrosine in the morning, this 'pit in the stomach', this terrible anxiety I woke up with every day was gone within 5 minutes. I started taking Tyrosine every day, and I haven't had an anxiety/depression ever since. I found out much later that some depression books (The Mood Cure, Tyrosine for Depression) were already talking about this long ago. Wish I had found out before even going to the doctor! I also discovered that Rhodiola is extremely effective against psychosis and paranoia, and it saved me more than once from this funk in which you see everything negatively, or where everything feels empty. I take Rhodiola when I know I'm not thinking straight, am paranoid, or when everything around me becomes anxiety-inducing. It works. The last tool I discovered is St. John Wort. Billed as a natural anti-depressant, I found that it does tend to put me in a good mood when nothing else does. It takes a few hours to take effect, and weeks to get the full benefits, but it works and I always have some in my pharmacy. Without these 3 tools I'm not sure I'd still be here to write code every day. PM me if you want to chat.