Depression and Vitamin C :: Dave’s Depression

Depression and Vitamin C

You need Vitamin C to make neurotransmitters like dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin.

Here’s how it works: Vitamin C helps convert an amino acid, L-Tyrosine, into dopamine. L-Tyrosine, with the help of Vitamin B6, then converts into norepinephrine.

Another benefit of Vitamin C is that it can help fight the physical damage done by emotional stress. Too much stress can lead to free radical damage, and Vitamin C is an antioxidant, which helps bind free radicals.

Your body can’t store much Vitamin C, so you need to add it to your diet daily. Eat more fruit or take a multivitamin.

Here’s a review of herbal supplements which claim to stave off depression: Natural Antidepressants Comparison.