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In reply to the discussion: Antidepressants to treat grief? Psychiatry panelists with ties to drug industry say yes [View all]Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)Stress tends to zap your body of nutrients especially b vitamins so I would encourage anyone whether suffering from grief or just daily stress to make sure they are eating nutritious foods. Especially foods that have vitamins in them that are more in demand when you are stressed, like b vitamins. I don't know if vitamin supplements work or not some studies say they do others say they are useless. I think they might work if you are nutrient deficient and probably not so much if you aren't.
I am not sure what to think of this though. How much grief is normal and where do you start drawing the line. When I was taking psych the standard was two weeks of grieving after that the consensus was the grief should start tapering off. But, in our culture for a long time a year was considered a normal grieving period at least for widows and widowers. I haven't ever seen anyone grieve that long, nor have I ever seen anyone be alright after two weeks. Most people I have seen grieve for a couple of months up to six or so.
I would say if grief interferes with normal functions for more than a couple of weeks maybe it isn't horrible to get help. By interfere I mean the person seems to have major depression, not eating, bathing, can't work at all, won't get out of bed etc...