Self-treatment of depression I. Medication is not a panacea: Self-treatment of depression should be combined with both physical and psychological aspects. Some patients, in the treatment of depression, rely on drugs. Especially some drugs with strong sedative effect. It is undeniable that these drugs do have a certain efficacy, but such sedative drugs mostly belong to Western medicine, which is easy to cause great damage to liver and kidney functions, and it is necessary to assist psychological counseling on the basis of relying on drugs and learning the way of self-regulation to help the recovery of the disease. Second, to have patience: some patients in order to get well sooner, they increase the dose of drugs, or many light depression after scientific and reasonable treatment, about 2 weeks can make symptoms such as depressed mood and fatigue can be significantly improved, sleep and appetite aspects also improved. Then at this point, some depressed people think they are well. Self-treatment of depression should not be rushed to stop the medication, which will cause the condition to recur or make it gradually aggravated and increase the difficulty of treatment in the future. Third, forbidden to talk about sensitive topics: the sensitive topics mentioned here are actually very general. It includes some things that lead to the onset of depression, and also includes some decisions that patients are asked to make. Self-treatment of depression should avoid talking about sensitive topics, these topics will stimulate the patients and make their condition deteriorate rapidly, so when communicating with depressed patients, you should also pay attention to some skills. Fourth, life should be regular: some depression patients have the habit of staying up late before the onset of the disease, which is very detrimental to the treatment. Self-treatment of depression should be around 22:00, to rest, 20 minutes before rest, you can listen to light music, read some relaxing magazines, if possible, you can brew a glass of milk before going to bed, which is good for sleep.