 [ Symptoms ] i got a sore on my lip and now it got bigger and it burns [ Disease ] i am very biased towards exercise in fact some studies have shown that exercise works as good or better than antidepressants for mild to moderate depression i know with a busy lifestyle it can be difficult to find time for exercise we often think in terms of being unable to find time for exercise instead we should turn our thinking around so that we are making time for exercise even if it is 20 minutes a day the benefits will more than pay off 10 minutes in the morning and 10 minutes in the evening can even do the trick if that is all the time you have ideally 30 minutes of steady exercise a few days a week is best here is more information on how truly wonderful exercise can be for depression if you are interested in supplements there are several that medical research has shown to be effective the supplements that have the most evidence to support them are same and st john is wort studies have shown that same may work as well as antidepressants the studies in this area are not great but the supplement certainly shows promise there is a lot of research showing st john is wort can help as well as some antidepressants it is been shown to improve mood and anxiety and improve sleep related to depression another possibility is 5 htp which again has been shown in some studies to work as well as certain antidepressants if you are already on an antidepressant you should definitely talk to your doctor before taking any supplement to make sure there are no drug interactions of course if you have not seen a doctor about your depression you absolutely should you want to make sure that is in fact what is going on and that you are getting the right treatment based on your depression everyone is different and you and your doctor know your body the best the two of you can work together to tackle your depression