If you are looking for alternatives to perscription anti-depressants, you could try, St. John's Wort, 5htp or SAM-E, all of these alternative therapies work as well with out the side effects of perscription ad's. check out these wbsites

http://www.sjwinfo.org/
http://www.smart-publications.com/books/5htp/toc.html
http://www.sjwinfo.org/cgi-bin/bm_search.cgi