I've been taking antidepressant medication for almost twenty years solid, with the exception of the period when I was switching antidepressants and when I was pregnant. The first antidepressant my depression was treated with was Norpramin, also known as Desipramine. I was very lucky, as it worked very well for me. Not everyone has that kind of... Read more
Let me tell you a tale of two Deborahs, and two different ways to handle stress. The first tale takes place in 1993. I was working at the corporate headquarters of a bookstore chain. Although I was doing a good job and getting stellar performance reviews from a very exacting boss, the company was in trouble. There had already been one round of... Read more
As I said in my part one of my depression recovery series, an important step to take once you've recovered from depression is to do everything you can to ensure that your depression will not recur. We're starting to understand that the whole body is involved in the treatment of depression and depression resistance, not just the brain. So even if... Read more
So you've recovered from depression - mazel tov! I remember what an amazing rebirth it was for me when the first antidepressant medication I tried lifted the depression that had been with me for twenty years.
Not to be a wet blanket, but there are a couple of things that you should keep in mind. One is that you can't get complacent about... Read more
It's thirty years ago, but I can still remember in painful detail what it was like to be a teenager with depression. I felt lost all the time. I dragged myself through weekdays and evenings, and weekends I spent as much time as possible in some form of escapism, mainly reading and television. When I filled out applications for college I had... Read more
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