Information and opinions on Depression from Susan Cagley at MyDepressionConnection.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974 http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974 http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/36921/lost-found Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:53:10 -0400 Susan Cagley    I have not been back in a while. But I still love to come here and type  to the best friends a person can have.  I have been on meds, treatments, and in the hospital the last 3 months. I have made so many mistakes in my life, but I don't have to live for those mistakes. I am reminded daily of my faults and everything I have done wrong. It is not to be mean but to help me not make the same mistakes again in my... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/36921/lost-found http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/17888/wrote-back Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:36:00 -0500 Susan Cagley    I hope that maybe someone can find help in these poems. I have gone though so much in my life but there are people who problems are much worse than will ever see.  I'm not so depressed anymore but it helps to talk, if not in words, art work, even pictures, but we all need a place to let these out and not hold in what is brother us. I can't stop crying over the past. How do I stop the flood of tears building up... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/17888/wrote-back http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/17524/children Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:12:00 -0500 Susan Cagley    This year my daughter seamed to becoming out of her shell.  She was so happy and really decorating the home and  the store where she work. Now the smile seams to be fading away from her face.  She even fixed a great Thanksgiving dinner for everyone.  I am afraid that she starting to feel like she did when her dad left for a new family.  My cousin gave her a 7 and 1/2 feet tall. I let her put it up in my... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/17524/children http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/16955/lower-back-pain Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:53:00 -0500 Susan Cagley    The other day I sat down and read my side effects to the med Lexapro. While reading the some of the effects I found one symptom that I didn't know that can affect your life. The symptom was lower back pain. Now I have been taking Lexapro now for 6 years.  I have had lower back pain for the same amount of time. Has anyone else had this can of problem? My mom side that this is just quaysidence but I don't know. The pain... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/16955/lower-back-pain http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/16308/good-gods Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:30:00 -0500 Susan Cagley    Long time no see.  I have been busy for along time now so I have not been writing. I have taken on  project that has really cost me a lot  of trouble.  My ex's aunt and uncle have had a lazy time in life.  So I asked my family to help me fix up their home for them. We have done a lot of work on their home and spent our money.  They hold on to everything that they get their hands on.   I... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/16308/good-gods http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/14719/glad-give-scams Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:36:00 -0400 Susan Cagley    On line there is a mystery shopper group and they want you to spend money to make money. On the news just now a couples was scam when they tried. Now they have to pay back a large some of money that they never really got. What they do is send you info and ask you to check out services and stores than you send them the recites and you even half to pay to join. when they got the so called money check from them for what they did, it... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/14719/glad-give-scams http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/14430/meds-long Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:02:00 -0400 Susan Cagley    I wounder if I have been on my depression meds to long now for them to be doing me any good. I have been on the wellbutrin on and off for 8 years and lexapro for about 4 years. Made it is time for a change. This might explain why I am having so set backs in life. I don't know what to do excite find a phy doc soon and get the answers I need from them. Has anyone else gone though this med problem of long term use. http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/14430/meds-long http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/14262/im-lost-dont Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:06:00 -0400 Susan Cagley    I am so lost now I just can't seam to move on anymore. I have caught myself thinking about my ex-husband all the time now. I don't understand why I can't let go. I'm afraid I might be on the broader of being a stalker. No I am not going to his home or trying see him but I just sit and think about the what ifs. I love him still and I didn't want this divorce. This was forced on me. He couldn't stand the... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/14262/im-lost-dont http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/14101/fact-life Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:47:00 -0400 Susan Cagley    Today I finally feel that I need to just let go. I have tried and tried to lose weight and all I do is put more on. I sick of living this life and I can't find any answers. I have bagged my doctor to help me said don't eat or drink milk products. In some facts on food they say milk will help you lose weight. I don't eat a lot of junk or drink cokes. I love fuite and salads. I eat light meals but I still gain weight. I... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/14101/fact-life http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/13767/weight Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:42:00 -0400 Susan Cagley    In the past 3 years I have put on 100 lbs. I am taking wellbutrin, lexapro, rebif, provigil, tizanidine, gabapentia, oxybutynin XL, I take all this for my ms. I used to be very active and now I just want to hide all the time. I can't stand going out in public any more. I can't seem to talk to people anymore. I feel so lost now. I afraid that I may be just giving up on life and I don't want to be a part of the world. The... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/3974/13767/weight