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fcriddle

posted 11/18/2008, comments (2)

Medication helps

I existed with depression for the better part of 20 years before I hit bottom and attempted to end my life in 2003. A dignosis of Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM) in 2001 put me in a downward spiral. IBM is a slowly progressive muscle disease with the end point of a quadraplegic like loss of skeletal muscle function including swallowing... Read more Chevron

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I am a published writer who suffers from depression and MS

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posted 11/17/2008, comments (9)

The Importance of Play

Remember summers as a kid? Staying out until the street lights came on. Do you remember what you were doing at the time? I have visions of playing games like IT tag or kick ball. There were wagon rides down steep sidewalks. Homemade stilts my best friend's father made. Tree houses and cherry popsicles. And... Read more Chevron

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claire

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i have had depression for four years on and off

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posted 11/17/2008, comment (1)

surprise

well i feel like ive been somebody else for the past four years and ive only just realised. Ive discovered that ever since i lost my brother, ive always had something wrong in my life, when most things in my life have been okay there was always problems. i thought that i was just unlucky, then i thought that, that was just the... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/16/2008, comment (1)

living with Fibro and Depression

Hi my name is Fran and i was diagnosed about 8 yrs ago with Fibromyalgia and longer than that for depression.I am in constent pain all the time I take stong pain meds for it i also take a depression pill and many others to help.I see my md every month for my meds and i also see a therapist for my depression every week shes a peach.I also... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/16/2008, comments (12)

My Prozac Experience

I had written a post recently about my son's experience in taking Prozac entitled, "I'm an Aardvark and I'm Happy." Based on his good experience with this anti-depressant I was ready to take the plunge myself. I had resisted the idea of using medication for my depression for several decades. The only other prescribed... Read more Chevron

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