Depression - All People Who Are Taking "Effexor"

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posted 11/11/2009, comment (1)

short story

Both the sun and the moon are wounderful. When the sun comes up and the moon goes to bed you know its late spring. But in the late fall when the sun rises the moon is still present, and as it gets darker earlier and the sun comes up later. It is one of the wounders of the world ,... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/06/2009, comments (2)

Treating Depression with LSD?

Albert Hofman, the inventor of LSD, called it "medicine for the soul." Songs were written about it, and the military conducted secret experiments that exploited its hallucinogenic powers. LSD was outlawed in 1966, became a street drug and developed a reputation as the dangerous toy, seemingly capable of inspiring moments of genius or... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/05/2009, comments (7)

I can't seem to get a break

I really don't know which is worse my depression or my MS-I went to my med doc for my depression , only to find out she is gone for up to a year and I have someone new who doesn't know anything about me or my case-so he takes me off (cold turkey) 1000mg of depokote er and leaves hanging and said lets see how you do??????? So I broke down in the... Read more Chevron

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52 y/o; treated for depression since age 24;psychiatric RN

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posted 10/20/2009, comments (4)

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I'm 52 and have been living with depression in some form since I was 24. I have been managing the illness with meds and therapy, but mostly I've grown to accept it as part of me. I have to take good care of myself, which I try to do even though I've been trying to lose the same 20lbs since nursing school 10 yrs ago. I'm married and working as a... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/28/2009, comments (8)

The Secret to Surviving Depression

The Secret to Surviving DepressionAccept. Endure.By acceptance you de-fang the monster of the mid-brain who dwells in your very DNA, the inevitable inheritance of the reptile within, which accuses us constantly of failure in our dark times. Depression is an evil in need of healing. To accept evil is not to bow to evil; to deny... Read more Chevron

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