Deborah,
Thank you so much for posting this link.
Since becoming ill, I have suffered from major depressive disorder---yes, even
to the point of becoming suicidal. My last hospitalisation for depression
was just last month. It is so dificult for me to hear the *Keep your chin
up and own
Please watch the following video that
describes depression and depression in patients with TM. This talk is
given by Dr. Adam Kaplin, the only psychiatrist who has been given a grant
to study specifically this topic. This talk was given during the 2001
symposium in Baltimore:
http://video.
yeah I mean I think we all have our good days and bad..and what got me thru the hosp and the struggles at home and the difficult PT sessions, is my positive attitude and my thinking that..it is what it is and I need to come to terms and deal with this new life lessons now. It may NOT end, I just ma
Staying calm seems to work best for me too.
I have not shed one tear over tm since it arrived August 2001.
I do suffer the depression and while not actually contemplating suicide, I wonder why on earth I'm still here, how long will it go on and what possible use I am to anybody.
I think it'
Re: "I see it as additional proof that we don't choose to become depressed or to stay depressed or that we can snap out of it at will. I think it is entirely based on a chemical imbalance and wonder why I'm imbalanced and you aren't! I agree that exercise and movement play a part in the chemicals
I'm glad you're not depressed. Like TM, I wouldn't wish it on anyone. It
doesn't mean you will become depressed in the future or that you have been in
denial up to this point. I see it as additional proof that we don't choose to
become depressed or to stay depressed or that we can snap out of
Rosalie wrote: "Anyhow, I have really never been depressed, unless being very tired all the time is depression, just frustrated because I am so used to being the runner and the doer. . . Seems I am at somewhat of a standstill right now and I dont see so much improvement over the last 2 or 3 mos."
> "But being calm and trying to relax and just accept things, and trying t> o
> go forward a bit >
> at a time, seems to work much better for me."
Sally,
You may get worse.
I'm a "walking wounded", 2000, August was when I was hit. A bit of numbness, a
bit of pain. Got a physical, sent to neu
"But being calm and trying to relax and just accept things, and trying to go forward a bit at a time, seems to work much better for me."
As sure as I write this, I'll probably start getting depressed. :) Or maybe I'm just too naive to recognize that I am depressed. But so far, I haven't felt dep
