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jemmie, glad you feeling better...so sorry to read what you had to go
through.......
posted by
write4u
on April 12, 2004 at 8:10 PM
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Jemmie, dearest - I've been there too. When I found the right doctor and the right meds, it was a miracle. Now I'm fighting to get OFF the meds, but that's a whole different story. Remember, no matter HOW bad it gets, you are NOT alone - just about everyone I know has gone through this stuff - it's a symptom of the times we live in. So many people love you and count on you - do NOT let it get you to the point of taking you over. You are right - it is just chemicals in the brain - remember that - and remember too that when you come out of the darkness, the sun will be shining. It's just on the other side of the cloud.
love you!
Zsuzsana
posted by
Zsuzsana
on April 12, 2004 at 4:29 PM
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Oh Jems
If I could send you my supply of prozac I would. But then, I'd be out and things would be awful here. Please take better care of yourself.
posted by
CatLadyintheAttic
on April 11, 2004 at 4:13 PM
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Jemmie, I live with depression every day of my life.
It seems like many of us creative, sensitive types fall prey to this malady. Through your posts, I sensed things weren't going well for you for a long time.
It won't be easy, I know. But clinical depression can be endured, if not entirely cured, through a combination of meds and therapy.
I've missed you, Jemmie. Please know I've sent an angel, who loves Hawaiian weather, to look out for you. 
posted by
msaries
on April 11, 2004 at 6:50 AM
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JEMZ, I had that, too, in my youth. For some reason, age has altered the
chemicals and it has almost left me. Thinking about it now, I am amazed at how far away those terrible depressions have gone from my life. I sat for one entire year paralized with almost pure catatonia. So sad for my children. Not easy for me either.
I am still left with enough anxiety to fill a stadium and should do more herbal things or just do something about it. Instead, I have resigned myself to just living with it. Not an easy thing to do. As you well know.
I am so happy that you are back. Drug combos can be scary. Do reach for as little as necessary to keep that delicate balance that lets you function, but doesn't scare the shit out of you and me. I'll pat you on the back and play with your hair and hum to you until you fall asleep each night. Loving you mucho, Abuelita
posted by
benzinha
on April 10, 2004 at 11:24 PM
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Depression
Passionflower: It's clinical depression. No real trigger. Just a chemical imbalance in the brain. Thanks for your concern and your offer to help!
Ariala: Thanks for your words of comfort.
posted by
Jemmie211
on April 10, 2004 at 5:56 PM
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Jemmie::::I'm so sorry to hear about this. What exactly makes you so depressed? Maybe if you could set down on paper the precise causes, you could formulate some kind of positive action to take. No matter what's going on, it's not the end of the world. In a few years time, you'll look back and not even recall what all this was about.
Anyway, as you well know, worrying doesn't do anything toward solving the problems. If I can help at all, just email me.
posted by
Passionflower
on April 10, 2004 at 5:42 PM
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Jemmie, wow...I'm glad you're doing better. That's an awful feeling and I
hope you can find relief and rest.
posted by
Ariala
on April 10, 2004 at 5:39 PM
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