Depression & hearing loss

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

You mentioned depression following your hearing loss. I'd say that's

REAL normal. I remember one person asking me if I ever resented being

deaf, and I said " Absolutely EVERY DAY " Who would want to be deaf, for

goodness sakes? I think we OWE ourselves some depression. It is nasty

to have one of your senses desert you. Or in your case, ANOTHER sense.

So I think depression is real normal. When it continues for a long

period of time, then something should be done about it.

Glad you were able to overcome it. But it certainly isn't weakness or

a character flaw to be depressed about deafness.

First time I took prednisone I had so much energy that I cleaned the

house. I mean CLEANED it. I even dusted between the coils of the

radiators. Fortunately it didn't last long. The cleaning frenzy, that

is. After all, I consider the debris to be a deterrent to theft. Anyone

who broke in here would break his neck trying to navigate in the dark.

2 days, . Woo woo. Way to GO girl.

Nucleus Volunteer

post lingual - auto immune disorder

I went through two years of serious depression after losing my hearing in

1995. Although I don't know for certain if this was attributed to

Prednisone, I sometimes wonder if this medication had any affect -- even

minimally. Thank goodness my depression was only temporary. Because my

ENT

didn't want to risk the possibility of my depression getting worse, I was

eased off Prednisone. For awhile I went into an emotional tailspin that I

couldn't dig myself out no matter how hard I tried. Eventually I was able

to

" get back on track " and start feeling like myself again. I pray that I

never

experience that kind of awful sadness again. Having said that, I do

realize

that Prednisone has been very effective for most people. I wish I could

have

been one of them.