Laughter

April 30, 2005

--- Blazing Krimson wrote:

> It really

> does feel good to laugh out loud like that. I've

> always said that laughter can get you through

> anything, and I believe that.

>

Yes, laughter is very important in our lives, but many

of us suffer from the depression that goes along with

thyroid disease. I went for about 3 years without

really laughing and I didn't realize how much I missed

it until I came out. It took 3 years of prozac dosing

and then quitting cold turkey without my doctor's

knowledge to finally get myself back. I noticed after

the depression problem was resolved I didn't really

feel any emotion to extreme and I missed it. I don't

advocate anyone doing it the way I did it. I was

becoming concerned that prozac is actually only

recommended for use less than 6 months and I'd been on

it a while longer than that. I work in a mental

institution, so I did seek the advice of the

psychiatrists there before just stopping the

medication. Fortunately my depression was never bad

enough that I'd have considered suicide, I was just

having some trouble coping with what life was dishing

out at the time, so I was on the lowest dose anyway.

Now that I'm taking Armour, I'm feeling better all the

time. I'm hoping that I'll reach my optimum dose

soon, but in the meantime, I love being able to laugh

again and my honey makes sure I laugh frequently when

he's around. )

Kathy >^,,^<

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