Re: Depression (Helen)

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[Message #1762: Re: Digest Number 71]

> I was glad to see someone post

> about depression. I too have

> depression, however through therapy,

> medication and some life changes,

> I am doing ok.

What was the therapy, Helen? My

physician is offering some kind of

light therapy, especially in the

winter. The idea is I should go

in for half an hour and get

flooded with a very bright white

light. The health insurance here

won't pay for it. Is your's

anything like that?

The insurance pays for medication

and I am taking one tablet of

St. 's Wort each afternoon.

Each tablet is 650 milligrams which

my physician considers to be the

minimum dose but my pharmacist

says is a high dose.

> I have tried go off of medication,

> but that does not work for me,

> so i know i have to stay on them.

All I know is that the St. 's

Wort tablet works. If I leave it

off then I get symptoms after only

two days but when I start up with

it again, it takes two weeks before

I see the effect.

On the down side, with it I get

badly constipated, without it

that clears up right away.

My test is to have breakfast and

then sit on the couch in front of

the TV. When I am taking the

medication, I can say to myself:

" Get up and do something " and I get

up straight away. Without the

medication, I can't move - I just

sit there staring at the TV like

an idiot!

> I am happy too.

Hey, Helen! Tell me the name of

your " happy " pill, please - I reckon

that I could use some of those right

now!