Scented Baths
Baden-Baden Bath The Baden-Baden bath is a bath that you will want to repeat frequently. Its lovely pine scent and its carefully mixed ingredients will create a body of water similar to the curative mineral content of the renowned springs at the luxurious Baden-Baden spa in Germany. Select an…
I Knew I had a Good/Bad Psychiatrist/Therapist When…
I thought it would be helpful and informative to share good/bad psychiatrist or therapist stories. We’ll start out with my experiences… My first experience with treatment was at the mental health clinic at the local hospital. I was fairly indifferent toward the first psychiatrist I had there, but I…
Real-Life Depression Symptoms
I think that one reason it took so long for my depression to be diagnosed is that depression symptoms lists can be kind of out of touch with a large number of people. I can look at them now and see why nothing clicked with me. Appetite problems? Nope.…
Recovering from Depression
So you have successfully come out of your depression, either because you have received treatment, or because the depression went away on its own. How can you stack the deck against it coming back? What’s the best way to celebrate this renewal of life? Keeping Depression Away Your enemies…
Postpartum Depression
Postpartum depression is the cruelest form of depression, coming when it does. Your most joyful (albeit totally sleep-deprived) time becomes your most torturous. After I had my son, I was certainly sleep deprived, but my overwhelming emotion was wonder and absolute content. My parents told me that I was…
You Can’t Fight Depression on Your Own
Two things happened today that made me want to pound my head against a wall, Charlie Brown-style. The first was that I got an email from a woman who said that she is suffering from severe depression, but that friends and family want her to try to “talk herself…
Don’t Cut Depression Treatment from Your Budget
Times are tough, economically, for most Americans. Although my husband and I have faced challenges in the past, financially, things right now are probably the grimmest they’ve ever been for us. We actually could almost qualify for food stamps. I’ve spent the morning going over our budget, slashing our…
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in School-Age Children
"You're lazy." "You're stupid." "I know you could do better in school if you just tried." "Why can't you calm down?" Although most children hear at least one of these questions and/or comments at one time or another, children who suffer from ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) hear them all…
alt.support.depression FAQ Part 2 of 5
alt.support.depression FAQ – Part 2 of 5 Here you will find the FAQ from the alt.support.depression newsgroup. I have made no changes other than (very) minor formatting. As you can see, the FAQ has not been updated since 1994, therefore some of the information, especially regarding antidepressants available, is…
Depression – NIMH
Everyone occasionally feels blue or sad, but these feelings are usually fleeting and pass within a couple of days. When a person has a depressive disorder, it interferes with daily life, normal functioning, and causes pain for both the person with the disorder and those who care about him…
