[Magdalen] As long as we're confessing stuff...

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I think you would be doing yourself a kindness if you saw a psychiatrist
about possibly getting medication. I have been battling a low level
depression for decades, generally handling it with counseling, but recently
I fired my former psychiatrist and went to a local clinic where my really
fine GP works, and I was seen by a very gentle and caring NP who suggested
Prozac. I have been taking it for about a month, and I have to say it has
lifted a cloud from my general sensorium.

In your case, you probably ought to get someone who can prescribe on the
basis of your symptoms and your chemo. I suspect that chemo is difficult
for most people. You would be unusual if you did not feel some negative
emotions with that all going on, and so much important stuff in your life
out of control.

Were I a bit further north I'd give you a real hug. Words fail.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:

> ... I'm struggling with depression.  It's long been my bugbear, but it's
> pretty bad right now.  I started radiation last Tuesday, and I think I'm
> starting to have radiation fatigue piled on top of the pre-existing chemo
> fatigue.  As radiation fatigue is cumulative and I've got another 26 doses
> to go, this is scary: am I going to be able to manage?  Also, it's been a
> long, slow, cold and rainy spring. And I've been ill since November, when I
> had my mastectomy.
>
> When I express worry about my long-term prospects, people keep telling me
> to buck up and expect the best.  This is not helpful in depression.
>
> There.  Said it.
>
> Molly
>
> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
> other way. -- Mark Twain
>