I have clinical depression. I also have mild Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD). I always feel a little silly rattling off the laundry list of my mental illness disorders. It makes me feel like I should add “hypochondriac” to the list as well.
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Brain Chemistry is a very delicate thing … The more we find out about it the more we start to realize that a lot of what goes on in our lives is being influenced but the unseen hands of our glands. Diet, sleep … every thing we do has some impact we cannot possibly anticipate.
It’s nice that these days, being called ‘Crazy’ is no longer akin to having ‘Consumption’.
It definitely isn’t as bad as it used to be, although I still hear of people with depression being called “crazy,” usually whispered behind their backs.
Hi. Just happened to come across this site through the KPC. I too suffer with clinical depression [though thankfully well at the moment] Started really with PND 27 years ago and resulted in several courses of ECT. Which personally I call my ‘life saver’, though I know it is controversial. I am lucky now to have a really good psychiatrist who I just see for check-ups as there have been a few blips due to the menopause [which nobody told me can happen if you suffer with PND] I too, and my psych does agree that clinical depression almost always has a biological reason. As he said to me recently that he could send me for counselling and it would’nt make a jot of difference. Having said that though some years back I did see a therapist because of the anxiety which accompanies the depression when it strikes and I too found it helped somewhat. When I am well I do try not to think of the times when I have been ill, but I do have a couple of theories 1. A lot of people who are naturally creative [I am also a Gemini!] suffer 2. Also people with usually an extremely good sense of humour [look at how many comics suffer]3. People who are naturally empathetic. Anyway, just wanted to say how refreshing your site was and to wish you all the best and of course good health
I think for many people ECT has been a lifesaver, but not many people want to discuss it because of its checkered past and misconceptions about it. I think Martha Manning discusses her treatment in “Undercurrents,” if I remember correctly.
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