I feel the same as you, Patty, except I now have lost interest in my job. I just don't have the energy to face the world anymore. I too seek advice, but I've tried some of these suggestions, appreciate them - but they don't really work for me. I guess I do feel a little better just knowing that I'm not the only one. Being a teacher. as you are, you know you're not stupid - nor am I. I just feel that something in my chemistry is going haywire and getting worse, but I'd tried drugs for depression before, several dif. ones, and it just made it worse. I feel like my face is to the wall.