Tara, than you for telling me how it worked out for you. It seems the opinion of the pdoc counts for a lot. Your pdoc must have facilitated you to the best of his ability. It's good to hear that things can work out as well as happened for you. My pdoc diagnosed me with major depressive disorder, but he speaks to me as if he is very dismissive that I am in real great difficulty. He told me to take up tennis. I don't even brush my teeth like when I was not this bad off.

Perna, thanks also for your reply. It is very tough to be very depressed and have all this nay-saying going on (which I do contribute to). What you say about how I look at asking for help from my sister, I must keep in mind. She is a decent person. I do feel awfully guilty to be in the condition I am in. She might judge me less harshly than I do myself.