Hi Thunderbear: Well, I seem to be all about depression nowadays, & anxiety. I also have agoraphobia. In years past I would have panic attacks & I'd get to the point where I seemed to be floating outside my body. No matter... I just kept plowing along & today, while I still have them, they're not as bad as they used to be.

Depression, on the other hand, pretty much has me on the ropes. It's to the point where I've just given myself over to medications, no questions asked. I see that you've been a PC member since 2008. So I'm pretty sure I can't tell you anything you don't already know. You've probably even told it to other PC'ers dozens of times. Of course, as we all know, it's one thing to advise someone else as to what they need to do. It's something else to put it into practice yourself!

There's one thing I would say, I guess. It is that, based on my personal experience, I'd say that once depression takes hold it's unlikely to go away by itself. It just drags you down further & further. So you must do something to interrupt the cycle: take meds, get therapy... or more therapy, perhaps find one thing you really love to do & try to do it at least once a week. Then build up from there. Yada, yada, yada... (you've heard it all before...) My very best wishes to you!