Hi, I'm Amy, I'm a retired stay at home mom/military wife of 50. I went back to school at age 40 to become a teacher and did extremely well in my classes only to have my depressive crash two weeks into student teaching. I was able to finish the next semester and I am still currently licensed but I have never gotten my own classroom, only subbed. Now it is almost exactly 7 years since my breakdown, I sit at home with my geriatric dog playing on facebook or pinterest or go to water aerobics 3 times a week. I am mostly stable, I found out the hard way this spring not to use caffeinated diet supplements so now I try to do things to keep me healthy. I facilitated a support group from Nov 08 til this spring but had to give it up because of my anxiety issues that were fueling my bp. I'm a returning member of the forum and hope to give and receive support.