Interesting post-my Mom recently sent me a bunch of old family letters dating back to late 1800s-both sides of her family were a little...quirky to sat the least. I read through a stack of her maternal grandfather's letters & he seemed to have been very paranoid & possibly schizophrenic from most of these writings. There were also many references from her maternal side about all types of "female aliments" called hissys, fits, nervy spells & long periods of melancholy-think about going through all those things & your day to day life & no therapy meds or even a remote understanding of what was wrong-wow. There were also 2 female relatives who "took to the bed" for many years from "nervous constitution". Makes for fascinating reading & makes me feel very blessed to live now with all the support & education available.