Zinco, thank you for posting the articles. I would like to read some of them. I believe depression and mental illness likely has a genetic, biologic, and perhaps environmental causes. I have suffered depression off and on during my adult life. I, too suffered a depressive episode at age 19 or 20 that caused me to drop out of college. Looking back, I wish I had stayed in college and just changed my major.

Your personal story is interesting and is a story of triumph. You have had your difficulties and challenges, but you don't give up. Also, you are very helpful to the rest of us here.

I can remember a time when I did not believe people should take psychiatric medicines. Now I am of the opinion that if medicine helps a person function and have a decent productive life then by all means, lets have the medicine.

You impress me as a very intelligent, dynamic person. I wish you well if you intend to go back to school.