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Originally Posted by little turtle
I am a patient here.... [Me, too.]
I am someone trying to deal with a major mood disorder... [Me, too.]
I need a lot of help in this world of awful problems... [Me, too.]
I need your help [Me, too.]
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In your long experience, what has helped if only a little?
I notice you mentioned valium. I have taken another benzodiazepine for many years, and I would have to say it has been of more practical help to me than any antidepressant. But it is no cure.
Exercise and diet may have slowed my descent into depression, but they did not prevent it.
Having a dog at my side was helpful in some ways, but insufficient to boost me out of my pit.
I have been a compliant patient, but I have little to show for it.
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My dog
mastered the "fetch" command. He would communicate he wanted something, and I would fetch it.