love, You've come to the right place! Please feel free to roam the site at your own pace. If you look to the left of the screen under "PROGRAM TOOLS" you'll find our Depression Test. The purpose of these tests is to prepare you with information that you can present to your physician. When you're finished the test, you can either print your Final Report or email it directly to your doctor. If you ever have any questions or concerns please click the "CONTACT US" link at the bottom of the page. We're open to any questions or concerns you may have. Looking forward to hearing from you soon! Melanie _________________________________ The Depression Center Support Team

Love, I have been there, it is the lonliest feeling in the world, and sometimes, yeas, the professionals don't get it. It sounds silly at first but like my therapist keeps telling me...breathe. When I remember (LoL) it works... For me, I have Major Depression, Chronic, Severe, recurrant episodes and PTSD. Over the past year working with a therepist and psychiatrist we have concluded not so much bipolar although depression for me is cyclical. I also have panic attacks sometimes, which is scary. One month ago today I got out of the hospital, I was depressed and freaked out, 1 hook & ladder fire truck and 3 local PD cars later I was cuffed and hauled away. I certainly don't sound that way now... Hormones? For women I think it plays it role in all this, but I don't believe it acts alone, I take an anti depressant (effexor) and another med (Lamictal) and I know things aren't right unless I am also on my pill (a progesterone based mini pill) too. Recently I had an episode where I developed numerous polyps/tumors and was on something to bring all hormones to a halt, so I could have surgery, I became a mess, now I hope things can get back to "normal" Do you have a good gynecologist or family doctor? Someone who knows your all over medical history? That's the best place to start, with a complete picture of your overall health. Love, remember these are thoughts, I think them sometimes, too, I think alot of people around us everyday do too, but that is all they are, I read alot, and I like this one Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, he talks about thoughts, and if we just let them happen in our mind, acknowledge them, and let them pass through, ultimately the are just as much a thought as the ones we have about weather, lunch, the jerk driving on the freeway. It becomes something else when we linger on it and then we let it overwhelm us. Again, like the breathing thing...I try...sometimes I forget, but it at least worth the try. One thing I have learned about this disease is that like most diseases, sometimes you have a flare up, but actually most of the time, its ok but just there. I am in week 3 of the program here, it is interesting, and I think having to tend so much to thinking about thoughts and actions and less about feelings, I can wra

hi... i have severe depression. i was diagnosed about 2 weeks ago at a mental hospital after i tried to kill myself. i went to the doctors about 2 months before i tried to commit suicide because i wasnt eating as much, i was sleeping too much, and i was depressed. they told me it was horomones. then i emailed a group online and they told me the same thing. so i believed my case was normal. i took 76 advils... yesterday i tried to slit my wrists. i wanna get better... i think. but whenever im feeling depressed i wanna kill myself. who here has severe depression and this website helped them? i wanna know theres hope for me.