YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

Why u r letting this 47 year old walk all over u for 10 months is the question. He does these things to u bc u let him.

My "fantastic done column"? My "fantastic life?" uh, what? Are we ALL WINNERS!? All EXTRAORDINARY!? All deserving something better? I truly believe this kind of psuedo-psych poppycock that is so popular these days often does more harm than good. It creates unrealistic expectation...

I would like right now to feel that strange but unmistakeable "chest pain" that's exclusive to women, a burning and tightness across my upper back and between my shoulder blades. The catch of surprise and then recognition, a slight struggle to breath. Then I would stand up suddenly and fee...

If your doctor suspects your depression may be hormonal, i urge you to look into that ASAP. I think i am just going into menopause and coicidentally my very severe depression seems to be abating. I wish Any one of my doctors would have talked to me about the link between estrogen and depression. I b...

I'm not sure I agree that an addiction can't be resolved by cutting back. I know that approach doesn't work for a lot of people, but I have seen some folks get drinking or drugs under control this way and actually can enjoy these things occasionally in moderation. So if you've managed to pull that o...

Had the same question about full medical workup. I suffered similar symptoms when I had anxiety problems and thought that was the cause but turned out I had low blood sugar. Once that was resolved the dizziness and other things went away. I don't know that hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) is something...

I've never once felt embarrassed by my depression. Rather, I've often been frustrated(and angered) by other people's inability to take my illness/condition seriously. People who tell me "you have nothing to be depressed about", that I just need to "think positive thoughts" and &q...

I often feel like you do right now. I've been through it so often it would seem to make sense that i'd have something useful to say. Yet I'm struggling. I'm trying to think of something someone said to me that helped, and it's hard, and I've gone through long periods of depression for several years....

From everything i've read, your aversion to morning is "typical" for people with depression - that things seems to get easier as the day goes on. I'm exactly the opposite. Feel my best in the morning and often hit with crushing fatigue midday. Not sure which is worse.

I have so much sympathy for what you are going through. So often it's hard to tell what might actually be working because at any given moment there are so many things happening - mentally, physically, spiritually (hate that word) plus on top of that all these things play off each other constantly. R...