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Beyond Blue

I’ve said this in prior posts, but hopefully writing it over and over again will help me to know better how to tackle it. I hate that my depression affects my kids. Because I know it does. According to Mark Gold, M.D., author of “The Good News About Depression” (say what?), studies suggest a 40…

According to Dr. Mark Gold (who wrote “The Good News About Depression“–have I mentioned I hate that title?), a major problem in today’s society is that there is no support from extended family for depressed mothers. Gold says this: In the past, when extended families were the rule, the baby would be able to make…

Have you ever been at a wedding reception when the best man stands us and toasts his glass of champagne to the bride, who is “so much better than the last one”? An awkward silence ensues, followed by an explosion of laughter. That was pretty much how last Saturday night went, the highlight of my…

I write about the closest thing that Eric ever came to issuing me an ultimatum in this post, “In Sickness and in Health,” and how I went to Johns Hopkins’ Mood Disorder Clinic for him, when I was convinced nothing would help me to get better.

Here’s an interesting article I found on the website SheKnows.com by Anne Sheffield about how depression affect couples. To read “Depression Fallout: The Impact of Depression on Couples” click here. Here are some excerpts: Ask most people to conjure up the image of someone who is depressed and they will envision a huddled figure sitting…

My Guardian Angel Ann is a great guardian angel to my children, so, in grandparent style, she bought each of them a picture book and inscribed a message on them. She also bought Eric and me books. Mine was a book of poetry called “The Living Stones.” And she marked it to a page 30,…

It’s not everyday that you show up to a nice swim club in Belmont, Massachusetts as someone’s guest and get to talk shock therapy with Kitty Dukakis’s doctor. My guardian angel Ann introduced me to this wonderful man as “the Therese who had the breakdown I was telling you about.” “Nice to meet you!” I…

In my “Kitty’s Shocking Story” post (click here), I excerpted several paragraphs from Kitty Dukakis’ moving memoir about her battle with depression and how shock therapy treatment gave her back her life.

There was a very informative article in the “Washington Post” on July 24 (click here to view the entire piece) about electroconvulsive therapy–how it continues to save lives, but is still controversial mostly because of the memory loss that can occur. I’m intrigued by ECT because my doctor and I discussed that as an option…

Also in the “Washington Post,” I was delighted to see the following letter to the editor regarding the Laura Zigman essay on depression I excerpted in my “The Moment She Cried Uncle” post (to read the whole essay, click here) because I also was uncomfortable with the author’s choice of words when she said that…
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