Bob, its sad to read this post and I undestand you. My father suffers the same disease and has the exact same problems as you, = plus being an hipertense person (his blood pressure is always high) He has his good days where he will conquer the world, and the other days wh= ere he just wants only to sleep. His kidneys are also not good at all and = he'll probably needs to be connected to a machine to process his blood (I d= on't know the translation of the spanish term "dialisis" to english). Is a= process needed to be done on persons with hard kidney problems. Its a rea= lly disgusting disease. I hope you get better... sincerely. ----- Mensaje original ---- De: Bob Axtell Para: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Enviado: martes 23 de enero de 2007, 16:31:47 Asunto: Re: [OT]:: Depression cure within hours James Newtons Massmind wrote: >> The trouble is that depression is not just unhappiness. >> >> It is more the feeling of being surrounded by a dark cloud = >> that stands between me and the world. At least that is one of = >> my types of depression. >> The other type is much worse. >> = > > I do know some people who suffer from stronger depressions than I, and I > certainly agree that "mind tricks" are not enough for them. = > > = >> Zoloft barely keeps me sane. >> = > > A co-worker of mine recently switched to errr.... Celexia? I'm probably > spelling that wrong. And the difference in her demeanor was amazing. > > = >>> just by concentrating on it. For my mild issues, it works = >>> = >> most of the time. >> >> Concentrating on being happy works when I'm just feeling = >> blue. When depression hits I either have to wait it out = >> (months), find a long and intense adrenaline rush, or use drugs. >> = > > Adrenaline rushes help? Like.... Race cars? BASE jumping? Roller coasters? > Kinky sex? > > I think there is a long term need for excitement (not stress) in humans t= hat > is not met in civilized society. We spend too much time trying to be calm= in > the face of annoyance and steady grinding rather than resting and playing= in > between moments of pure terror while risking it all. Our bodies and brain > chemistry have not evolved fast enough to work correctly in the new world. > Just my theory. > > > = This is an interesting discussion to me. I hope it isn't too far off the = OT subject. I was never afflicted with depression until I began to experience the = damage of Diabetes II. The effects are extremely demoralizing. The disease (high blood sugar) affects the eyes, = the kidneys, the cardio system, and the extreme pain of neuropathy. Diabetes II is more of a disease of = resistance to insulin, rather than an absence of insulin (Diabetes I). After 10 years of dealing with the effects of the disease, which = slowly got worse, I began to experience heavy depression, and I have never really gotten "cured" of it. My body = resists insulin so strongly now that I take a daily dose so high that, if a "normal" person took it, his brain would be = scrambled into a deep coma. I can no longer feel a pinprick in my feet, and my hands are following suit. I have a open = wound in my foot that won't heal; it is 30% "healed" after 14 MONTHS of intense wound care. I can barely hold a = soldering iron, and cannot feel 0805s through a tweezer. I am forming cataracts in both eyes, and the retinas are = being slowly damaged by the high BG. No matter how much insulin I take, my BG readings are NEVER below 300 (80 is normal). As a result of this and more, I am chronically, constantly depressed. I = have taken Zoloft and everything else I know of, and nothing works. The only thing I have been able to control is the neuropathy, which I = control completely with 6000mg of Evening Primrose Oil per day (4 gel tabs). But this "cure" is not sanctioned by doctors- = they don't believe that it works- but it does. --Bob = = = __________________________________________________ = Pregunt=E1. Respond=E9. Descubr=ED. = Todo lo que quer=EDas saber, y lo que ni imaginabas, = est=E1 en Yahoo! Respuestas (Beta). = =A1Probalo ya! = http://www.yahoo.com.ar/respuestas = -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist