I had trouble three years ago, when in a short time, I lost the original Smokey, my dad and my job in a 7 months period. I got a lot of moral support from people, but the best therapy was whn Smokey used her RB connections to send Diamond and TicTac my way.

For those who need meds, it is important that they are closely monitored, since the side effects profiles very so radically from person to person. There is a new field developing called "pharmaco-genomics" where drug companies are trying to learn why medicines affect different people differently.

I'm glad society is starting to realize that depression is a hard wired/chemical condition and not a personal failure. Might as well say cancer is your fault!