Hello fellow mood disorder sufferers --

The Depression & Related Affective Disorders Association (DRADA) is a great place for info and support. Website is www.drada.org

Kay Redfield Jamison, M.D. is the expert on bi-polar. Her book, An Unquiet Mind , is an excellent memoir of her own experience with "moods and madness."

My mother definitely suffered from major depression for almost her entire life (she finally got the right treatment and drugs at age 75). My father was bi-polar. He did talk therapy but was too macho for medication.

Sigh. I've suffered with dysthmia and depression. My older daughter is suffering. Thank God we live in 2004 and the treatment is available (although expensive) so that we can get better.

Better living through chemistry.