[Adriana Mangus]

Dear Dawn;

Please make an appointment right away with your personal physician.

I see that you are up in the middle of the night worrying about this disease, you need to stop. You need your sleep, more than ever it's crucial for you to sleep and let the hormones do the job they do when we sleep...keeps us young and healthy.

Please, do it for your children.

I have been on Paxil-- it's an antidepressant, it works for most people with middle/major depression. It's a non-habit forming med, so it you want to discontinue taking it you can without any major problems. (Always check with your doctor, though.)

I know how you feel, I was 38 first time I was dx with this stupid disease, am now 54. I never thought I will see my daughter graduate from High School.

She has not only completed her H.S. education, but now she's in the process of developing her Master Degree program and curriculum and will begin classes early February 2010.

There are so many drugs nowadays, although there is no cure, these drugs are keeping us alive.

Dawn; if you want to talk to me, please let me know. Please email me and I will send you my phone#. I no longer work, time it's what I now have.

Love,

Adriana