depression

[Bev]

Glad all is working out OK. Never did anti D's before BC, but was anxious for a long time. I have to wonder if anxiety, depression and BC all have some sort of hormonal connection? So it wasn't the antiD's that caused it but something that makes us need them? Bev

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

So true Bev! But -- who doesn't need them? Seems like every one I know (not only bc pp) are on something to help get them chemically balanced.

A booster is just as described by so many above this post. BREATHE. Deeply and slowly and deliberately. Listen to the sound of the air gently leaving your body, through your pursed lips -- along with all that is unwanted in your life!

I keep a typed sign I made on a picture easel beside my computer. In my face.

In part it reads: I AM GRATEFUL WITH EACH DAY FOR ITS GIFTS, FOR MY BLESSINGS, MY PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT TO CHOOSE TO EXPERIENCE AND THEN DELETE UNWANTED THOUGHTS AND REBOOT. THE GIFT OF MY LIFE AND MY HEALTH ARE CHERISHED DAILY. ONE WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU IS TO LIVE IN *LOVE*. ONE WAY TO STAY WELL IS TO FEED POSITIVE THOUGHTS TO MY MIND, EACH HOUR OF EACH DAY. WHAT WE THINK ALL DAY BECOMES OUR DESTINY. AND, IT DETERMINES HOW WE WILL *FEEL*.

I PASSIONATELY REFUSE TO GIVE POWER AWAY TO ANY FEAR-RIDDLED THOUGHTS, THE ANGER OR DISRESPECT OF ANY PERSON OR HARDSHIPS WITHIN UNWANTED CIRCUMSTANCES. THE BRAVEST ARE THOSE WHO HAVE THE CLEAREST VISION OF WHAT LIES BEFORE THEM, AND YET, GO OUT TO MEET IT ANYWAY. YOU MUST DO THE THING YOU THINK YOU CANNOT DO. YOU MUST CONTINUALLY REMIND YOURSELF TO WELCOME THE RAIN, TO LET IT WASH AWAY ALL NEGATIVITY. YOU ARE ONE STEP AWAY FROM BEING A MIRACLE...
Andi

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

To clarify. I believe anxiety, stress, cortisol and hormonal imbalance are the culprit of all illness, striking our genetically weakest body part. Breast, prostate, heart, pancreas (diabetes) and so on... Anti D's help chemically get our brain's to deal better and allow us to be our true selves (sane, calm, joyful). But hormonal imbalance is another issue that needs to be addressed! It doesn't get enough attention. I am presently reading about unopposed estrogen (in men and women). Women who do not produce enough progesterone become depressed, overweight, insomniacs, often w/bc, heart problems. Men develop prostate probs and many other malfunctions. I am slowly awakening to the repercussions of hormonal imbalance that is uninvestigated and not addressed.
Andi