Edward Etter's comments

Mental Illness is REAL - Blog Entry

18 Mar 2007 10:12 PM

I found this article (I hope that's the right term) helpful and encouraging.

Personally I've been depressed for as long as I can remember although I was only officially diagnosed when I was in my early thirties, about ten years ago. I mention these facts just to let people know where I'm coming from.

Thank you, Ms. McHugh, for sharing both your compassion and your specialized knowledge with all of us, the sufferers and the people who love us. You are truly helping more than you may ever know.

Chocolate may make your depression worse! - Blog Entry

18 Mar 2007 10:03 PM

Gasp! Chocolate might be *bad* for my mood?! I agree with both Ms. Pietsch and Ms. Humphrey; "darker" chocolate is better for you and (hopefully!) less likely to be responsible for making depression worse.

Like Ms. Humphrey said, [if this report is accurate,] "I'd have to live with depression because I'm not living WITHOUT the chocolate." That also seems akin to what Ms. McHugh said in her original message: "If this latest research is true we'll be sobbing all the way to the chocolate counter"! And I couldn't agree more.

In any case, Ms. McHugh, thank you for sharing this genuinely important (if potentially painful) information. At the very least, we will know to be on our guard against the potential "rebound effect" and so perhaps can work around it.

.o0( I hear exercise is good for fighting depression; maybe the chocolate will make me feel good enough to get outside and at least take a walk! Hey, that'd be good for using up the extra calories at the same time...I may be on to something here! ) ;~D