insanity: the journey or the destination?

[ladysycamore]

Originally Posted by marichiko

I do my best to keep an upbeat attitude, take my prescribed meds and follow my doctors' advice. I think attitude is an important as anything. One has to acknowledge the problem, but refuse to accept defeat by it.

Good luck with the testing process. :thumpsup:

While I do not have anything close to clinical depression or any kind of disorder, having kidney failure does take a toll on patient mentally and emotionally. I have a section on my board that deals with this specifically:

http://dialyze.org/forums/viewforum....680eb6ffe9d271

I am thankful that I didn't need to take antidepressants to deal with kidney failure (since I'm on enough drugs as it is), but for some patients, it may be necessary. It's hard to just say, "Hey, work it out", or "just deal with it" (as my therapist said in so many words...actually he said, "Sometimes, you just gotta suck it up!" Easy to say when you are not experiencing it. Needless to say, I didn't care for his tone or attitude when he said that). Heh, I wanted to tell him, "Hey asshole, suck this!"

At any rate, different things work for different people. It could be drugs, alternative medicine, support groups, etc. Gotta find what's right for you and go with that.