Best Anti-Depressant Yet

[enduringplum]

It seems odd, but I think that taking Clomid has improved my overall mood. I have often struggled with depression in the past and last month was no exception, but this month I am again chipper and pleasantly motivated. I feel that way naturally sporadically, as is the case with most people, but I always feel cheerful and energized when I get close to my period, so I think my elevated mood is strongly connected to the Clomid and the associated hormones. At the same time, I'm also more emotional; usually only touching stories about the loyalty of dogs will make me tear up, but I've found myself tearing up from just thinking of something especially sweet or if a particularly sad song comes up on my playlist.

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[chickbrarian.livejournal.com]

I had a gynecologist very coldly tell me once, "Hormones do NOT cause depression." It makes me angry every time I think of her saying that because I KNOW they do. I can FEEL it just like you. And as far as I can tell, my hormones seem to cause feelings of energy and focus and "things being right in the world" as well.

[perfectcherry.livejournal.com]

I just hate it when doctors absolutely insist something is WRONG WRONG WRONG! If hormones didn't effect our emotions, then there wouldn't be any cases of postpartum depression! Some physicians are just ridiculous.

It's nice to know there are other women out in Live Journal Land who can empathize. :)

[samothtiger.livejournal.com]

I know it's such an odd thing to say, but you just reminded me about how I cry for Futurama in that episode where Fry finds his dog and wants to clone it. The very end, when they show Fry get frozen and all and the professor realizes the dog was 14 years old and all, and Fry only knew him from when he was 3 and promptly got frozen. Well, the dog waits patiently outside the pizzeria after trying to drag his family to save him, to no avail, and then it happens. Last scene. Credits rolling. There's the dog, sitting outside the pizzeria, looking expectantly up and down the street. The weather changes, goes through the seasons... The music singing "I will wait a thousands summers", then he starts lowering his head through the years, his age catching up to him. He finally gets so tired and old he lays down on the ground, then rests his head there. Then his eyes close, and I'm in the corner of the room, trying to distract myself so I don't cry in front of everyone else in the room. It's one thing that never seems to let me get by without crying.

JESUS!!! I am such a pussy!! lol

[perfectcherry.livejournal.com]

I love that episode, but it makes me cry every time, too!