Depression Getaway with Wendy Love

There's a lot that happens in a hockey game to cause this goal to be completed. There is planning and practice and more planning and more practice before success is achieved. For our Bipolar Boot Camp we need to set some goals too. I mean, why bother coming to camp if you don't know what you want to get out of it? How can you measure success without a decided, or hoped for outcome?

A treasure map sounds intriguing doesn't it? And you are going to need one for your bipolar boot camp experience. But the map you are going to use won't look like this:

Bipolar Boot Camp? Sounds a little extreme doesn't it? Well bipolar is a mental disorder of extremes, so a boot camp series seemed fitting.

Where do you fit into our series "Antidepressants - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly"? This is the last of the series. I have barely touched the surface of such a big and important topic. But I wanted to try to answer, in my own way, some of the following questions:

Yes, antidepressants are great when they work. But some antidepressants, even if they help somewhat, have side effects that are almost impossible to bare. These are the UGLY ANTIDEPRESSANTS . Now what may be ugly for some may be fine for others so don't listen to what others are saying about their antidepressants. Headaches, weight gain, lack of sex drive, nausea etc. are examples of the ugly side of some drugs. Hey, just those things alone could cause depression.

We are discussing 'the good, the bad and the ugly 'about antidepressants. The good part is when they work. If the antidepressant works, then that's good right? Well, sort of....