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Thomas A. Edison

Today's Topic:

Polyester and Depression?

What you wear can make you depressed, crazy and ill?

Content:

1. Quotes for Your Life
2. I get amazing letters
3. Dr. Z's comments - Depression, your Brain and Polyester?

   What you wear can make you depressed, crazy and ill?

4. Dr. Z's own story with Polyester
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Quotes for Your Life

"People do not lack strength, they lack will."
Victor Hugo

"Great minds have purposes, others have wishes."
Washington Irving

"You will never 'find' time for anything. If you want time, you must make it."
Charles Buxton

"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely."
Rodin

"History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually
encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They
won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats"
Bertie C.Forbes

I get amazing letters (bolds and links added by Dr. Z)

My name is Josh, I'm a high school senior and I'm 18 years old. For many years I suffered trouble in school, with reading, paying attention and also with concentration. I often had anxiety, fear, I felt weak and confused and had difficulties making decisions. This all started big time in high school when I was 14 years old. In the middle of my junior year in high school it became all of a sudden much worse.

About 6 months ago, I became really depressed. There was this constant sense of hopelessness. I wanted badly to do well, but I was going nowhere. No matter how hard I tried I was running myself into the ground. I felt more and more that there was no way out, there was no hope. It was very terrible and scary.

My parents were very worried about me, and I did not know what to do. I went to see a counselor for a while but that went absolutely nowhere. I then went to see a psychiatrist who after about a 45 minute consultation prescribed Prozac which made me only worse - I felt more depressed than ever. After one week I stopped taking Prozac......

Read Dr. Z's complete online "Depression, Your Brain and Polyester" article.

Dr. Z