Thanks for all this Sharon. The first link was given to me earlier by Sunshine. The second one was new, and interesting. This doctor says that if a patient presents with depression, they treat thyroid first. I know it's a blanket approach but it gives me some comfort in having decided to try taking a little Armour.

I wouldn't usually mind waiting a month to see a doctor, then waiting again for tests. I wasn't too bad in the summer. It's just that I'm facing my worst 2 months and I've already deteriorated noticeably over the past few. I'd rather not find out what depths I will end up plumbing if I don't take some action of some kind.

I learned a lot about serotonin when I came off the AD. Any talk about it makes me uncomfortable, because it's so much a part of the big pharma myth that depression=low serotonin=SSRIs. I really got burned there and in order for my body to heal I mustn't boost my serotonin artificially again. Maybe mine is low -- but there's a reason for it and I'd rather find it and treat that. I'll see what the good doc says in a month.

Thanks for the support guys <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />