[pinkyphimu]

i am so glad i found this thread....

my family has been a bit in denial that i have suffered from depression. they somewhat understood when i broke up with the guy i had been nearly engaged to because i had a reason. they didn't get why i needed to take meds because i should just get over it. it didn't help when i would tell them that i was so depressed i couldn't put my shoes on to go out. anyway, they saw that it helped, but really focused on the "time heals the heart" thing. when i told them that i had gone to the doctors for meds again a few years later becuase i was depressed....they thought it was bc of the guy again...lol. no, i was just depressed.

i have also been told by a doctor at my college health center that i didn't have a uti (even tho i heard her and the nurse arguing about the white blood cells in my urine sample right outside my door). she told me i was irritated bc i had sex. when i told her that i hadn't she told me i was lying. ummm, why would i lie? it is not like my mom was sitting right there.

then another time this same doctor flat out told me that there was nothing wrong with me and i was making it up. there were 5 people living in my house who had all been to the same doctor and had bronchitis. i had the exact same symptoms and went in a few days after they did and she told me i was lying. i didn't know what to do, so when i went home for thanksgiving, my parents brought me to my family doctor. well, i had borderline pnemonia bc my bronchitis had gone untreated. he was HORRIFIED when i told him what she said. from that moment on, i went to the emergency room whenever there was something wrong with me. it was better for my parents to pay for me to get good health care than get crappy free health care.

finally, is anyone else completely annoyed by the commercials for orlando, fl???? the one that says since so many people don't take their vacation time, they have to take pills for happiness??? and if they just went to orlando, they wouldn't need pills? i want to throw something at the tv everytime it comes on.