Tag: depression

My struggle with anxiety and depression {Part 2}

My struggle with anxiety and depression {Part 2}

In December of 2009 my anxiety and depression could no longer be hidden, or staved off by St. John’s Wort. My husband lovingly sat down beside me and said, “Enough is enough, make an appointment to see the doctor. I will take off work and take you.” It had been a really hard year for me and I was at a point that I just couldn’t function.  The doctor prescribed escitalopram. This medication helps with...Read More
My struggle with anxiety and depression {Part 1}

My struggle with anxiety and depression {Part 1}

There was a time in my life that I thought that my faith was weak, and sometimes that “stinking thinking” returns to haunt me. On my sunny days I felt like my faith was strong. How can my faith be like a yo-yo? Up, down, up, down…how could my faith be so dependent upon my mental health, my emotional wellbeing? The reason that I believed that my faith was weak during my dark days was...Read More