I thought that this web-md article was really excellent.
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...can there be a "best" treatment for depression? Yes, say researchers at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and the University of Washington in Seattle. It tends to be what patients prefer.
Edmund F. Chaney, PhD, University of Washington associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is a member of the research team.
"In chronic illnesses like depression and diabetes, treatment is more than just taking medicine," Chaney tells WebMD. "A lot of the work that has to be done is with lifestyle change. So if patients are active participants in the treatment and have some choice in what they are doing, it becomes something they find much easier to do and to follow through with."
One more thing to add.... Last night I had a dream about the most beautiful rainbow. In my dream I was RUNNING (not FROM anything but running just because I felt like it.) I noticed some clouds in the distance and remember thinking that I might need to head for home because it might rain. All of a sudden I started seeing the most beautiful rainbow forming! Such beautiful colors!!
That is about all I remember of the dream but it was such a wonderful feeling dream!!! I still had that feeling when I woke up this morning.
I do believe that dreams are our bodies way of telling us when we need to pay attention that something is wrong with us emotionally or physically. I think my body was trying to tell me last night that things are looking up!!
I feel that it was also a spiritual gift too.
Whatever it was it was a wonderful dream and gave me a wonderful feeling!!!
I've still got stuff goin' on in my life and I know that there will always be something. I just feel like I'm climbing out of the pile though!
I hope that everyone else is having a great day too!!!!
