I wanted to post this separately fvrom the post above so excuse me for posting right back again.

This is for people whose depressions run in a bipolar fashion-- and you especially, Bob-- whatever the underlying cause.

Be very, very careful about your Mudcatting. The speed of thread loading, and the way you can thread-hop, zinging points around, can take you when you are in a manic phase and really wind you up, as one of our regular members found when he first joined. Yes, Mudcat can cheer up a gloomy day. But if you are on the upswing of your cycle... it can really jazz you up past whatever you thought you had learned about self-management in your recovery. Think of it as a drug interaction.... You may need a break from Mudcat to rethink how to participate in such a way that it does not exacerbate the problem.

So.... take it easy, OK?

~Susan