I just found this site, somehow. Anyway, I've suffered first from S.A.D. and then in the 90's I became clinically depressed and have been on antidepressants since, and have tried a few different kinds. They have been a life saver as when I hit that depression I couldn't get out of bed and at the same time Restless Leg Syndrome showed up. So I don't know if they are related and it has been recently that what I had, I called Dancing Legs had the name RLS.

Aspirin first took care of the RLS, then Restoril along with the antidepressants. Anyway, just about 6 years ago my 15 1/2 year old son, committed suicide and put me back in bed basically for a year, maybe not always in bed, but out of living the life I had before. In the meantime, I developed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in both hands from the stress I have been going through since my son's death.

Just last year Oct 15th I had surgery for Carpal tunnel for my left hand and Dec 26th, 2007 I had surgery for the same thing on my right hand. I'm doing so much better and wish I had done it sooner. Along with my grieving over my son's death, I went from 113lbs to 155lbs. I have since worked on getting back down, but not as easy as it use to be when I was younger.

Anyway, I'm happy to meet you all.

Hi Christilyn and welcome to Neuro Talk. I also lost a son to suicide. Here is the link to our Survivors of Suicide forum...http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum29.html

We also have a forum for Depression and if you look around you'll find several that might be of interest to you.

Hey Christilyn and Welcome to thr forum. I'm sorry to hear of your loss. Please make yourself at home here and check out our many forums. You'll find the members here to be friendly, helpful and caring. Glad you found us and thank you for sharing your story w/us. It's nice to meet you too!

welcome to neurotalk ... there are lots of friendly and supportive people here so jump right in and start posting ... should you need help, don't hesitate to ask someone ... we are here to help ... again ...

Hi Christilyn, and welcome to NeuroTalk! This is such a great place to hang out with many different forums and loads of nice and helpful people on them.

I am so very sorry about your son.

Hi Christilyn, I am glad you found us. You have truly been through some very hard times. Stick around and you will find comfort her. There are many of us who have had our life drastically altered, and are finding new ways to make life a good thing in spite of our issues. It is hard work, but so much easier to do with friends supporting you!

Hello and welcome to Neuro Talk. Explore the site and do not hesitate on posting questions concerns and or ideas you may have. Folks here are fantastic helpful and kind, again welcome to NT