Depression....Theory.....Oh, here I come with another poll

[Guest guest]

My counselor has a theory she'd like explored. Now, she has treated

many diabetes patients and she's found that a year or so before the

diagnosis depression or worsening depression hit them and this has been

somewhat confirmed and documented by others.

So, she asks, and I think may have a point. Did many of us find

ourselves depressed or find it worsening 1-3 years before our

diagnosis. I think it might well make sense and at least is true in my

situation. I'd suffered from depression but my huge downturn with it

and anxiety was about 2 years before IPF diagnosis. I firmly believe

that it was intensified by fatigue, lack of energy, just lack of

oxygen, I had no idea about yet.

Obviously we all have something to depress us now. But think back. Did

you have depression hit or increase before the diagnosis. Might that

have been a sign of things ahead in some way. See, my counselor always

believed in addition to the mental health issues there was a

contributing physical issue not being found. She turned out to be quite

right.