Interested in giving hydrocortisone a try first? 

I’m leery and rather weary of doctors that are quick to diagnose us as being depressed. It’s not enough just for them to state depression because I want to know the how and why behind it because I believe then you are able to manage it more effectively instead of just throwing more drugs into your body.

Any rate it might be worth it to consult a psychologist or psychiatrist to confirm the depression. I’ve seen both and they both stated that I was pretty much fine except that I have major anxiety and anger about dealing with medical professionals.The surgeries, exams, and pictures basically put some deep cracks in my psyche. They went as far to say that I have post traumatic stress disorder. The Endo that I see now also stated the same thing.

Rational behavior modification seemed to help me and a really good psychologist. You never know,  anti-depressants might help but then again it might make things worse with a whole new set of problems. I used to beg my prior Endo for Valium because I had all these racing thought because of the anxiety and he suggested meditation. I was also suicidal at the time so meditation really wasn’t it for me. Yes, Yes surgery was meant to help me but those thoughts of suicide and attempts just were there. The shrink stated that I was an intense person and that’s just my nature. We talked about being manic- depressive but like you, I wasn’t all that keen on taking any more drugs but I found that when I switched to the hydrocortisone that my moods became better and there wasn’t such an up, up, up feeling and then down, down, down feeling.

Good Luck,

Aimee