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For people with clinical depression, Equizac isn't enough. Yes, it helps to hug a horse, but when you're in the black hole of true depression, it's hard to find joy in anything, even horses.

 

Today, with the help of meds, I'm enjoying life and hugging and riding horses daily and finding joy in them again.

 

chris

Ranelle Rubin <raneller@xxxxxxx> wrote:

For those poor depressed souls who have had to resort to Prozac and other
anti-depressants, I genuinely feel for you if you have truly been diagnosed
as clinically depressed.

I prefer to ward off that insidious problem with regular doses of long rides
and nuzzles..in fact my Doc son lifted his head an whinneyed LOUDLY tonight
when I went out to feed...I call that EQUIZAC.....LARGE DOSES PRN!



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>From: "Joann"
>To: "Jennifer Adam" ,
>Subject: RE: [RC] the drug discussion
>Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:05:13 -0700
>
> >>>Thank you for sharing your Mom's story in such a beautiful way.
><<<
>
>
> Ditto-(Still tears in my eyes ) Yes- thanks for sharing.
> Wow, 53 is young!
> My Mom lost her battle with cancer at the age of 42 when I was 4.
> I am 43 now and worry about the same fate.
>
> From what little I had been told about her she never complained and
>always
>made the best of whatever she had to work with.
>
> So tell your Mom; "You Go Girl" !!!!
> Nothing to be ashamed of at all for medicating for real pain.
> Life is too short to allow circumstances to keep us from our passions if
> there is anything we can do about it!
>
> Our horses are my mental therapy -
> Thanks for sharing and keep us updated about your Mom. K?
>
> Joann in AZ.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jennifer Adam
>Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 1:55 PM
>To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [RC] the drug discussion
>I just have to share with you all how happy this discussion has made my
>mom... She is 53 years old and in 2003 she was diagnosed with stage 3 colon
>cancer - it had spread to her lymph nodes and she was a mess. Several
>surgeries later, and after 8 months of chemo therapy, she is now
>*hopefully*
>cancer free.
>
>
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