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Posts Tagged ‘depression’


“Will this kill me?”

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

What is Mean Corpuscular Volume? I recently had some blood work done, and the doctor said my MCV was elevated, but I don’t know what that is. The Standard range is 80.0-100.0 fl. Mine was 100.7 fl. She said this might be due to a b12 deficiency. Will this Kill me? Will I need medicine for this? Does it go away? (more…)

Why So Sad?

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Depression is much more than just sadness. It can take over your blog symptoms-of-depressioneveryday life. It can affect your ability to work, eat, sleep, socialize and enjoy yourself and creates a constant feeling of hopelessness.
Causes
Depression is a mental issue as well as a biological issue. The causes of depression are complex. People sometimes never know what triggered the depression. (more…)

Stressful Times…

Monday, June 8th, 2009

 

June 1st is the first day of hurricane season for the Gulf and Atlantic Coast areas.  That means a few months of waiting and watching for possibly devastating tropical storms and hurricanes.  This also means a few months of added high stressors that compound our normal, everyday stresses. (more…)

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