tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065659513680575506.post1801694701305526186..comments2022-03-27T08:52:12.339+11:00Comments on I Had a Black Dog: Been too Long.Matthew Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14228192640233577571noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065659513680575506.post-3563722075971572782009-10-14T23:36:21.531+11:002009-10-14T23:36:21.531+11:00Hi Matthew, Would just like to say thank you for 2...Hi Matthew, Would just like to say thank you for 2 of best books i have read about depression. My husband was diagnosed last year with anxiety and depression. We are a young couple with 3 small kids who just moved here from Ireland. These books are so enlightening and hopefull and makes it so much easier to understand than alot of the huge books full of medical jargon that i have read on the subject! The illustrations are beautiful also. We are hopefull now to get our black dog under controll too. Thank you<br />L AND BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065659513680575506.post-60719822575397283392009-09-18T05:52:53.165+10:002009-09-18T05:52:53.165+10:00I just read your book that was recommended by my s...I just read your book that was recommended by my son's friend (she studied it for her psychology A-level). My father and my husband's cousin both have suffered from severe depression (and still do) and I worry have a tendency towards depression sometimes too. The book and your blog has been helpful getting me to understand what my father, in particular, struggles with and how I can look after myself, hopefully keeping Black Dog firmly in his basket. Great news about your new job too. Cheryl, London, EnglandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065659513680575506.post-47526245429867673882009-07-12T23:33:53.115+10:002009-07-12T23:33:53.115+10:00Matthew, we share a similar background as I first ...Matthew, we share a similar background as I first suffered depression in 2004 when I was the MD of a web design business in Glasgow, UK. I've recently come through a bad 14 months in which I was prescribed four different courses of medication. None of them worked and I became worse as I took more medication. The penny finally dropped 5 weeks ago when I made the connection that when I was coming off one medication to go onto another, I had my better periods before getting low again. In agreement with my doctor who felt that it was possibly the anti-depressants that were making me depressed, I came immediately off my medication and at the moment everything is going well. The point of my message is that on one of my really low days a few month's ago, my wife bought me 'I had a Black Dog'. It struck an immediate chord for both of us and I actually smiled - and maybe even laughed. Keep up the great work as more people need to be made aware of your experience.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14487430854228329953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065659513680575506.post-3990337579868904222009-06-30T00:58:15.158+10:002009-06-30T00:58:15.158+10:00Hiya,
I borrowed this book from my local library s...Hiya,<br />I borrowed this book from my local library several years ago...I read it and IT WAS ME!!! I then bought a copy. My depression deepened until a wonderful colleague took a grip of my situation and now 12 months later I am 99.9% better. <br />I have bought and given away many copies of you wonderful book to allow people to "see" how I feel as words can never adequately describe the condition. I even sent one to my psychiatrist!!<br /> Hope you are keeping well,<br /><br />THANK YOU, for your book and the help it has given me, you are a star, fondest regards xxSue Quinlannoreply@blogger.com