Depression and chronic illnesses can go together

Although you can have one without the other, in very many cases depression and chronic illnesses do go hand in hand. So, what diseases are we talking about? This list is by no means exclusive but it includes a few examples: multiple sclerosis, heart disease, Parkinson’s, diabetes, muscular dystrophy, and epilepsy. In fact, any illness …

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MS diagnosis – It’s normal to grieve

  Reading a great article It is normal to grieve after MS diagnosis by Teresa Wright-Johnson1 in Modern Day MS, and seeing that depression was part of her grieving process, reminded me of two things. First is that grief is ok. Whatever you are grieving about, whether it is the loss of someone close to …