I count my lucky stars my brain chemistry has always been more or less as it should be but had the educational experience a couple of weeks ago of what it's like when it isn't (a bizarre fit of 'depression' induced by reaction to a particular OTC medication that came, left me feeling that the world was about to end then just as bizarrely went 20 minutes later). I never, ever want to feel that way again and now have an enormous respect for those who manage to continue their lives while suffering such symptoms day in day out. Maybe it's something all mental 'care' workers should be exposed to once in their training just to give them some insight.