Its just another thing to manage. Nausea, constipation, depression, oral thrush, just another thing to manage (and overcome).

I went to a social worker, 2 psychologists and a psychiatrist, all for different things. I was on a cocktail of anti-depressants, but I was never happy with the side effects. I don't regard them as all that harmful, but they were one less thing to manage when I ditched them.

The psych diagnosis was called a "depressive episode". It was related to the difficulties of treatment, the fear and anxiety of the cancer taking over. I don't think depression is automatic but its certainly something to watch out for. Like most things, talk to your doctor and the best counsellors/psychs are the ones who know about cancer. I found the generic ones to be less useful.

What has brought this on now? Has it been a gradual buildup or has there been a trigger recently?