O.K. so it's a worn out cliche that "You just gotta live every day to its fullest" And it is true that depression can be caused by chemical imbalances and OR emotional stress. Most of what I read here is that the depression folks on this forum are experiencing is cancer related-i.e.- why me, will it come back, what do I have left to plan for? Guess what, my friends! "Stuff" can happen to all of us. In my case, a stroke[out of the blue, I was a healthy, not overweight, active 63 yr. old female } blinded me in one eye and rearranged my memory and thought processes in one morning. A zillion tests later and there is still no definitive diagnosis as to why it happened other that an out of sight bloodpressure that day. So now, 2 yrs. out I am on hundreds of $ of pills each mo. and looking forward to waking up each morning. But you can bet that hardly a day goes by that I don't wonder if it will happen again, mostly because I am caring for a 19 mo old 24-7 and my husband. I guess I am really lucky because my depression after the stroke was emotional and I had to get over it for my family's sake. I guess I'm just trying to say that we don't get to plan life- it just happens- and we get to deal with it- OCF helps us deal a little better. Amy