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Anxiety and Depression with cancer
Hi there Was wondering if there is any one out there on anti depression medication while undergoing chemotherapy? Im finding that chemo treatment seems to be effectiong my mood more so then my physi...
Hi @riss81
I think most of us go thru some level of depression during their diagnosis & treatment, whether on chemo or not ..... just the level keeps changing ... :(
Have you Checked out "What You Don't Know Until You Do", with Dr Charlotte Tottman (see the link to her first podcast below.) She is a Breast Cancer Psychologist who was diagnosed with BC a few years ago and had a double mastectomy (no reconstruction.)
The podcasts are brilliant to listen to - and cover pretty well every emotion/anxiety that most of us have gone thru since Day 1 of diagnosis. (There are 2 series)
https://www.bcna.org.au/resource-hub/podcasts/season-1-episode-1-d-day-diagnosis-shock/
You can read a bit more about her here too .... (click on the PDF document below - an interview with The Herald.)
Take care & all the best
I think most of us go thru some level of depression during their diagnosis & treatment, whether on chemo or not ..... just the level keeps changing ... :(
Have you Checked out "What You Don't Know Until You Do", with Dr Charlotte Tottman (see the link to her first podcast below.) She is a Breast Cancer Psychologist who was diagnosed with BC a few years ago and had a double mastectomy (no reconstruction.)
The podcasts are brilliant to listen to - and cover pretty well every emotion/anxiety that most of us have gone thru since Day 1 of diagnosis. (There are 2 series)
https://www.bcna.org.au/resource-hub/podcasts/season-1-episode-1-d-day-diagnosis-shock/
You can read a bit more about her here too .... (click on the PDF document below - an interview with The Herald.)
Take care & all the best