trek, Welcome to our support community! The Depression Center offers personalized, interactive tools that have helped thousands of people challenge and overcome their depression. If you look to the left of the screen under "PROGRAM TOOLS" you'll find our Depression Test, Session Diary, CBT Buddies and our Depression Program. Why a Depression Test? The purpose of our Depression Test is to prepare you with information that you can present to your physician. When you're finished the test, you can either print your Final Report or email it directly to your doctor. What is a Session Diary? Your Session Diary is your Depression Program "Control Center." Your Session Diary contains all of your tools, worksheets and results as you move through each of the 16 Sessions in the Depression Program. Online Support? CBT Buddies? Our CBT Buddies and Online Support Group allows you to have some anonymous assistance when dealing with depression. The CBT Buddie and Online Support Group is offered on a 24-hour basis and allows you to communicate with others like you around the world. CBT? The core of The Depression Center is our Depression Program which is an interactive, 16-session cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)course. When using cognitive behavioral therapy, each person has unique goals in their treatment. Whatever your motivation, cognitive behavioral therapy is a very effective treatment for depression. You can use the tools whether or not you are taking medication, and whether or not you are currently seeing a therapist or mental health professional. The Depression Program has a number of tools and resources to help each individual overcome their depression and win. We hope you find the help you need within The Depression Center. If you ever have any questions or concerns regarding our site or with depression please click the "CONTACT US" link at the bottom of the page. We're open to any questions or concerns you may have. Josie ___________________________________ The Depression Center Support Team.

Hi I am Trek, I happened upon this site while looking for other options in addition to the treatment I am recieving. I have depression and anxiety and have been taking antidepressants for 3 years after a bout with post partum depression/hypothyroidism which I had for at least a year or two before I realized something was wrong. I was having major confusion, I only wanted to sleep, I couldnt figure out how to handle my 2 year old daughter who was having terrible tantrums all the time. I thought I was just a awful mother and I why did I think I could handle children....I just wanted to get in the car drive away and keep on driving. Within the 2 years before my depression my father in law had alzheimers and eventually died from it, we moved to a different house and remodeled the kitchen. We had our second child, my husband lost his job and my mother in law had a serious hospitalization. I have been seeing a Psychiatrist for 2 years now and I feel pretty good but I want to be more proactive to really understand why and how I ended up with this problem. I also want to see if there is something I can do to be able to taper off the medication (with my doctors ok) and still feel better. I guess I feel like we treated my problem only with medication and I want to fully know how to deal with it in other ways too. I am glad I found this site because even though I just started using it I can tell I feel a little better.