grandmar I also thank you for sharing with us the family history of depression and anxiety. I too come from a family of "Nuts" as my sister puts it. She does not mean this to make it a bad thing, but to keep us on are toes. Both my parents suffered from untreated depression. My mother died a very unhappy lady. She was beautiful. intelligent and depressed. I had many issues as a teenager. I began drinking at age 12 and gradually (maybe not so gradually) became that incorrigible teenager and sent to a wayward girls school. At that time they really didn't address depression, but as I look back it was obvious. I hated school and would "Play hooky" daily. Four years at an all girls Catholic school for "bad girls" probably saved my life. No, it didn't stop after that but I have made i through. My brother who was a heroin addict with many mental problems had a struggle his entire life. There were periods when he appeared good and was clean from all drugs. On December 24th 2017 he shot and killed himself. They found heroin in his apartment. We will never know for sure what happened that day, but for sure he was gone from us. Life may have been very different for us if we were diagnosed and treated back then. I pray daily for all of us suffering from these issues. I do know there is help and we must find it. CBD oil is helping me with anxiety and I am grateful for that. We must find what works and seek it out.

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