My middle daughter says she knows where she gets her impatience from: I’ve suggested it must be from her mother my ex-wife.  Well Anna if you are reading this I have listened to you, and accepted that ‘slowly slowly catchee monkey’ can pay dividends.

My long awaited Carers Assessment has been rearranged for tomorrow morning at 10.30.  We are meeting in the cafe at Harrison House the local Mental Health Unit.  I often choose to meet professional staff there as it reminds me of the time I was Sectioned after taking far too many paracetamol a few years ago.

Harrison House is another example of the quality of Mental Health provision in this area.  NAViGO have established dedicated provision where skilled personnel work hard to help people like me to put their depressive episodes into context.

If time is on my side tomorrow I will drop off another pack of choc ices for hard working staff and patients.  Such natural remedies for depression can make all the difference when your life doesn’t seem worth living.  As my cyber friend Irving Kirsch has proved antidepressants are no better than a placebo for treating mild to moderate depression: