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For Women With Low Libido, Sex is First a Decision, Not a Drive

Dear Neil: Your article about a woman's loss of libido published in October suggested that testosterone treatment is the answer for reduced libido in women. Unfortunately testosterone is not available in New Zealand, and doctors cannot prescribe it. Could you raise this in your column in an effort to reverse the situation?

Stymied in Wellington, New Zealand

How Depression Effects Your Relationship

Ever been depressed?   Ever been in a relationship with someone who is depressed?  If so, did you find yourself at a loss to know what to do?  Did your relationship get battered in the process ?

How to Overcome Depression

Note:  This is the second of a two-part series.

How do you overcome depression?  Try these: 

Quiz: Are You Depressed?

Note: This is the first of a two-part series.

Are you depressed?  Depression does not necessarily mean you’re just sad.  You might be more numb—not feeling much of anything—than sad.

But some people are in deed sad, withdrawn from others as well as from themselves, and withdrawn from most of the activities that used to bring them pleasure and enjoyment.

Take this quiz, adapted from W.W.K. Zung (Archives of General Psychiatry).  Decide how much of the time each statement describes how you have been feeling during the past several days.

To Not Feel So Depressed Lean How to "Pivot"

Dear Neil:  I was recently rejected by a woman I was hoping to marry, and I am really  hurting badly.  I tried so very hard in the relationship, gave it so much, was so loving, romantic, generous, patient, forgiving and accommodating, but I was still rejected.

What's Draining You?

Have you ever noticed what happens when you keep pursuing a business that refuses to succeed?  When you hang onto items that a represent  a failed relationship or old financial problems, or piles of things to do or things to file that you never get to?  These items are huge energy drains that can keep you tied to the past and may actually prevent you from moving on with your life.

Depression Effects Marriage

Dear Neil:  My relationship with my husband has recently gone downhill.  I have been depressed for a long time, and just haven’t had the energy to give to him; I haven’t been attentive, sexual, enthusiastic, happy or fun.  I would like our relationship to improve, but I don’t know what to do.  Can you help?

Down In Ontario

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