My spirits are quite high as the SSRI effect starts to kick in.

My right thigh has been bothering me for a couple of years now and is still a bit sore when I go for a run but it's bearable.

No styes or cold sores at the moment.

Back ok.

Knees ok.

The athlete's foot has cleared up now; as has the jock itch.

But from time to time I get an incredibly itchy arse.

What is it with thse body parts and why do they take it in turns to annoy me?

Why haven't I been blogging lately? Because I have had no creative inspiration.

Why have I had no creative inspiration? Because I have been suffering from depression.

Why have I been suffering from depression? It's just something that happens to me. It has happended on and off for as long as I can remember. Usually I can cope with the rough and tumble of life but about once a year I drift down and all my problems seem unsurmountable. I also get momentary attacks of intense depression which in extreme cases have resulted in me blacking out for a few seconds. For a few days thereafter I'm pretty useless mentally. No doctor I have spoken to has ever heard of this before and nor do they seem to care. The best theory they have offered is that I get dips in my seretonin ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin ) levels.

Why does this just happen to me? I suspect it's genetic: One of my brothers and my sister use medication to get by. By other brother uses alcohol.

Why is it genetic? That's a tricky one. Maybe being depressed gives evolutionary advantage. Maybe if we were all happy then we wouldn't need to reproduce to give us some hope for the future.

You'll be pleased to know I'm now on the SSRIs ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSRI ) and feeling a bit better now.