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Forum: Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts

Meet and support others who are affected by these issues around anxiety, depression & other emotional effects.

• Psycho Oncologist psycho

  19 Posts 368 Views

  Created by: rubyredslippers on Apr 7, 2019 05:10PM

  Latest post: Jul 10, 2019 07:05PM by rubyredslippers

• I feel so useless

  6 Posts 121 Views

  Created by: Lexica on Jul 9, 2019 10:38AM

  Latest post: Jul 9, 2019 06:46PM by LaughingGull

• Not actually all that helpful

  3 Posts 91 Views

  Created by: kber on Jul 9, 2019 08:44AM

  Latest post: Jul 9, 2019 10:35AM by kber

• Letrozole(femara), anti-depressants, depression

  17 Posts 213 Views

  Created by: Jor on Mar 3, 2019 03:56PM

  Latest post: Jul 6, 2019 11:07PM by sweetp6217

• Stopping low-dose Effexor (Venlafaxine)

  3 Posts 55 Views

  Created by: LaughingGull on Jul 5, 2019 02:45PM

  Latest post: Jul 6, 2019 08:49AM by LaughingGull

• The "Is it Going to Kill Me?" game.

  79 Posts 2,014 Views

  Created by: WC3 on Dec 17, 2018 12:31PM

  Latest post: Jul 3, 2019 05:17PM by Pi-Xi

• Genetic testing for best antidepressant anyone?

  7 Posts 94 Views

  Created by: mnsotamom74 on May 23, 2019 04:01PM

  Latest post: Jun 18, 2019 06:40PM by Phoenixwmn

• My Four Year Old's Logic...

  4 Posts 57 Views

  Created by: Lexica on Jun 12, 2019 03:16PM

  Latest post: Jun 12, 2019 03:35PM by Lexica

• Your mental health journey with cancer?

  26 Posts 488 Views

  Created by: Belle-S on Mar 17, 2019 09:18PM

  Latest post: Jun 8, 2019 11:46AM by tlw0818

• The dumbest things people have said to you/about you

  9,989 Posts 360,585 Views

  Created by: Shrek4 on Nov 24, 2009 09:20AM

  Latest post: Jun 7, 2019 08:47PM by teaka123

• Very angry at my mother

  2 Posts 92 Views

  Created by: Kkmay on May 31, 2019 08:01PM

  Latest post: May 31, 2019 10:01PM by moth

• I am so very tired of being tired

  10 Posts 281 Views

  Created by: kber on Apr 24, 2019 02:35PM

  Latest post: May 28, 2019 07:40PM by MexicoHeather

• Things I don't tell anybody

  87 Posts 3,088 Views

  Created by: hapa on Sep 20, 2018 12:32AM

   

• Order Atomoxetine online saturday delivery. NYod

  1 Posts 7 Views

  Created by: Deleted Member on May 25, 2019 11:24PM

   

• Hair shedding

  2 Posts 39 Views

  Created by: LBG10 on May 19, 2019 02:44PM

  Latest post: May 19, 2019 04:46PM by vlnrph

• End of active treatment meltdown over missing 1 out of 20 rads

  6 Posts 132 Views

  Created by: dl1129 on Apr 22, 2019 10:27AM

  Latest post: May 15, 2019 03:14PM by AliceBastable

• I know it's dumb.

  17 Posts 407 Views

  Created by: WC3 on Mar 6, 2019 03:27AM

  Latest post: May 14, 2019 01:21AM by WC3

• I really have Cancer...

  4 Posts 109 Views

  Created by: 36andcounting on Apr 21, 2019 10:28PM

  Latest post: Apr 21, 2019 10:52PM by Meow13

• Following in the footsteps of Super Woman

  3 Posts 58 Views

  Created by: CreatureKeeper on Apr 19, 2019 02:04PM

  Latest post: Apr 19, 2019 07:30PM by hapa

• They say that stress triggers cancer

  48 Posts 705 Views

  Created by: MCBaker on Apr 11, 2019 09:04AM

  Latest post: Apr 14, 2019 09:11AM by santabarbarian

• Social Media and Cancer Resilience

  1 Posts 42 Views

  Created by: Traveltext on Apr 11, 2019 03:02PM

  Latest post: Apr 11, 2019 03:02PM by Traveltext

• Anyone have new onset anxiety since diagnosis?

  2 Posts 46 Views

  Created by: kec1972 on Apr 9, 2019 07:11AM

  Latest post: Apr 9, 2019 07:38AM by edwards750

• Anxiety and decisions about letrozole

  6 Posts 92 Views

  Created by: Josey53 on Mar 18, 2019 11:46AM

  Latest post: Apr 7, 2019 07:37PM by bcincolorado

• Back pain, shortness of breath....due to anxiety?

  2 Posts 58 Views

  Created by: kec1972 on Apr 1, 2019 07:23AM

  Latest post: Apr 1, 2019 09:19AM by gb2115

• I am super extra cranky today.

  14 Posts 161 Views

  Created by: kber on Mar 25, 2019 02:20PM

  Latest post: Mar 29, 2019 06:57PM by kber

• Depression from AIs and tamoxifen

  25 Posts 375 Views

  Created by: healthystrong on Oct 8, 2018 04:07PM

  Latest post: Mar 24, 2019 08:10AM by Lezza13

• in acute crisis due to potential mets dx

  4 Posts 159 Views

  Created by: elise24601 on Mar 23, 2019 05:36AM

  Latest post: Mar 23, 2019 10:17AM by vlnrph

• Yes am super anxious

  1 Posts 31 Views

  Created by: Karmic108 on Mar 20, 2019 04:29PM

  Latest post: Mar 20, 2019 04:29PM by Karmic108

• Asking for a desk with more privacy at work

  9 Posts 186 Views

  Created by: CreatureKeeper on Mar 12, 2019 09:38PM

  Latest post: Mar 18, 2019 10:39AM by astyanax66

• What’s the best/most helpful comment you’ve heard ?

  15 Posts 228 Views

  Created by: kber on Mar 17, 2019 11:47AM

  Latest post: Mar 17, 2019 08:10PM by finallyoverit