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The brain is an incredible structure that controls memory, thought, motor skills, vision, touch, hunger, and processes that help regulate our bodies. The brain is the powerhouse organ that keeps us thinking, moving, feeling, and alive.

Depression can feel like a cloud hanging over you despite wonderful life experiences. The small joys of life seem to escape you despite looking for the good in all things.

Do you suffer from treatment-resistant depression and wonder if all hope is lost? After all, you've been on several different medications and taken them as prescribed for a length of time, only to have your depression symptoms remain. You've done the work. You have reached out to medical professionals and sought all avenues to treat your depression without relief. If this sounds like you, please know you are not alone. The reality is that 30% of all those diagnosed with depression meet this criteria.

Anyone who suffers from depression knows that these diagnoses can dramatically impact daily life. Whether it be the potential changes in relationships or the feelings of sadness that accompany a diagnosis, there tends to be an underlying persistent fear that they will never get better, even with the aid of medication and therapy.

Depression is a mood disorder that requires a medical diagnosis and is not something you can determine on your own.