Have you ever been lonely? Have you ever been blue? Sorry about that folks those two lines just popped into the noggin.
Have you ever been so far down in the dumps you didn't want to get out of bed and face the world? Did you ever get to where tomorrow didn't matter and if it didn't happen for you you didn't care in the least? Did it ever seem like you couldn't get over a hurdle in your life and trying seemed hopeless? Did you ever feel like you had absolutely no energy nor the drive to do anything? Did you ever get to the point you had no care about what you said and to whom you said it? Have you ever been checked for depression?

I don't know if there geographic limitations or not. A reader wrote back saying he/she knows of someone who applied for help at the Gulf Bend Center and has been over two months and is still waiting to be seen.
Rusty called, got an appointment and waltzed right into the heriatage office at the Jackson County medical Center in Edna Thursday and was screened. The specialist said, "You had 21 of 30 so you really are very depressed. Come back next Thursday and see Dr. XXXXX."

Medicare and the supplemental insurance is supposed to cover it all. Otherwise, Rusty would stay at home. Seriously, folks, if you have serious issues, it's no disgrace to seek help. Not to seek is one. Who knows, you might just end up getting a piece of paper saying you're sane afterall.