Gary Direnfeld

I was sick as a dog.

And I got to tell you, I'm lucky.

I have a stable mood.

It is, you know, between here and here, never manic, never really depressed, just coasting along nicely.

But I was sick.

It was early 90s.

And I had this sinus infection.

I got a medication for it, erythromycin.

It's a popular antibiotic.

Within a day and a half, first of all, my stomach was just falling to pieces.

I was in such pain.

But I was depressed.

And I was literally on a couch, my head in Arlene's lap,

crying i was that depressed and it was at a point in time i was trying to get my uh private practice going and it wasn't doing well david it really wasn't and i thought this is the source of my sadness and depression because of the stomachache i attributed it to the erythromycin i went back to the doctor i said i can't i can't take this anymore she switched my medication

Within a day, the stomach ache went away.

So too, the depression.

Yes.

But again, this idea of feelings need to be anchored in reality.

So I attached that extreme mood to my circumstance, not getting the private practice

off the ground yet.