The last days of David Foster Wallace

[Dave Monroe]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 9:54 AM,  <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:

> I've taken anti-depressants, and for me they were a cure worse
> than the disease. . .
>
>         Unbeknown to most, Wallace had suffered from clinical
>         depression for the past two decades. Family and close
>         friends knew of it, but few others did. Over those years,
>         Wallace had taken powerful anti-depression medication
>         that had allowed him to work and write, according to his
>         father, James Donald Wallace. But recently the drugs
>         had been having very serious side effects. In June of 2007,
>         Wallace and his doctor decided that they would have to try
>         another course of treatment. . . .
>
> http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/09/26/david_foster_wallace/

Had I my wits about me back when I was taking "meds," I'd've been
living high off the malpractice lawsuit this past decade or so ...