Your letters

Furget it

“Fees That Irk Travelers” (Up Front, August 2010), was right on, especially the pet carry-on charge. When I flew crosscountry I paid more for my cat than myself. I offered to buy my cat a seat but was told that I would still have to pay a surcharge because the cat must be under the seat.

Carol Agate
Cambridge, MA

Bad vibrations

In “Stopping the Shake, Rattle, and Roll” (Up Front, August 2010), you tested pads to stop front-loader washers from vibrating. I used a rubber pickup truck bed mat, cut to size, and it dances no more around my washroom.

Michael Reinhart
Longview, TX

Protein drinks

Reading “Alert: Protein Drinks” (July 2010), I’m reminded of a 15-year-old patient I saw because of bed-wetting. He had last bed-wet at age 8 and had been dry till a month before. There were no other symptoms, and his exam and tests were normal. Recently he had begun weightlifting and drinking a lot of “amino” protein powder. When he stopped drinking it, his bed-wetting stopped.

Yi Ching
Honolulu

Treating depression

“Depression & Anxiety” (July 2010) was well written, but note that while the American Psychological Association is the major association for psychologists, the equivalent for licensed counselors is the American Counseling Association or the National Board for Certified Counselors.

Susan Strong
Prescott Valley, AZ

In “Depression & Anxiety” (July 2010), a doctor says that when people taking antidepressants experience sexual side effects, she adds another drug as an antidote. What is that drug?

Leonard Graff
San Francisco

Drugs that are used include the antidepressant bupropion (Wellbutrin and generic), the antianxiety drug buspirone (BuSpar and generic), and erectile dysfunction drugs such as sildenafil (Viagra and generic).

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