Posted by ShelliR on March 25, 2001, at 20:56:39
In reply to Re: I envy your succesfull treatment, posted by stjames on March 25, 2001, at 13:32:05
> No I am not the few, I would say all my close friends are mentally ill and have sucess with their treaatments. Support groups I have attended indicate 50-60 % of people get better on the first or second meds they try (depression). What I see is that those who say "I'm sick, help me" and then wait remain sick. Those who have a negative view of mental helth providers do poorly.
> If your care is in a state of choas, change it. Seek out others who do well and find out what they do and what docs they see. Don't envy me, nothing magic happened, I just worked hard at getting well. You have to educate and advocate for yourself. I have walked out of several docs offices on a first meeting because they were weong for me. If you are staying with bad docs or docs that are no helping you then it is your fault
> fore waisting your time.
>
> PatI hope those who think that resistent treatment depression is the patient's fault, might be a little less judgemental. I hit it on my second antidepressant. But for some anti-depressants seem to poop out after a while (very well documented) and that is what happened to me--luckily after many years of success.
So yes, count your blessings. It is not just all about your hard work. It involves a lot of luck. Would it take your antidepressant to stop working for you to perhaps see the larger picture and open yourself up to see that many people try really hard and have not found the right medication. Why do you think there exists the term, "treatment resistent depression."
Pat, envy you? No way. I would never envy anyone who sees and expresses things in such a narrow-minded way that compassion is left out of the equation.
Also wondering why most of your friends are mentally ill, James.
Shelli
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