Posted by greywolf on May 10, 2004, at 20:32:11
In reply to Sc ott, I would like to move this to social or psy » SLS, posted by judy1 on May 10, 2004, at 15:36:19
Hey, Scott. Hang in there, man. I know from long experience what it's like to bounce from one ineffective med to the next, wasting time adjusting to SEs but knowing full well that the med's not gonna work.
So what do you do when you've run into that same brick wall for the hundredth time? Get ready to run into it again. And again, and again, and again. Until you break through. All there is, is to go on.
I don't subscribe to embuing depression with personal qualities. In my mind, it's not an enemy with a face. Rather, it's a way of living, and not the best way. Finding the right meds help us get up some of the steeper hills or keep us going so we don't linger too long at the bottom of the valleys, but nothing's a cure-all.
That you're up out of bed and moving forward today is a testament to you, not some drug. That you will be up and trying something new tomorrow is a testament to you, and perseverance. You'll help yourself today, and one of us tomorrow. And you'll go on, working harder than others for your happiness, but probably appreciating it more, too.
So do us all a favor and let us know that you'll continue climbing these mountains with us. We'll be much the happier for that knowledge.
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