Posted by ravenstorm on May 12, 2004, at 9:51:58
In reply to Re: Preparing - I don't want to, but part of me is., posted by SLS on May 11, 2004, at 13:46:58
Scott-
I'm so sorry that you are having to go through this. I was suicidal for literally four months this winter. The only thing that kept me from doing it was the thought of having my husband find me. I can't offer any comforting platitudes because those months were absolute hell and nothing anyone said to me at the time were remotely helpful. Everyone kept saying "You'll feel better soon" and as the days and months went by trying this and that drug I became convinced that I would never be well again. But,the funny thing is, they were right, six months later and I'm starting to feel better and am on an AD that at the very least isn't making me worse (prozac made me even more suicidal, and all the SSRI's made me horrendously ill).
What I did to make myself feel better when none of thee meds were helping (they were actually hurting) was go this website that lists new drugs that are in clinical trials or that are about to approved or just approved etc. It would give me some hope that if there was nothing out there for me now, maybe in a few months or years there would be. I know it is small comfort, but for some reason it helped me.
I have severe stomach problems,so I became very interested in the emsam selegeline patch (hopefully coming out by next year) and an injectable AD that does something with peptides that is only in phase II trials.
Anywayy, you probably already know the website but it is: PsychopharmINFO.com
Take care, and please don't give up. We are all pulling for you. Please let us give back just a fraction of the help that you have given to others.
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