Posted by arnie666 on January 11, 2006, at 17:55:57
Hello, I posted once before about my story through a pretty bad mental illness. I was ill for four years. The p-doc wasn't sure what was wrong to be honest, But has settled on a BDD diagnosis.
I tried antidepressants, antipsychotics, therapy nothing worked. I still thought I was ugly. And I out on loads of weight from them that didn't help either, I could not work as I felt too ugly at times to leave the house I was even put in hospital for a week at one point. Then early last year after a bad drug reaction I managed to get my p-doc to agree to try me off meds. As my functioning had not improved at all while on them...
He agreed. It has been a year now,no meds at all. I got super fit lost all the weight and I have to say exercise helped me hugely to see things a bit differently.I have made friends which to me is very important as before I thought I was too ugly to have friends.
I have posted today as I have some great news, my p-doc has said I am completely over what was bothering me and I do not need to see him anymore and has said Iam fit enough to join the army. What I have wanted to do for a while. This is very important as what he says could mean if I get in or not.
I just want to say you can get over all sorts of problems , at one point I thought everything was over in my life. I still have BDD but I stopped it messing with my life. It took four years but I've won.I really hope other people who suffer all sorts of mental health problems can win too.
poster:arnie666
thread:598056
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