Posted by elanor roosevelt on October 24, 2006, at 20:39:14
In reply to Re: Wanted To Ask This For A Long Time » Phillipa, posted by madeline on October 24, 2006, at 8:02:30
1. I don't think any of us started down this road thinking it would be so complex.
2. i was a raging alcoholic for 18 years and I self-medicated that way. i still suffered depressions but was able to trigger happy little manic times. it's a lot of work drinking that much.
3. when i went on meds at first i was told that the meds would "stablize" my brain chemistry and then i could stop taking them. i have stopped a number of times and enjoyed 2 or 3 months at a time when i had that lovely bounce-back. i don't even experience that anymore.
4 i am not looking to be a rah rah cheerleader type. but i do expect to find meds that allow me to have some kind of faith that my life will be okay. okay is not so much to ask. okay and with my entire personality intact.
5. we are here because we are treatment resistant. i have a sister who has been on the same ad for 20 years. Can you imagine that?
6. i wish the meds would work and stay working. before i came to this site i had never "met" anyone else who is treatment resistant and the info i get here has been helpful.
7. hang in there one and all
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