Posted by CarolynAnn on October 15, 2000, at 18:23:58
In reply to Re: Who Am I?, posted by ksvt on October 15, 2000, at 15:36:21
> Wow...I hadn't checked the board for a few days, and was I ever surprised to see so many responses to my topic! Thank you all! I still haven't figured out who I am...and maybe that's what life is...a task of discovering who you are! But I know that my very first symptom of SRI "poop-out" is a personality change. Lots of irritability and difficulty with decisions. I know that before I ever took antidepressants I struggled with a lot of insecurity, shyness, lack of self-esteem. But now I only seem to need to deal with those issues when depressed. For me, taking antidepressants (when I found one that worked) was like taking a magical self-esteem pill. When I am not depressed I am self confident, outgoing and much more capable of caring for others. Definitely a nicer person. Nicer to myself as well as nicer to those around me. So I guess what I am wondering is, is the "essence" of me the "good" me or the "bad" me? I have spent quite a few years in therapy...it never helped much. Only the medication has made a difference. Now my p-doc doesn't even try therapy...as long as the meds are working, there seems to be no need for it...and when they're not working I just can't deal with it. Thanks for listening!
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