Posted by BayLeaf on February 7, 2009, at 8:59:47
In reply to Re: Suicidal, posted by Cass on February 6, 2009, at 22:55:25
when you've had a bad experience with meds its had to beleive they can help. i tried a lot of diff ones before anything worked. when it did, i honestly felt a weight lift from my shoulders and a gray film get scraped off life. it amazed me that a stupid little pill could hit some place in my brain and change anything. but it did.
i once promised someone that before i off'd myself i would try EVERYTHING. you gotta admit, it's a pretty big decision. perhaps you could at least promise yourself the same thing? try everything first?
i've been so depressed i couldn't get out of bed except for toilet obligations. I didn't even eat for days. Couldn't work for a year. Too depressed to apply for SSD.
Meds fixed me up. Not to say I never have a bad spell, but they help me find reasons not to off myself.
Then i found stuff that makes me feel better...filling the void in life is really important, like serving meals at our homeless shelter, or making pets happy, or seeing sunsets, or writing curse words in frosted windows.
Hang on. Bay
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