Barb N
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Sunday, February 24 2008
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I have to agree with bipolarbear. I was diagnosed in 1995 and went through all sorts of medication. I've had some combos that worked for a few years; for an entire year-and-a-half I didn't have to take anything at all; and in 2003 my pdoc (I want to say condemned) said that I have treatment-resistant depression. I ended up going through 3 different day programs and finally electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
Oh, yeah -- and an application for disability, which, unlike my diagnosis, I admit I still have trouble accepting. I should have applied for this in 2003, but the application is so overwhelming that I didn't file until December 2006 with the help of a social services agency after my husband lost his job. I would have been able to avoid all the debt I accrued on my credit cards , not from manic-induced spending sprees, but for my prescriptions!
And now, after almost 2 years of ECT, even *that's* no longer working. I've been in a real slump since October and am dying to be able to crawl out of this pit. I'm back on Wellbutrin and Tegretol, which has helped some, but part of my problem is anxiety.
I do need to take Wendy D's advice and go back to therapy. My therapist has been kind enough to do phone sessions with me because I have trouble leaving my apartment, even to get the mail.
Good luck to all.