Posted by kid47 on June 1, 2001, at 11:18:38
In reply to Ready to pack it in!, posted by Autumn Despotis on June 1, 2001, at 9:20:32
Hi. I have been in a very similar situation except I am male. My wife thought I should just "be a man" & deal with my problems. i.e. "snap out of it" The day that I was planning how to make my suicide look like an accident, so my kids could collect my life insurance, I suddenly began to feel a whole lot better. The drug cocktail I had been on for about 3 mos. kicked in. After 13 mos. on this mix, I was feeling well enough to stop all meds. That was about 6 wks ago & I am cautiously optomistic. I am sorry for your troubles but please don't give up. It took me a long time, hospitalization & lots of failed med trials before I found the right combination. I am so glad I am here to ENJOY my life. Please do what you can to continue your search for the treatment that will chase the "black dog" of mental illness from your life. You are a precious & important part of this universe & worth whatever effort required to remain so. Continue to post as it can be very theraputic especially to communicate with people who do understand your trials. You might consider a different doc if your current one isn't able to help you. There is reason to be hopeful. You deseve to feel well. My thoughts are with you.
kid
PS-Your husband is being a jerk. (Sorry)
> I am so tired of this pharmaceutical roller coaster I've been on.
> My husband doesn't believe in Psychological problems, or medication for it. That simple, or not so simple, fact is really driving me over the edge. And my doc keeps changing the meds, like i mentioned in the other thread I started, and every one of them I probably shouldn't
> be taking. But I need to take something, right? When I wasn't on anything, I wanted to kill myself completely. Maybe I should just get it over with.
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