Posted by SLS on April 2, 2009, at 12:22:38
I recently experimented with a change in drug treatment for my bipolar depression. I had not been feeling horrible. However, the drugs I was on for many months brought me so far and no more. I reached a plateau in treatment response that I found unacceptable. I was still missing over half of my mental energy and intellectual capability. The experiment failed, and I can't think of anything better to do than to go back to what I was taking before.
My psychotherapist keeps trying to impress upon me that she has seen a large improvement in me. Well, duh. 35% of an improvement yields significant observable differences. It might be enough for her, but it is certainly not enough for me. She did not agree that I should try to enhance the results of treatment by making changes. If not now, when?
My therapist says that I might have to learn how to live with what I have. I have. I am. I always have been, even when confined to a couch, mute and staring into space.
So, I should accept and live with what I am now?
Is this as good as it gets?
- Scott
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