Posted by JahL on May 15, 2001, at 16:13:23
In reply to thanks, interesting, posted by Poppy on May 15, 2001, at 8:45:02
> Thanks for your feedback.
> I sometimes find myself hoping that its something that i cant help or control, that way it is not my fault. I think this is more because of the stigma attatched to "depression" and the drugs associated with it.Of course you know it *isn't*
> however, i do think what I have is something that my environment cannot control. Maybe it triggered something. My dad was bipolar, unfortunately he was treated unsuccessfully, well he wasnt really treated at all. So maybe I got something from him.
Bipolar is *highly* hereditary. I think maybe I am 'soft' BP III. *All* my immediate family, & many relatives, have some form of my disorder. Situational? I think not.
> And I think that the psychologists I have seen have helped me with daily stressors adn really given me someone to talk to. But as far as my depression is concerned there has been no difference for the two years now.
Exactly my experience. I have tried (@ length) every form of 'therapy' going, to zero effect (tho' maybe I 'understand myself better', fwiw). I agree that therapy can be 'comforting', & at times even thought-provoking, but what does this count for if yr depression isn't improving (the end game after all)?
I sincerely hope you consider getting a 2nd opinion from a psychopharmacologist or at the very least, a 'proper' psychiatrist. If you feel you'd still like to talk then no problem, but meds offer you the hope of relief (or even complete remission!) in the *here-and-now*, especially if, as you suggest, enviromental factors play little or no part in yr illness.
Rgds,
J.
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