Posted by Mr. Scott on August 15, 2002, at 4:40:29
In reply to All hope is lost...., posted by Jerrympls on August 15, 2002, at 0:46:43
Jerrympls,
11 years of what?
I've had 11 years of hell too that began with the diagnosis of ADHD, then I went on to Anxiety (Panic, Agoraphobia, GAD, OCD) once I was given a tricycyclic to treat the ADHD. I kept on taking it for 3 fuckin years because my idiot neurologist insisted I do so (and people wonder why I don't trust doctors!) Then Depression coupled with chronic anxiety set in after I thought I was cured on Prozac even though i was beginning a drug addiction that would eventually lead to bankruptcy before my first real job. Eventually I morphed into a full blown drug addict, and now it has become clear I have a bipolar spectrum disorder with mild but present hypomanias. Enough to cause trouble! It took me eleven years to realize I can't take antidepressants in regular doses and that I need a mood stabilizer, and also that I can't drink or do drugs.
A solution will come to you...Don't give up before it does. If you are a good person, mothernature or god or coincidence or science or whatever is at work in this universe will eventually find you and you'll get what you're owed. Find a creative way to look at your struggles. Winston Churchill, and Abraham Lincoln were both depressives...What if they decided to quit before they were able to accomplish what they did? The modern world might be under the control of Naziism and slavery. Perhaps you are going to make a contribution somehow in some way that is important. Or at the very least someone else might that you can benefit from. Stay in the game even if it feels like you're losing...Otherwise there's no chance of winning at all!Hang around...There are no guarantees in this thing. It just might get better!
Scott
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