Posted by SLS on March 3, 2006, at 6:58:40
In reply to Acceptance...at what point, posted by scatterbrained on March 2, 2006, at 20:30:48
Hi.
I guess each person will have a different point depending on any number of variables.
I think your approach towards dealing with your illness is extraordinarily positive, constructive, healthy and adult, and should yield an improved quality of life.
One of my former "brilliant" doctors told me that I should stay as clean as possible between trying novel treatments. I do wonder sometimes if going drug free for a few years wouldn't make me again responsive to the Parnate + desipramine combination that once got me well. Unfortunately, the severity of my illness has increased greatly compared to what it was back then. I don't think I could maintain my independent living without the small improvements that my drugs currently afford me. I really am trapped. You are fortunate if you can survive without drugs and take that doctor's advice. You might want to give rTMS a try when it becomes generally available. According to a researcher I spoke to the other day, it might be approved for the treatment of depression within two years. Perhaps sooner. I just hope insurance companies elect to cover it. I don't think they have been too quick to cover VNS.
Acceptance of your situation? It might be time to retreat from the current battle and choose others to fight. It will be a battle to just survive without drug treatment. It will still be a fight. Choosing other modalities to improve your quality of life demonstrates that you have not given up the fight. The war may yet be won in your lifetime. Never give up the dream. I hope I never do.
Good luck.
- Scott
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