Posted by Ilene on December 2, 2005, at 0:22:24
In reply to Re: Regarding CBT » linkadge, posted by ace on November 30, 2005, at 22:45:36
I'm currently taking a weekly course in CBT, while having some ups and downs in my depression. I've felt better for the last week, but before that I was suicidal. (I think the Cymbalta has kicked in.) Now I don't have the repeated depressing thoughts that I used to have, and the negative thoughts I *do* have don't elicit the same intense response.
When I was suicidal, none of the CBT techniques I was learning had any effect. In fact, when we did a thought record of one of my disturbing thoughts (what seems to be permanent memory loss/cognitive damage from ECT) the conclusion was that I should "accept it". Aaargh! Although I'm a lot more at ease about it now that I'm not as depressed.
So I dunno. My pdoc contends that medication response is "very subtle" but I feel as if a huge weight has been lifted off my head. She also thinks highly of CBT. I'm just not getting it.
I.
PS: There's plenty of mental illness in my family, so it's clearly genetic/biological.
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