Posted by flipsactown on January 1, 2006, at 10:15:11
In reply to Re: Attn. pill poppers: Who's in psychotherapy?, posted by gibber on December 24, 2005, at 23:08:50
> Thanks everybody for your responses. It seems that the concensus is that most of you are in talk therapy too and are gaining some relief from it. I recall someone mentioning that dysthymia is a less severe form of depression, however in hindsight I think I would have rather been extremely depressed for a few months than moderately depressed for a few years. My life has been on hold for many years. I should add that I would consider myself treatment resistant and have run the gamut of SSRIs and a few others and am now on Nardil. I apologize for using the term "pill popper", I realize it has negative connotations but that was not my intention. I think I'll probably see about some therapy. I have not officially done CTB, but I feel like what I did do was useful for anxiety, especially thought stopping and the like. Does it really work for depression?>>
I have been clinically depressed since 1991 and like you have tried SSRIs, SNRIs, TCAs and Nardil. Currently, I am on Cymbalta, Wellbutrin and Trazodone for sleep.In my experience ADs and CBT together saved my life. Because of dibilitating chronic low back pain, as a result of being struck by a truck while riding a 10-speed bike in 1981, I became severely depressed. I have taken pain meds since the accident.
I attended CBT for 10 years with the same therapist and, this, along with ADs have allowed me to cope and manage my depression. I would still be attending monthly therapy, except for the fact that my therapist was no longer available and my health plan no longer covered long term therapy. However, the skills I have learned through CBT have been invaluable and will always stay with me.
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