Posted by baseball55 on January 1, 2016, at 22:10:13
In reply to Re: Happy new year » baseball55, posted by SLS on January 1, 2016, at 8:06:21
No. I never really had depression until 50. It was horrible for about 4-5 years. But in the last couple of years, it's just been episodic. The episodes are awful, but don't last forever like they used to. I also have found that, when depression gets really bad, I can take ability for a week or two and stop and it seems to kick the depression out of my system for a while. I can't use abilify on a regular basis, because it makes me gain huge amounts of weight. But I feel like parnate and lamictial (and therapy) control the depression for the most part. When a bad episode breaks through, ability will generally pull me out in a week or two. I have not been hospitalized in 4 years and, before, I was hospitalized over and over again.
So I'm sorry, Scott, if you feel life has been stolen from you. Chronic, unremitting depression is a horrible disease.
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