Posted by coral on November 8, 2000, at 9:18:57
In reply to I don't think I can be helped..., posted by TomV on November 7, 2000, at 14:13:26
Dear Tom,
No, I don't agree.... there is help. I think I can empathize with the lack of relief you're experiencing. The first depressive episode I experienced lasted three and a half years, before I got the tiniest bit of relief (11 docs... including the head of psychiatry at a major reaching hospital all failed to help....) My father died during the depression. My brother died when I was 23.... Now, I'm dealing with those issues.... one tiny bit at a time....
However, I did experience six years, depression free, between the first episode and the second episode that's now concluding...
Keep searching.... I found both therapy and meds (the right combination which took FOREVER to find....)
Good luck...
Coral
PS Of course it hurts when everything else in your life is fine and THAT should help you continue the drive to find help. I damned near destroyed everything in my life during the first depression; marriage, business, family, friends, finances.... and am still rebuilding... Work to save what you have.
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