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Originally Posted by yagalada
You probably don't want to hear this, but I never started moving even closely toward getting better until I sobered up. I know how it really does feel like the self-medication works, but for me it just masked everything. I had to work on both problems, substances and mental health at the same time. There is a workbook, called seeking safety, which really helped me. Most substance recovery stuff made me roll my eyes but this one really helped. Its geared toward women who have PTSD and substance abuse issues...
Have you been up front about how you feel the treatments aren't working. The ECT wrecked me, the meds never seemed to do much except dull me, but I may try again with the meds. Other things like DBT have been more helpful for me.
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Thanks for replying! I am working on getting clean, I have been going to NA but this last week I became very manic and ended up in the dope house for three days using meth heavily. Now I am detoxing (again!!!) and I went to an NA meeting this morning and talked about the relapse. The ECT treatments wreck me totally!!!!! I have had 14 out of 24 and I quit getting them 2 weeks ago. My family wants me to continue but my case manager said I was declining and took me to a new psych doc to get a second opinion. He is trying to manage me with meds (sigh!!) that don't work. Anyway thanks for the giving the name of the book. It is comforting to know that there are other people out there that can relate to me and know how I feel!