So for the past couple of years I have been battling depression/bi-polar/schizophrenia/self-mutilation. A couple of months ago the negative ghosts went away. Haven't heard from them since. My mood's been very "yo-yo"ish lately, but I got a new psychiatrist and she put me on Depakote, which I think is working fairly well. I haven't wanted to harm myself for the past couple of weeks, it's been about two weeks since the last time I actually did cut myself. I don't really know what happened to me mentally. Maybe it's the drugs I'm taking (not all of them prescribed), maybe it's just a new outlook on life. I'm not really sure. But, with my coming out of depression, one of my very close friends has become depressed, and slightly suicidal. It's scary. I've never been the one giving advice because I was either too doped up on medications to give it, I'd be the one receiving it, or I was sleeping. Just throwing that out there. So if anybody needs someone to talk to, I'm here.