I know this is a few days old, I just saw it now

I find I do best when I am not being "over medicalized" as I call it. This goes for physical health too. If I'm surround by it this monster will eat me up, and I don't like to feed monsters. At least when I am doing good.

Now that I have had some therapy, and when I am doing good or even not so good, I try to work though it on my own. If something big happens mood or huge stressor, then I will call Pdoc or my T. I explained this to my T along time ago, and she respects how I feel. I haven't seen her for 7 months until the other day, because I'm having a mood crisis. She is still great to me and lets me know that I can come in on a need to basis.

This has worked a lot better for me than constant reminders that I'm ill. This is hard when newly diagnosed, but I think after you learn the ropes (educated), do some healing (therapy), have some insight (personal) and feel ready that it's a healthy step in "recovery" for me at least. I never liked the recovery term.