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Originally Posted by Tsunamisurfer
Welcome, pigsCANfly.
Rather than saying nothing, I'll say I am not a success story for CBT.
Firstly, my therapy was quite unstructured, and not strongly driven. It may not have been purist CBT. It felt more like counselling to me.
When I began having psychotic symptoms, my therapist didn't know what to make of them, or what to do about them.
He recommended I go onto drug therapy, so I was put onto antidepressants by a psychiatrist.
I began ultradian cycling with suicidal depression and wildly manic highs, often mixed.
The therapist said he couldn't make any progress with me like that, and that we should discontinue therapy until I was more stable.
I haven't been back. Hopefully the reviews and comments of other people here will restore my confidence in psychotherapy.
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Why did they put you on antidepressants? Did you have a diagnosis at that point? Sorry not meaning to probe lol its just that if you put someone who gets manic on antidepressants that is usually the outcome! It must have been awful for you.
I hope it didn't put you off CBT, I'v known quite a few successes for depression, but hadn't really heard of it being used in schizoaffective, and also wasn't sure if it could help with the manics. Was just hoping someone could shed a bit more light for me.
Also really want to get off this medication soon, its driving me nuts!