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Apr 25, 2012, 02:25 AM
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Member Since: Oct 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 6,543
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If you're medication isn't working very well you NEED to talk to your doctor about either upping the dosage or switching to something else. Sometimes after we've been on a certain medication for awhile, we tend to get "used" to it and it loses it's affectiveness. So we need an increase in dosage. My doc added Abilify to mine, and it made a WORLD of difference!! I felt SO much better -- but then I had to stop taking it cause it caused my legs & feet to swell. But I'm MUCH older than you too, so that may not be a problem for you. 
Talk it over with your doc & see what he says.
As for your boyfriend -- seems like he would stick with you if he REALLY cared. "Real" loves don't ditch you because you're having a rough time with depression when he KNOWS you suffer from it! 
If he really cared, he'd be patient & understanding. I think you're well rid of him. I KNOW there is someone out there for you who would be more caring.
Once you get your depression under control, it won't be so hard to make friends & meet people -- believe me. You'll feel much better and more able to cope. I wish you the very best --- please keep us posted, ok? I've been where you are. God bless & take care. Hugs, Lee
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