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Old Sep 24, 2006, 01:59 PM
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I guess I might think that a law giving permission to a specific mental illness isn't a good idea because some people might think because a law says it is ok, then it would be ok....& if the law making it illegal can stop even one person from being successful when they are just trying it, then if might be good.

I know for me, there was a law against suicide here in California, & it didn't even have any effect on my attempts. This is based on the fact that people who are serious about suicide will attempt it no matter what law exists.

The answer to rebound about being 40 & thinking that there have been waisted years, you have to realize that as long as you are living, there is always going to be the possibility of finding something that will finally help you.....if is isn't a new med, it might just be a change in the way of thinking about life.

For me, I was 40 when the anxiety & depression hit. I had a wonderful aerospace engineering career for 15 years. That ended.....I was 40 & ended up having nothing that I had worked so hard to achieve in my life. I have to admit, suicide thoughts were filling my mind along with the attempts. Meds didn't help, I felt that there was nothing left for me....I was an aerospace engineer along with my husband, making a very high yearly salary....could have almost anything we wanted & that was all over....& I no longer had my identity. Having something & loosing it & knowing that you can never get it back no matter how intelligent I was, is a horrible hopeless feeling. For me, it took a change in thinking that got me out of the suicidal issues even though I am still haunted by the depression & symptoms from things I have since gone thought. I realize that I couldn't depend on meds to make my life better because I couldn't take any of the meds without horrible side effects. Somehow, there was a change in my thinking process over the years when I wasn't successful.....looking back, there were many reasons why I was never successful & am thankful for the fact that my thinking at the time wasn't successful no matter how bad the things I have gone through since then.

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