CG: I don't think annnnny of us want to be on meds.

I've resisted it for over a decade, while knowing that I should have been on them. But I've been really, really, lucky in the combination of having good coping skills to keep me functional... and that my ups are mild enough to not cause any real impairment in my life.

I only went on the meds because I recognize that I'm at a point in my life where they would be more useful to me. My plan is to take them, once I'm reconsiled with my life, I will go back off them. But I wouldn't go off them if I was in a situation where I knew things weren't going to go smoothly.

I'm really, really, sorry to hear that they are denying you ALL services. I would really push (even if that means getting something from your T or pdoc) to get you into the DBT bit, because that is FOR disorders like ours!

How were you deemed as being too severe?