Being as you say "a stubborn *****" can be an asset. Just turn it to good use. Be stubborn about getting the help you need. Be stubborn about your own work toward feeling better. Be stubborn, be tenacious, be...you. I am proud of you for sticking to your guns and demanding help. That is so awesome. I will have to take a lesson from you.
Carrie

<font color=blue>The important thing is this: to be able at any momeent to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.--Charles Du Bos