I can see where you're coming from. I was quite involved here about 2 years ago when I went through a pretty rough patch. Then I hit a plateau of stability, and subsequently stopped visiting here. I'm back now to offer help. Although I'm still on the medication merry-go-round; trying to find the right combo, I feel as though I'm now stable enough to be a productive, contributing member here.

As for your question - it makes sense. I wouldn't go so far as to say treatment-resistant, but perhaps still in the process of finding the right treatment. Also, an implicit facet of having a mood disorder is that we go through ups and downs, being incredibly sensitive to life events and outside occurrences. Even with the right treatment I do feel we're prone to having bad times and then turning to these forums for answers and support.

You're definitely not an outsider. There are others like you/us. But you're right, when people reach a period of stability I think they are less likely to post here. Which is probably why the majority of active members are still 'in recovery' as opposed to 'somewhat recovered'.