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Originally Posted by yagalada
Hi. I've been in treatment/meds since about age 13. I've had many dxs deoression, anxiety, ptsd, bipolar, psychotic features. I have been on mist meds except maois and stimulants. Even things like throrazine Last year it was found in neurological testing I have temporal lobe epilepsy and myoclonus so what tge shrinks assumed was psychosis was migraine auras and seizure activity.
Anyway, I still have issues with periodic horrific depression. When I was a teen and given Prozac back in the day, I was given a high dose, my mom said I was acting "manic" Hence a BP dx that followed me for years. Others I've tried didn't make a dent in my depression or gave me bad side effects, like Celexa making myoconics worse, welbutrin giving me a seizures. Geodon gave me the same kind of seizures but more severe. Other antipsychotics gave me akathesia, diarhhea, rediculous weightgain, I slept all day and was totally slowed down and even more depressed than when I started treatment.
So my seizures are under control (hopefully) with meds that are used as mood stabilizers but I'm having dark thoughts, I cry, I'm lazy, just full of misery. I'm straight up depressed. I eat right, take vitamins, try to walk, go to yoga once a week, go to day treatment, do all the skill stuff but I feel like something bad is gonna happen if I don't get the proper medication . I don't know. I feel like nothing can help me I'm really on the edge.
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Hi yagalada,
It may have been presented to you that way, but I suspect that you are underestimating how much "the skill stuff" can help you and you are still, even after all this bad experience, assuming that the only answer is more medication. I would really suggest trying these things seriously and give them a real chance to help. Instead of "trying to walk", walk for 2 hours every day. Instead of "going to yoga once a week", do yoga for 1 hour every day. My philosophy about these things is that unless you do it every day, it's not going to help much. If I were in your shoes, I would be adding everything that I could that is known to be good for your mood and brain health. You might get some ideas from this plan:
http://forums.psychcentral.com/4262681-post105.html
Once you find something that really helps, you may find it really encouraging and it may make all the difference.

- vital