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Originally Posted by SvanThor
I hate being preachy, but honestly, I have been through complete and utter darkness myself so I think I should give you a bit of advice.
Nothing is immediate.
Depression sucks to fight with. It is a painful, exhausting battle. But when you are fighting this battle and want to pry yourself from its jaws, it's not something that can be done right away. It took me way over half my life to save myself from it, but I did it, and I know you can too. Let me know if you ever need someone to talk to.
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I agree.
I have been desperate for a timeline to have the knowledge of when enough fighting is enough, when enough medicine is enough. If i do this for this amount of time, then I will feel better for this amount of time, right?. After 18 years of formally fighting MI and almost my entire life suffering with it, i hate to say recovery hasn't worked that way for me. It's fits and starts, big progress and disappointments, mountain tops and too many valleys. But it isn't immediate and no one can give you a certain time when depression will abate, even you. It's a winnable war, but you will lose some battles along the way. For me after almost four decades, I look back and see the patterns, the falls and eventual slow rise to better health. I look back now at pictures and journals from when I was 19 and think, wow who was I back then? I can't imagine being depressed like that now.
You will eventually get better, get healthier, even happier, but it will take time.