Please don't be afraid. I know easy to say hard to do. One thing you may or may not experience is being a medication guinea pig until they find the right meds and dosage. To help get through the bad times have a long list of coping skills. The mor you have the better because sometimes one thing that helps may not work another time. Also coping will not make everything better. I see it as if this coping gets me through the bad time without going into a full blown crisis then it worked. Hope this helps.