I've never told myself that it would magically get better. I had more realistic expectations - that sometime somewhere along the line things would be okay - that within the year there would come a period of time, no matter how temporary. And that's was something that I could always depend on, and it's what actually got me through. I geuss it was this waiting game that I was really good at playing during my depressions.

I don't have to wait long anymore, on meds.