I’ve had 20 years and 8 doc’s with the same diagnosis. That’s about as objective as you can get. Yet I still wonder if it’s the original MDD diagnosis I was given. No idea which is correct, but I do believe I’ve got a mood disorder.

At present, my psychiatrist and I are backing off my antipsychotic slowly, and so far so good. If I end up going off it, that would leave me on a mood stabilizer as my main psych drug. It would be interesting to see if that’s enough to keep me stable.

I’ve been taking amino acids that are precursors to neurotransmitters since around March, and have not had my previous symptoms of periodic depression return since that timeframe. There’s a reasonable chance they could be related. Not advocating med free, but I’m not going to stop something that’s part of what works.