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Originally Posted by Nike007
Hi, I’m considered treatment resistant. I’ve tried different medications and such and it’s either the side effects or they poop out after a few months.
I know that you said that you didn’t find therapy helpful, but honestly, in order for therapy to work, you and the therapist (or whoever does the therapy) must connect and work together. I finally have a good psychologist doing therapy with me. My last person wasn’t the greatest either, and I felt it was a waste of time to be honest. I’ve been overall lucky I guess, and a social worker I saw was also good. A pdoc who did therapy with me was also okay... I don’t know. I liked her, but she wasn’t too good with therapy I guess.
I also know working on sleep and diet help. It’s not a solution to “curing it” though. I think it just helps you get better. If I don’t get enough sleep, then I’m really emotional the next day and I feel awful. Sometimes I get irritable.
Thyroid conditions can cause depression, so working on that would be key.
I know that exercise is suppose to help too. I haven’t gotten to a stage where it has helped, at least in my mind, but there are a lot of studies that it does help with depression.
Being outside and exposed to the sunlight may help.
I don’t have too much advice, but I’ll let you know I understand about being treatment resistant.
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I have had several therapists over my life and I have to be honest, none of them were that helpful. At the most I used them as a support while going through a transition. I feel it is an unhealthy relationship because one becomes attached to someone after sharing personal stuff...and is paying someone...and eventually it becomes imbalanced and unhealthy. Just my take. I think therapy is highly over-rated as a treatment. Every therapist I had except one made really stupid suggestions and I was truly in awe of such professional ignorance.
I specifically wanted someone who practiced CBT. I am in an area where there are a lot of therapist and counselors and the one I hooked up with was the only one who primarily used CBT. And she ended up being very weak in this area. I find this very unprofessional. If you say you are a CBT counselor...shouldn't you be skilled at CBT? I am very familiar with CBT and have workbooks and I can do it on my own. I don't need hand-holding. Therapy fosters dependency, I think.