My mom brought up a good point this morning. When I was in high school, I waited quite some time before I told anyone I was suffering and I was 14 so my hormones were all over the place. Then, at around 28, I had a psychotic break so I didn’t know I was sick and it took a while for the cracks to show through so my illness went on way too long then too. Plus, in 5 years I had 2 babies and 2 miscarriages (one very early, one at 12 weeks) so my hormones were out of whack then too. Those are the two instances that took a substantially long time for me to improve. This time, with a capable doctor, we caught and treated it early like we did last time I was sick and it only lasted a few months then. So, that does bring me some comfort.