[fletch33]

Does anyone else continue to experience dysthymic/mild depressive moods despite being on medications and going to therapy regularly? Sometimes I feel like I am never going to just be "baseline," whatever "baseline" means anyway. I just feel frustrated because I take my medications consistently. I never miss a dose and try to take them around the same time every day. I know that BPD is not really treated with medication, but is more a therapy-based illness. However, shouldn't my medication be at least lifting my mood to a baseline mood instead of constantly being somewhat depressed/anxious/irritable? I am tired of this because I have been inpatient recently (SUPER helpful) and went through a partial program (which was USELESS) only to continue to have cruddy moods.

On a separate, but related, note... I can't wait until my DBT group starts!

[dillpickle1983]

I understand what you're going through. I myself am on 10mg of Paxil for depression and I still go through cycles of depression. I honestly don't think my meds are helping the depression though. The psychotic symptoms yes but depression no. I don't even know what baseline even means. I wonder what my baseline would be. Thankfully the deep depression seems to be waning, but the mild depressive episodes are frequent these days. Maybe an up in meds might help the both of us, who knows...

[ChristySpirals]

I get what you guys are saying too, I have cyclothmia tho. I'm on 15 mg of Remeron but I still feel blue a lot. I don't understand the point of taking the antidepressant, maybe he thought white would go good with tan?? Kidding.

[kadien22]

i have dysthymia and I dont think I have ever been not depressed to some degree or another. I am heavily medicated and have been over the years but i still have what I call a low grade depression , as in what I associate it to a low grade fever that never goes away. I have been in therapy for 13 yrs and it still hasnt let up. I dont know if it ever really does.