Posted by freedom2001 on November 18, 2002, at 9:38:16
In reply to new to group,? about meds, posted by shar30906 on November 17, 2002, at 17:54:42
> I want to tell you all how much reading your posts has helped. I've been dealing with depression for the last ten years, with no real sucess in treating it, it has been a long and hellish road. This last bout of depression has left me bedridden for the last three months, and each new anti depressant has left me with a whole new set of problems, each worse than the one before, with my sanity slipping further and further away, leaving my family and friends feeling more and more helpless. after reading your posts I do recoginse that I have had bouts of mania all along, not any mindnumbing highs to go along with the bottomless lows. My therapist has started to treat me for Bipolar Disordar, and I know very little about it, what you read can read in books is very different from how it acctually affects people in their daily lives. I read in a post about "mind noise" I totaly understood that, and had always been told it was due to stress and anxiety. But considering the fact that I've been dealing with severe depression and anxiety for so long with out making any headway after being treated by anti depressants and anti anxiety meds, I think my therapist is on the right path treating me for BP, But I have no Idea what to expect from treatment... how long before i will start to see a change, ect.
> thank you all for being so open in your posts it has given me hope in a time that is has been hard for me to have any
> shar30906Eating 5000 mg of fish oil per day has lifted my depression completely. The 5000mg I mentioned is the combined weight of the EPA and DHA, not the weight of the capsules.
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