Discussion [Poll] Are you receiving therapy/ professional MH care?

[Skathon]

No, there is no point in my case. My issues aren't psychological.

 

[One Day At A Time]

Totally onboard with the I'm on medication and taking therapy so no-one can blame me for not trying. Neither make a huge difference otherwise I wouldn't be here... if anything does actually work do share

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

All right, lamotrigine and trazodone. Let's see what they do.

Lamictal in the morning and trazodone at night have me feeling kind of numb. Which is good? The intense anxiety pain is diminished. I think I'm too depressed to do anything but then I'm...not. Also trazodone has me sleeping without my nightly weed puff, which is probably good.

 

[trashhologram]

Tried therapy and meds a decade ago. Therapy didn't help and my antidepressant gave me a horrible stomach ache every time. I'm going to seek help though.

 

[aeternum2]

I've been in therapy and on meds for 20+ years, and I'm nowhere close to being better. I'm a lost fucking cause.

 

[Trappednocure]

Did psycology didnt work, psychiatrist thought I was not mentally unstable enough for psychiatric care after. I mean its hard for them to jnow what to do since my issue is living with uncureable contagious disease and worries about that while otherwise being completely mentally stable.

 

[milkcarton]

I've had clinical depression on and off since my teens and this is the first time I actually feel I am receiving decent mental health care (decades old now). If it were the first time I had depression, I probably wouldn't feel the need to be here, but it's not, so here I am.

 

[mangotango0249]

Tried therapy and meds for years ...shit still fucking sucks..

 

[Gonk]

Uhm... I don't know that getting prescription of a med after five minute chit-chat with the doctor counts as a help... And yeah, they tell that I need threapy, but see? No money for that. Oh, that is literally unavailable thing for me.

About meds, let me tell you this: Anyone can go see a doctor at state's or private hospital, rant in a way they want to get "specific meds they want" and leave it like a boss. Yeah, if I were to complain I have ADHD symptons, they would give me literally red prescripted meds. So I doubt, this medical help has barely any impact on me, they don't take risk on every meds, maybe strong depressants are more risky, unlike ADHD meds. Basicially, doctors try to calculate trade-off in just five minutes.

 

[LostLily]

Currently just on meds, Tried several counsellors and spend over $10,000 over the years and nothing has worked. At least, I tried. But after having a ending it with my previous one, I'm starting to feel like a lost cause

 

[Yogobro298]

Therapy is OK. I have nobody in my life to speak openly with. But I don't know it's really like a bandaid if anything.