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.

 

[AnneHiro]

I feel like "scared they'll lock me up in a hospital" and "don't think it will work" should be two separate options.

 

[Dot]

I feel like "scared they'll lock me up in a hospital" and "don't think it will work" should be two separate options.

Tru bt thre wre only 10 boxs availble

 

[WantingOut2]

Both - though the medication, I need that; the therapy, the psychiatrist is mostly for the medication, and every couple months; the psychologist is weekly and I don't think she's helping at all. I've thought about quitting and I don't know what to do. I guess I only keep it going due to my incredible isolation.

 

[Itriedmybest]

I'm on an antidepressant and in a general hospital. Waiting for a psych bed.

 

[savory]

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

I can relate to that. When help doesn't help how is one expected to feel... Usually I'd gotten assistance from the state but earlier this year paid out of pocket for therapy hoping I'd receivd better quality of treatment. I felt desperate. After a month and over $1,000 gone, I was wrong. I feel very foolish.

 

[Gstreater]

I only take medication but I'm worried about going to therapy since I feel so many bad things happened when I went to them.

 

[how2leavetown]

yes, on effexor after two failed SSRIs and been in and out of therapy for about a decade now. I just had my effexor upped again, and no idea if it'll help at all.

 

[binks23]

i really like my therapist, but i am TIRED of taking pills every fucking day

 

[dontwakemeup]

I think after so much trauma and heartbreak, one has to accept those things will never change. Medication doesn't erase the memories so I don't see the point in therapy, I've tried, it didn't help. I've accepted it and live a secluded life and take my benzos to keep me calm and not crying everyday. I'm just waiting to die.

 

[witchcraft]

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

^Just wanted to say: same here.

---

It has been very frustrating to be told, no, *screamed* at by a family member that I need therapy, when what I need is for certain things in my life to actually change.

I came to that conclusion by trying therapy, different therapies, different therapists, even several meds, for a decade, since about the time I turned old enough to drive until a year ago.

I don't need to be gaslit with "cognitive reframing." The reality is, I don't have any close friends (we all grew apart, and they're too busy being more successful than me), I don't have any desire to go out and meet people, my family has disintegrated, and I have been left behind by everyone in my life, watching them launch into the stratosphere with their careers, and houses, and girlfriends and boyfriends, and all the rest.

I can no longer be convinced that I am in any way wrong to feel the way that I feel about my life or the world around me. Therefore, I will no longer take meds or go to therapy. And I didn't even mention the traumatic episode of my therapist calling the police on me, and being taken against my will to a hospital psych wing for a day. Kidnapped by the government, essentially.

Of course, other people may have a different, hopefully better experience with all that than I did.

 

[Forveleth]

Tried a few medications - side effects were worse than illness
Tried therapy - specialist told me I was "too difficult" of a case
Live in abusive relationship. All the drugs and therapy in the world ain't gonna fix that shit.

I gave up. The only way for me to get out of this shit is death.

 

[Spicy Tteokbokki]

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

Ever tried ketogenic therapy? Or carnivore to isolate practically anything dietary? Assuming it's not the environment at least, e.g. mold, country of residence (as in my case), family etc.
It's not a cure all maybe, but it can perhaps get you or anyone else here from totally suicidal to at least can get by or feel decent overall.
Dr Georgia Ede or Dr Chris Palmer have more info if curious, as I don't want to push anything in case it has been tried or might be annoying to hear.
-----
I got fired from my psychiatric hospital as they can only give me meds, which for all intents and purposes left me disabled and much worse off.
Therapy didn't work and was harmful. They couldn't understand me either, which doesn't help. (Though I did have one psychologist once who was young, she was amazing and id help me.. but everyone else was actively harmful and/or useless at best)
Too old to get a lot of help which could help me that's only suited for ppl aged below 30 (I am 30), so I keep getting my hope destroyed whenever my "mentor" or case worker brings up an idea suitable for me only to later realize, oh, too old.. Again and again..
Doesn't help I just have an extreme mismatch between me and where I live, which is the majority of the issues I am facing.. and sadly I have other mental issues preventing me from being able to work or study beyond high school so far, leaving me perpetually stuck here in this country.. Even locally ppl think I am a foreigner, even though I technically was born here or at last close to that.. It sucks and is painful, and everyone can tell I don't fit in here, all the locals often tell me or ask me about not fitting in relatively quickly, so clearly it's obvious when it happens so often, but yeah..

 

[KlMeNw]

It was curious to see the results after voting for me. I'm one of those that would give professionals a shot but am too socially crippled to make it work.

Hi, I to have social issues. Can you tell me what you meant by socially crippled, and how that relates to not being able to do therapy?

 

[avalokitesvara]

I have had therapy and been on an SSRI in the past. I don't want any treatment at this time because my relationship with my life and death is my own and I don 't want it pathologised and medicalised. If I could find an extremely open minded therapist who was not necessarily pro-life that could be nice, I doubt such a thing exists though. I hope to be able to discuss suicide with my zen master next time I have the opportunity, it will be interesting to see what he says.

 

[SoulWhisperer]

Hi, I to have social issues. Can you tell me what you meant by socially crippled, and how that relates to not being able to do therapy?

It's more idiotic and simple than it may seem. I simply cannot talk to people. If I were to call someone I'd become mute out of social anxiety and among with not knowing where to start even if I knew I couldn't try because I just wouldn't get myself to do it. I'm stuck in a loop due to terror.

 

[Acopia]

A shit tonne of therapy.. but it takes so much effort. Effort that I don't have any more.

Now I just take my meds and hope for the best

-A

 

[ben_]

Yeah, therapy, it's great!
[/sarcasm]

 

[OhWellDerp321]

The problem with therapy isn't that it can't help.
It's that you can't be honest.

Remember that you are paying for someone to make you feel better about yourself.
If you ask your therapist "I think I am worthless, what do you think?".
Even if the therapist thinks you are worthless, they won't say it. They will say something along the lines of "You're not worthless. You've just had some bad experiences in your life which you can recover from". Meanwhile if they were having a casual conversation with a friend, they would give the exact opposite answer.

If you really feel like you want to suicide, you can't be honest either because you're afraid you will get locked up in a psych ward.
So how can you be honest if you are forced to lie to your therapist.

Thats the problem with therapy. If you were allowed to be honest with your therapist and they were allowed to be honest with you, things may seem more harsh. But at least its reality.

I have had therapy and been on an SSRI in the past. I don't want any treatment at this time because my relationship with my life and death is my own and I don 't want it pathologised and medicalised. If I could find an extremely open minded therapist who was not necessarily pro-life that could be nice, I doubt such a thing exists though. I hope to be able to discuss suicide with my zen master next time I have the opportunity, it will be interesting to see what he says.

Even if they aren't pro-life they can't discusss pro-choice with you. The second you mention you feel like suicide or have plans to, right to the psych ward you go. That's what sucks.

 

[ConstantPain]

Similar to many others here, I have done both therapy and meds for many years. No meds have done much of anything although the tramadol that I take for arthritis makes life just tolerable enough. If I had to go off that after 20+ years I would probably ctb asap or find a heroin dealer.
As far as therapy, I think it's possible but not probable to help. I know people who miraculously found and connected with one and they helped them process through specific issues like grief. Personally, I have never found someone who I connected with and am done trying. Even with insurance it's too much money. I'm pissed that I agreed with my primary doctor to try duloxetine for both anxiety and a nerve condition because I have gained weight on it. It slightly helps my nerve issues but doesn't do anything for anxiety. I'm convinced that MH wise, I am treatment resistant. Ketamine is about the only other thing I would still be willing to try.