by clearlyclaire on Mon May 18, 2009 6:56 pm
Hi Sunshine-and Everyone!!!
I haven't been around. You're right. I started to feel better, I started to get a damn life, I thought I got the right medication mix (if you could call it that) I got busy.....I was doing all the "RIGHT" things to beat this F &$^^%$ ing depression. I got voted in as President of our Co-op and was so eager to jump in and fix everything. I was getting out more, I was staying in close contact with my friends. I don't know if anyone can relate, but I actually caught myself SINGING sometimes. That's a bloody miracle.
Then for no reason, no trigger, I began to slip again. Nothing happened, nothing went wrong or bad---except my own head.
Things slipped, then slipped some more. My psych doc is changing my meds once again and all I can think is, "Here we go again!"
I've been catching up on posts this morning, but I stopped here. I stopped because I read my name and realized that I feel like I deserted my friends, my support.
I have been on and off anti-depressants and medications since I was 15 years old, seeing child therapists since I was, like 5 or 6. I am now 44. (Yeah, I'm the Granny here!) So I suppose that the Goddamn joke is on me.
I guess all I can really hope for are little reprieves from this crazy head of mine, then it's back into the pit of despair. Maybe my lesson here is to fully and completely love and appreciate these reprieves while they last and resign myself to wading through the crap. I find myself asking if it's worth the fight. Again.
I am tired. I want to read through he rest of the new posts, but I either have to get my ass to work, or just go back to bed and work tonight.
Hello to all the new members. It's so good to read your posts and get out of my own damn head...keeps things in perspective for me. As I've said to many people here, "You are not alone" I am sincerely glad that I can say this to myself and hope I can jump back in and get to know some of the new people and talk to some good friends.
Eric, Will...Thanks.
Claire