Rio Fantastic
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I have medication and I write out how I feel, what I'm thinking a lot. It seems to help. I don't go to therapy because I think it only makes me more bitter and upset.
It doesn't surprise me how many years of active addiction I had considering the issues I am facing.
Thank you Rio, you're a great guy and I really hope things are going well for you.
how long have you been dealing with these issues drug-free?? Is it intermittent or just there all the time?? What meds do you take?? Also, was the therapy you tried CBT-based? I've heard a lot of good about CBT, especially favorable when compared with traditional psychotherapy. I don't know what meds you are on, but if you have psychiatrists that just give you different SSRIs then maybe consider finding a new one. I've heard a lot of good about older antidepressants like MAOIs, especially tranylcypromine in the context of treatment-resistant depression. I've been reading a lot about how there's a growing opinion that MAOIs and even tricyclics were superior antidepressants to SSRIs but a variety of factors (like the broadening inclusiveness of the conditions that fall under the diagnosis "depression", the expiration of patents and the resultant p-hacking and even straight up fraud by pharma companies) have meant that the public and even many in the field are wrongly convinced that SSRIs are the better drugs. Don't get me wrong, I've personally seen SSRIS like Prozac work miracles for people, I'm not one of these anti-psychiatry loons who claim that no pharmaceuticals work, just that the effectiveness of SSRIs has been way overstated whilst the effectiveness of older antidepressants has been downplayed to shift the focus to the newer drugs.
Regardless, I hope you find some stability soon. If you've tried CBT, other antidepressants etc have you considered some of the more dramatic therapies like ketamine or even ECT?? These have been found to work on many with treatment-resistant depression, especially ECT. If you're interested in the stuff about SSRIs vs older antidepressants I can send you some links, there's definitely a strong case to be made for it and it's very convincing.
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