Fortune Cookies Are Consoling

[Adelaide]

I have major depressive disorder, not a casual state of depression, and I've struggled with it since age 12. It's not going away, I don't believe. It gets better and worse at times, but it never truly goes away. That's because the actual cause in my case is a fundamental chemical imbalance in my brain, which isn't something I can eliminate with behavioral choices (or believe me, I would have long, long ago!).

CBT can still help put things into context when things get bad. I find it useful. I did a workshop on it when I was a teenager and sort of do my own CBT therapy. Personally, it's mainly anxiety I notice I experience since my dx is PTSD and major depression. I am drugged to high heaven but have considered trying pot. It's legal in DC but not on the Virginia side. I actually started another medication for insomnia, on top of what I was already taking, which is working, but I can't concentrate. I am hoping the side-effect will disappear once I adjust.

Have you ever considered TMS? I have debated with it since my psychiatrist offers it. You would need to find a specific provider and make sure they are qualified.

[Ethereal]

He acys like he was talking to a child instead of a grown women.

That's how liberals tend to view society in general: As children in need of nannies.