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I had virtually the opposite experience to you, including it for the sake of discussion. I'd tried most of the same list as you and had very little positive out

I had virtually the opposite experience to you, including it for the sake of discussion. I'd tried most of the same list as you and had very little positive outcome (all over the counter items or meds that were easy enough to get by saying the right things in order to a local GP) Through the period I'd experienced some significant lows that all met different criteria - extended depression, severe self harm and mutilation, social difficulties, drugs, alcohols, other unsavoury behaviour (not quite hookers and blow but close enough). Most of the chemical strategies weren't effective, or it was easy enough to discontinue them them shop around for something else a few weeks later. In the end, I think I reached a point where I was genuine about change and engaged with a psychologist, and within a couple of months the outcomes were very apparent, and positive. Not saying its a good measure of anything either way, just a demonstration of another scenario I suppose.

throwaway_42_2 15y ago
I'd agree with you on the psychotherapy thing. I'm currently in some pretty intense therapy and it's been really good. I would recommend it strongly to anyone who can afford someone they're willing to trust. I can't tell from your response, though, if you had tried out SAM-e ? I called it a drug earlier, but it's currently sold as a (n admittedly pretty expensive) supplement. It's hard to find a research study that doesn't show a pronounced effect of the supplement over placebo -- in fact, it was my psychiatrist who recommended it to me (I had stopped taking the bupropion and things were getting pretty bad again).
- throwaway_42_2 15y ago
  I should add that the reason I stopped taking the bupropion was that I felt it "worked" by turning down the gain on the more critical parts of my mind, rather than allowing me to reinterpret my own critical thoughts. In other words, I felt like it improved my mood but made me a bit more dimwitted.

throwaway_42_2 15y ago

I'd agree with you on the psychotherapy thing. I'm currently in some pretty intense therapy and it's been really good. I would recommend it strongly to anyone who can afford someone they're willing to trust. I can't tell from your response, though, if you had tried out SAM-e ? I called it a drug earlier, but it's currently sold as a (n admittedly pretty expensive) supplement. It's hard to find a research study that doesn't show a pronounced effect of the supplement over placebo -- in fact, it was my psychiatrist who recommended it to me (I had stopped taking the bupropion and things were getting pretty bad again).

throwaway_42_2 15y ago
I should add that the reason I stopped taking the bupropion was that I felt it "worked" by turning down the gain on the more critical parts of my mind, rather than allowing me to reinterpret my own critical thoughts. In other words, I felt like it improved my mood but made me a bit more dimwitted.