utopiaSenior Contributor
REMISSION
So i have MDD and Anxiety. Have had it for 6 years. But around September last year i started feeling better. Noticed i wasn't feeling depressed. Rather than excite me, i told myself it was just a short reprieve and the depression would be back to haunt me.
Seven months that remission lasted. And then i did start to slide back into my depression. Bugger! I knew it wouldn't last.
So after a few months i finally spoke to my psychiatrist and told him how sick i was getting again. So he sent my pharmacist a script.
I take a high dose anti depressant. A low dose anti psychotic. And now i also take a medium dose of a mood stabiliser. What a difference it has made!
Within a week of starting the mood stabiliser, my depression had gone. I was laughing at Mrs Browns Boys on the tv again. Feeling wonderful.
So yes, im in remission again. But this time it feels really stable. I actually believe i have a good chance of remaining depression free for a long, long time.
This post is not to brag, but to hopefully provide some light to others that have been suffering from Depressions grip. Maybe you too will soon go into remission. Maybe you too will be able to fully laugh again. A big belly laugh. I hope that you can.
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