Someone should write a self-help book titled "How not to go mad while waiting for a place in a psychiatric treatment programme"
Someone should write a self-help book titled "How not to go mad while waiting for a place in a psychiatric treatment programme"
For me it's only till mid May - I hope you don't have to wait too long anymore!
Mid May would be great... The waiting list here is currently by about 4 months.... ._.
that sucks so much! Do you have any help till then?
I see my psychiatrist every other week and my (future) husband is very supportive, but I'm afraid me being depressive might damage the relationship :(
May is only beginning to see a psychiatrist for me, but I hope I am getting better medication.
Partner related:
I am suspected to be bipolar and had a lot of up and downs. mostly downs.
but my partner stayed and took care of me.
And allthough I didn't always believed it in my hard, you got to trust your partner when they say it is okay.
You got to give them the agency and yeah, it IS hard. But it's not just you and I learned that it is unfair to speak for my partner just bc my brain want's to convince me of something.
The important thing is that you are honest about your emotion and let them be a part of what is going on. Let them decide if they are okay with it and (gosh it is so hard!) trust them to make their own decition if they are okay with it
I get your point. I'm just a 'burnt child'... my ex left me because 'I made depression my lifestyle' ... but that was before they found out antidepressants don't work for me as well as for everyone else (metabolic problem... the substances are gone before they had the chance to work o.o) Well... I'm not gonna give up hope.
I hope you get the best medication available and I hope it works better for you than for me. Bipolarity is more evil than mono depression. I keep fingers crossed for you :)
yeah antidepressants didn't work for me bc of the mania side effects and I had exes that couldn't deal with my mostly depressed state. So having a partner who is open to go through this journey with and not against me is something to cherish. And it sounds like your fiance is willing to do the same ^^
Metabolically having difficulties with antidepressants sounds really exhausting! Esp the journey to find it our and now dealing with the uncertainty on what to do next.
I hope you soon have a treatment plan to help you! <3