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Posted by janejj on June 5, 2003, at 13:41:50
I know this is kind of crazy, but I think having depression has actually made me a more confident person. I read a CBT book whilst depressed and it changed my outlook, well, enlightened me! Before I was depressed I had very negative thought patterns and I was very paranoid about what other people thought. I still get a little bit that way sometimes, but now I know to stop thinking like that and hence my quality of life has improved quite considerably!
I have stopped taking medication apart from Trazodone to sleep.
janejj
Posted by justyourlaugh on June 5, 2003, at 16:17:37
In reply to Depression helped me find my way out !, posted by janejj on June 5, 2003, at 13:41:50
good for you ....
i too starting reading,(obsessively however)
i havent been able to focus for years enough to pick up a book,,
depression made me realize i have a few issues that i need to take care of to move forwards...
glad to hear your upbeat post:)
j
Posted by Dinah on June 5, 2003, at 19:56:40
In reply to Depression helped me find my way out !, posted by janejj on June 5, 2003, at 13:41:50
That's great!!! I'm glad it worked for you. :)
I think we do get stuck sometimes in negative ways of thinking, and it helps so much to shake them loose.
There's a discussion of CBT on Psychological Babble right now. It got a bit heated for a while, but I think the idea is to discuss the process of CBT and how it works. You might want to take a look.
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20030529/msgs/230968.html
It must feel great to be off almost all your meds. I went down to just my Klonopin, but found that I needed to go back on my little bit of Depakote. A little extra stability there.
Posted by janejj on June 7, 2003, at 21:54:28
In reply to Re: Depression helped me find my way out !, posted by justyourlaugh on June 5, 2003, at 16:17:37
Thanks Justyourlaugh, its good to be feeling better....although apparently I have Dysthymia so I shoudln't be! Hehehe. Good luck with taking care of your issues, therein hopefully lies the cure! janejj.
Posted by janejj on June 7, 2003, at 21:59:25
In reply to Re: Depression helped me find my way out ! » janejj, posted by Dinah on June 5, 2003, at 19:56:40
Hi Dinah,
Thanks for the link to the CBT post, will go and have a look!
Yeah its nice to be off my meds (although I'm still takig Trazodone for sleep), but its also good to know that they are there to fall back on!
Janejj
Posted by noa on June 8, 2003, at 10:47:32
In reply to Re: Depression helped me find my way out ! » justyourlaugh, posted by janejj on June 7, 2003, at 21:54:28
> its good to be feeling better....although apparently I have Dysthymia so I shoudln't be! Hehehe.
It's all relative, isn't it?
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