treatment experience

[dontwannadie]

i've been thinking about going into treatment for my depression because it's affecting my whole life, i'm losing a lot of weight and i always have intrusive thoughts etc. anyways, what are yalls treatment experience? how did it go? did u like it? did it make things worse? how did it affect ur relationships with people? and was it voluntary or involuntary? plz help.

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

Didn't do anything as predicted, wish I gave enough of a fuck to refuse chems at least.

0/10

 

[Trisolaris]

It works differently for everyone and unfortunately it's not an exact science.

 

[dontwannadie]

It works differently for everyone and unfortunately it's not an exact science.

yea i know, a few of my friends been to treatment and they've had different experiences but i jus wanna know what to prepare for. i've never been and if it's anything like i've seen in movies i'm kinda nervous lol

Didn't do anything as predicted, wish I gave enough of a fuck to refuse chems at least.

0/10

how long were you in treatment ? i'm thinking about going for a week or two.

 

[Trisolaris]

Are you talking about being hospitalised? I don't understand how it can only be a week or two long.

 

[Life_and_Death]

not too bad i guess. the first therapist didnt listen to me but i like this second one a lot better. im on my 4th med (3 antipsychotics and 1 antianxiety) the antianxietys doing something but i still have a ways to go considering im fairly confident meds is going to be the thing to help me however im sensitive to them.

its different for everyone though. 2 things to keep in mind if you want to even have a chance at it being successful is 50/50 and honesty. you have to listen and contribute (your 50) and they have to listen to you as well (their 50). if they dont give their 50 then get a new one, if you dont give your 50 then i dont see a sense in bothering. the second thing is honesty. if you arent honest they cant help you. if you go in and tell the doctor that its just a paper cut when really you should get stitches, youre probably going to get an infection and lose your arm because you werent honest and they couldnt help you, well its the same idea with mental health. however remember 50/50, if they arent giving their 50 then it would make sense for you to have no trust in them, if you dont trust them, get a new one. find someone you can be honest with. as long as youre truly looking for help a good professional will follow the 50/50 rule. my psychiatrist knows i have physically hurt others and myself but nothing happened because he also knows im trying.

i hope that helps

 

[dontwannadie]

Are you talking about being hospitalised? I don't understand how it can only be a week or two long.

yea and idk?? my friend went in voluntarily and she came out in a week

 

[Trisolaris]

yea and idk?? my friend went in voluntarily and she came out in a week

I wouldn't start treatment right off with hospitalisation. I would consider it only if outpatient therapy didn't work.

 

[dontwannadie]

not too bad i guess. the first therapist didnt listen to me but i like this second one a lot better. im on my 4th med (3 antipsychotics and 1 antianxiety) the antianxietys doing something but i still have a ways to go considering im fairly confident meds is going to be the thing to help me however im sensitive to them.

its different for everyone though. 2 things to keep in mind if you want to even have a chance at it being successful is 50/50 and honesty. you have to listen and contribute (your 50) and they have to listen to you as well (their 50). if they dont give their 50 then get a new one, if you dont give your 50 then i dont see a sense in bothering. the second thing is honesty. if you arent honest they cant help you. if you go in and tell the doctor that its just a paper cut when really you should get stitches, youre probably going to get an infection and lose your arm because you werent honest and they couldnt help you, well its the same idea with mental health. however remember 50/50, if they arent giving their 50 then it would make sense for you to have no trust in them, if you dont trust them, get a new one. find someone you can be honest with. as long as youre truly looking for help a good professional will follow the 50/50 rule. my psychiatrist knows i have physically hurt others and myself but nothing happened because he also knows im trying.

i hope that helps

i have a lot of things to think abt and consider before i make a solid decision and this helped a lot so thank u. also thanks for explaining the 50/50 rule and using the paper cut analogy <3

I wouldn't start treatment right off with hospitalisation. I would consider it only if outpatient therapy didn't work.

honestly there's so many diff types of treatment and idk which one is right for me. therapy doesn't help, i hate taking antidepressants and being hospitalized for a while is the only thing i can think of at the moment. what is outpatient therapy?

 

[Life_and_Death]

i have a lot of things to think abt and consider before i make a solid decision and this helped a lot so thank u. also thanks for explaining the 50/50 rule and using the paper cut analogy <3

glad i could help, my pm is open if you ever need anything

therapy doesn't help

btw ive been treating myself long before i started with professionals and still continue to.

 

[Mentalmick]

When I was in hospital talking to a psychologist helped, but that was stopped when I was ejected. Talking to my cpn and support workers helps a bit.

 

[Avyn]

Didn't do anything as predicted, wish I gave enough of a fuck to refuse chems at least.

0/10

mind explaining to me why some meds make it worse for people in therapy? heard a lot of stories how bad antidepressants, sleeping pills etc can be

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

how long were you in treatment ? i'm thinking about going for a week or two.

Took pills for somewhere between half a year and two years. Did various talk therapies for two or three months at a time before finally being able to talk my parents out of wasting money.

mind explaining to me why some meds make it worse for people in therapy? heard a lot of stories how bad antidepressants, sleeping pills etc can be

I didn't become worse when it came to depressive symptoms but I became unstable. I lost the small amount of empathy that I do have and I became extremely impulsive, aggressive and irresponsible. During this time was my half-hearted meme ctb "attempt". The drugs didn't stop fucking my brain up until very, very recently. I'm also suspecting that some effects will linger in small amounts for several years to come, idk.

You can't take someone callous, ready to die, nihilistic and in a completely hopeless situation and give them a bunch of "go get it" signals. It's very dangerous.

 

[noname223]

I would really recommend therapy before ctb. My medication helped me a lot. Still not enough but it helped.

 

[orlandom]

i've been thinking about going into treatment for my depression because it's affecting my whole life, i'm losing a lot of weight and i always have intrusive thoughts etc. anyways, what are yalls treatment experience? how did it go? did u like it? did it make things worse? how did it affect ur relationships with people? and was it voluntary or involuntary? plz help.

I lost 14 kg in 10 days in the early days of depression. Do you understand?

I lost 14 kg in 10 days in the early days of depression. Do you understand?

1 day is minus 1.4 kg, its crazy. I was 102kg, now i 88kg with 188 sm