Please help me get better-experiencing really awful lows

[thehumanthumb]

I am experiencing really awful lows so often now and I’ve been on medication for a year and it’s not helping. I went to the gp today to ask for anything else to help fix me and she wouldn’t listen and just upped my dosage again. Honestly I feel like I’ve only got 2 years left to live because the dosage maxes out and every year it gets worse. Does anyone have anything that will cure me? Like naturopathy or scans or something? I just want to get better and it feels like I never will and what’s the point if I’m unhappy all the time and burdening others? Please somebody help me.

[therising]

Hi thehumanthumb

My heart truly goes out to you. Depression can definitely be a torturous experience, impacting us in so many ways.

First thing I would suggest is changing your GP. As you've mentioned, she's not listening to you. I personally believe that a year is a little too long to be sticking with a medication that shows no signs of working (if it's the same med you've been on all along).

A second opinion can be life changing! A GP who's perhaps more experienced in dealing with mental health issues will seek out multiple possibilities in relation to your well-being. We are seriously complex creatures (with our chemistry and thought processing) who occasionally require complex solutions.

Take care thehumanthumb