Looking after your mental health is a very hard thing to do. You have proved that you are strong and courageous for reaching out in the first place. You are suffering something none of us would wish on our worst enemies.
Please do not look at it as a 'constant pursuit to be socially acceptable'. It is certainly not that. You just want to feel happier, to be able to feel joy, perhaps to feel like your old self again. It is about you. Not what others think.
You know that you have a hard road ahead of you. It might help to know and accept that there will be ups and a lot of downs, but that with each day and week, you will feel better and more able to cope.
It is not fair that you have had this misdiagnosis but perhaps now you will be able to make sense of everything. There is a thread on turning negatives into positives. Better that it was picked up now, than you were left languishing for who knows how long. Many here have suffered for decades. The new medication, plus you being proactive in wanting to feel better, will enable you to overcome it.
Keep being strong, continue to go to therapies, you have definitely taken steps forward in beating this.
Lee.
