dear Bonnie, I want to thank you so much for wanting to contact us, because your situation is a very serious one, and certainly one of the many that need our immediate attention, just like others do, but at the moment we are concentrating on this post of yours.
Although we do suggest that you talk to family and/or friends when you are deep in depression but sometimes we get too many different view points, all giving you support ( which in theory is always good), however it maybe too complex as each one has a different suggestion, so in actual fact it can be confusing, as A says do this, while F says sometime try this, so it leaves you up in the air as to what to believe, so basically you then don't believe any one of their opinions.
So this puts into a situation where there maybe one friend who both you and him/her have struggled over the years, but have both 'ridden the storm' together and still come out as true friends, so what I am saying is to only talk to this person, because this is another storm to ride.
I would also like you to click onto 'get support' at the top of this page where there will be a list of doctors who are aligned to Beyond Blue and help those who feel the way you do, deeply affected by depression.
If you can do this then they will refer you to another psych, because I think it's time to change the counsellor, and I do gather that at the moment you are visiting a psychiatrist, but please correct me if I'm wrong.
I do know that these psych's will prescribe the medication they think is right for you, and only because all their patients he/she has put them all on, where there is no flexibility, and when I saw these psych's I was told that the medication should be working so stay on it for a bit longer.
I am one person who prefers seeing psychologists whereas other people are different and prefer psychiatrists, but that's a personal matter, so what I am saying is that this person hasn't kept you out of hospital, so you need to change camps.
I hope that you can get back to us. Geoff.
