YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

I've been on Lamotrigine for a few years now, 300mg a day. I've drank plenty of alcohol over the course of those years, and it is most definitely not an issue.

This may be a weird thing to bring up, but have your doctors ever suggested participating in studies that focus on treating TRD? I say this because I have noticed the interest in TRD spike recently, much of which is based around studies searching for effective ways of treating TRD.

Listening to the podcasts and reading the discussion here has re-hashed a thought I pondered a lot back when I was in group settings(mental hospital and outpatient programs). I know there are millions of people who feel/have felt the way I do, but I'm not sure I have ever heard a backstory as trauma...

This is the first song I put together in garageband, if you can even call it a song, the background of the video also happens to be a photo I took.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_AqgD_7GWQ

I started cutting when I was 13 and it quickly became a nightly event. I stopped when I was 16ish and more than 5 years later I'm beginning to accept the fact that I will have large, visible scars on my forearms for the rest of my life. I probably would have fallen back into it a couple years back, ...

Kayleigh, you are far from alone. I constantly feel like a failure. I know I have the potential to do well in school and that I have a knack for writing, but I don't do well in school or write often. What I try to do is take inspiration from the stories of hard work and perseverance. Knowing that so...

dayofabsence, I feel this way often. The best advice I can give is to try counselors/therapists until you find one you can feel comfortable with. Also, and this is something I need to work on myself, when it feels like you never want to go home or talk to anyone again there is nothing better than go...

That was one of the most beautiful stories I have ever heard, ard. Just mind-blowingly honest, modest insightful conversations I have ever heard. Also, Jeff that emailed Paul, I stopped being surprised or comforted by the idea that I am not alone, but I was shocked in the best way possible that I am...

Thanks! I got the idea from a time my parents wrote a letter to me, but e-mailed it to my therapist so I could go over it with him instead of simply going through the usual family argument. Also, I know my next appointment because it's a weekly appointment, but I can tell that I'm closer than ever t...

Now I'm struggling with trusting myself to take care of myself. I can follow directions when given them, but as an academic I have to be my own boss. And I simply don't have enough confidence to feel that what I think I should be doing is actually what I should be doing. So yeah, it'd be great if I...