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

Ohmigosh - just realized that the most awesome reply from above that was the best thing I heard all week wasn't from Seb, it was from heart! So thank you heart! I didn't check to see that someone else was actually talking to me! Thankyouthankyouthankyou!

-kristin

Ohmigosh, Seb! That's the best thing I've heard all week. Oh no. The second-best. I got a job for the first time in 2 years, so that just trumps this. But just barely!!! Thanks so much.

-Kristin

Exactly! Even my husband doesn't get it. When I was going through the challenges of finding the right meds for me, I had a pretty bad allergic reaction to Wellbutrin. He started getting on a soapbox about how I should just stop taking them altogether, rather than starting on another one. I listened ...

Hello, SEB! Thank you sooooo much for replying. I have to admit that I was starting to get my feelings hurt that no one said hi back. On a mental illness forum. Hello. We're sensitive! Lols

PS - My name is Kristin.

I never lived with my grandfather. I never even met him, I don't think. He committed suicide when I was six months old. It's been a sad, shameful family secret for 43 years. Now that I'm coming out with my mental illness, I really want to have an honest conversation with my father about him. I think...

Thanks for posting this article, Jennifer. Stealing it for my blog right now!
I have struggled with taking/not taking my medication for the last 4 years.
Now I'm finally convinced that, like a diabetic, it is my responsibility to my
health to take my antidepressants.

-Kristin
(Woebegone Warrior)

Hi Penelope/Kate. I had to drop out of college to spend two years touring rehabs and sober living facilities, so yeah, fun times! I'm 20 years past all that and still on the road to recovery from whatever you want to call my mental illness(es). I'm new to the forum, too. Or any forum, for that matte...

Hi, RN. I've had depressive symptoms that I can remember since I was 10, too. I'm 43 and am just now getting the right kind of help. It can take years to find the right help for you. It shouldn't, but it does. I remember feeling last year (in my last deep depression) like, "Here I am again. I d...

Hello. I'm a forty-something woman living in NYC who's in recovery from Major Depressive Disorder and Alcoholism. I've been sober for many years, but only recently started on a true path to recovery from depression. A year ago I had my worst, lowest depression to date, but now I'm much better and on...