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

[quote="Pamela"] This "finding" has been a mixed blessing - bittersweet at best, but, I do have a more solid foundation under my feet - I know where I come from and who I look like and why I am the way I am. Nature and nurture do go hand-in-hand in my experience. My adopted famil...

Oh, also, I don't want to contribute to the demonisation of people with BPD. I have a close friend also diagnosed and she is wonderful, caring and compassionate. Not that it's a great film, but also, if you take a look at Girl Interrupted, the character portrayed by Winona Ryder is meant to have BPD...

I'm no professional, but it doesn't sound like you meet enough of the criteria for BPD. I've been diagnosed with it, but don't really think I fit the diagnosis neatly. I'm not that impulsive and never self-harm. I also have many friends still around me that I've had for 10+ years, so I figure I can'...

Two weeks on Zoloft and I still feel the same as always. My doc. said it takes 2 to 4 weeks to kick in. Anyone have any experience with it? What I'll start to feel and when? First time I took Zoloft over ten years ago I didn't think it did anything, so hadn't taken it since. But recently started it...

Absolutely it helps me! I have a feeling it's kind of a shortcut to motivation and energy, especially in the morning, especially if I have to go to my office job (which I don't enjoy). But I really find it helps me a) be more social, b) be more productive. It doesn't seem to work as well in the afte...

I actually haven't taken Xanax since being on Zoloft. But I remember it's calming properties. Thank you for picking up on that though. I did take half a Valium the other day and seemed to be ok, but I'm trying to manage with just Z. I think I'm in a particularly stressful period right now, and also ...

Does anyone ever think that their depression is caused by their anxiety? I know the two are often co-morbid, but I feel like my depression is the result of all the pulsing negativity in my mind every day! I am so tired all the time and have been told it's because of anxiety, but that just makes me f...

I love me some Bamford. Unwanted thoughts nearly ruined me at 18. I can remember the exact day and time that I "snapped"! They're not so bad now, but they do intrude, as is their wont.

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Hi! Nice to meet you. You're amazing to have dealt with all of that at 16. I hope that doesn't sound condescending, but I think you must have real strength. Thank you for posting a little bit of your story.