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

Ive been depressed for 30 years now,since age 17...i used to have some mania and was diagnosed as schitzo -affective manic depressive..but by age 20 i just became totally depressed all the time,and havnt been manic since..ive tried meds on and off since age 19 and nothing has ever worked,or done ver...

ive seen 3 doctors and they all have different ideas of whats wrong with me..my newest doctor at first thought i was bipolar(what is bipolar 1,2??)and now afters seeing her for 6 months she says she needs MORE time to figure out what my deal is..meanwhile i feel like she is randomly throwing meds at...

he told me his supervisor(they are interns i guess..it was a free non profit service...lucky me to live in san franciso) told him i had problems that required more experience..i did prositution for 22 years,and i am a recovering drug addict. i was very happy with him,i had to wait months on a waitin...

i have seen some doctors and the sad part of being on ghetto health care(the kind you get when you are poor..but i am grateful i have it,some states dont have shit) is that my doctors are always changing,they are interns,or sometimes they are just bad doctors..ive had very bad luck with my doctors.....