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

A while ago I told someone that I felt like a part of me had gone missing a long time ago and it wasn't coming back. I guess I've always been quick to cry and felt like I didn't quite fit. My DSM diagnosis is "Mood Disorder NOS." Most clinicians I've seen think I have some admixture of anxiety and depression going on. I think I tend to cycle in some sort of atypical depressive way.

Anyway, I know it's hampered my life for a long time. I'm in my early 30s and started on my first anti-depressant last year. Some time around the beginning of the year, I was feeling better and concerned about long term side effects, so I thought I was ok to go off my medication. Anyway, the ruminative thoughts about a romantic partner that left me have come flooding back (romance tends to be a big trigger for me). So, I'm not doing well, and decided to come here to talk (in addition to starting on my meds again).

Well, now you know a bit about me. Hope to get to know some of you.

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I am sorry to hear that you can be triggered to ruminate about romantic loss. This is a hard one for many of us.

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