Blimey, you sure you want to know? This will take some time!
How long have you been depressed: On and off for 18 years
Any Meds: Okay, here we go, these are all the ones i remember being prescribed, I think this is in order they were prescribed!
Diazepam
Zopiclone
Dothiepin
Prozac
Lorazepam
Venlafaxine
Chlorpromazine
Trazodone
Thoridazine
Seroxat
Lofepramine
Olanzapine
Quetiapin
Escitalopram
I think some of them were given to me for the sedating effects rather than anything else (as some are anti-psychotics and I don't suffer with psychosis, never have) because I was highly anxious, suicidal etc, and sometimes it was easier for a hospital to deal with me when i was zoned out.
Any therapy:
Counselling, lots
Psychotherapy
6 weeks of CBT
ED therapy
Anxiety Management
Family therapy (to do with ED)
DBT
DBT is the only one that has had any real effect for me. Although I do now want long term psychotherapy as any psychotherapy before DBT was useless really, as I couldn't deal with it.
I guess i'm lucky to have had the above therapies but I have been ill a long time, suffered with a variety of issues, and moved across the country so have been referred to different things. But am so much better now than I ever was before!
