Comments on: December 2007 http://www.iamanatheist.com/blog/2007/12/27/769/ Discussions of religion and ethics from an atheist perspective Mon, 06 May 2013 16:01:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: charity http://www.iamanatheist.com/blog/2007/12/27/769/comment-page-1/#comment-157 charity Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:53:52 +0000 http://www.iamanatheist.com/blog/2007/12/27/769/#comment-157 Omg. I just want to cry. I remember feeling this way. I went through postpartum, and I had never felt so low in my entire life. Compared to now, it was like I entered another dimension of reality. Its kind of fuzzy to remember, I guess I dont like the pain of remembering. But I had at one time made a suicide pact with my lil sis, that before we tried to “off” ourselves we would search to the ends of the world for happiness. I am now five years past the depression, but what kept me in it for so long was my fear of leaving my child to go to the hospital. I got to the point that one way or another I was terrified I would leave my child anyway, and leaving to get better was better than leaving to die. Their was nothing other than the extreme ( a trip to the hospital) to grip me and pull me out of it. My best friend didn’t even recognize me when I came out…a lot of people didn’t, because I was happy. It wasn’t an “immediate save” but life slowly became more bearable, and then very suddenly one day shortly after my hospital stay the pain stopped. I was only in for a week (because I was voluntary I could go home whenever I wanted to ) and then I did outpatient hospitalization (which was basically a day long therapy group session) and it changed my life dramatically. I see soooo many similarities, between my story and yours. I, like you, dwelt in existentialism. Now I know NOT to do that unless I feel emotionally “ok”. Whatever you need to do to get help, DO IT. Because anything would be better than killing yourself, and leaving your babies to raise themselves. Don’t give up before you have given life a fair chance, and don’t quit until you start to see color again. I know it sounds strange but it really is like existing in two worlds. You CAN get back to the reality of “good” but you have to take that first step to save yourself. Be your own savior.

]]> By: Marc http://www.iamanatheist.com/blog/2007/12/27/769/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Marc Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:07:00 +0000 http://www.iamanatheist.com/blog/2007/12/27/769/#comment-42 I believe that I am uniquely qualified to ask what I have asked.

I am a retired clinical psychologist who has suffered from a half-century of severe chronic depression, that included a frank suicide attempt.

It took me decades to find the medication that worked with MY particular neurochemistry.

I have been depression-free for 17 years; withstanding divorce, physical disability with chronic pain, and the death of my only child from an overdose of MY painkillers.

]]> By: Marc http://www.iamanatheist.com/blog/2007/12/27/769/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Marc Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:59:00 +0000 http://www.iamanatheist.com/blog/2007/12/27/769/#comment-41 I trust that you will not take offense, so I will ask:

Have you tried the NEWER anti-depressant drugs?

Have you given each anti-depressant the 4 – 6 weeks that they need to do their job ?

Was your dosage adjusted toward the maximum allowable when results were insufficient ?

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