redsneaker

I have, as you can probably tell from the times of my posts, terrible terrible insomnia. I have taken most everything on the market for it, as well as some things RXed off label for it, to no avail. No way could I state that Remeron or Trazodone "knocked me out" - funny how one person is so different from another.

No Psychiatrist right now. There isn't anything a Psychiatrist can do that my regular GP cannot at this point. No therapist either. I'm actually very close to being a therapist myself. But that is a whole 'nother story.

I'm sad that people still view mental struggles as weaknesses that they should be able to overcome without any assistance. (Granted there are situational issues which can iron themselves out without much outside help, but I think those are less prevalent.) What is it going to take for them to comprehend that it's actually no different than having any other chronic condition? I worked in a therapeutic setting for children with emotional/behavioral conditions and they were much braver in accepting/dealing with their condition than so many adults. This amazes me as the bulk of my patients at that time were in 1st-4th grade.

As woods said, no one is forcing anyone to discuss anything. I'd wager, however, there's a high percentage of people who are dealing with some sort of mental struggle on this board, so either everyone on here is just weak, or mental illness is more rampant than most people notice or want to admit. Dancing around the topic doesn't make you look any more/less stable. I can think of several instances when people have posted topics that scream how unstable they are, without blatantly stating it. Whatever gets you through the day!