completely depressed

[sairose]

Originally posted by sugar and spice
Haha.

As someone who suffers from depression and takes meds for it, though, I'm going to have to agree with Dionysus. I basically get psychotic if I skip my meds for more than a day -- and from what I've seen of the people I know who are bipolar, it's even worse for them. Chances are going on and off your meds will affect your social/love life more than the condition itself. People understand that depression (bipolar or unipolar) isn't something that you can control and they make allowances for it . . . but they don't understand it when you're deliberately not taking your meds or making it so you can't get your meds (like not refilling them on time) -- both of which are actually pretty common for those who are depressed, but harder for the average non-depressed person to understand, and often it really bothers them.

Is there anyway that next time you can get these pills so that you don't have to skip a few days?

Oh, please believe me though, I am not skipping them on purpose.

Normally, the medicine comes in in plenty of time! I don't understand what the hold up is. I can't go to the pharmacy for a prescription because my insurance says maintenance meds have to be mail ordered. *sigh* I am going to my doctor today, to see if he has any samples or anything he can give me to tide me over, so to speak. I'm doing what I can.

I never skip my meds on purpose, though. That's just stupid.