Recent content by comawhite

I just don't want to spend the rest of my life feeling like this, you know? It's horrible, being out of remission. That is an interesting, helpful way of guiding your thoughts; thank you for sharing it with me!

Thank you, for finding some positivity. It actually helped me today, and I appreciate that.

Thank you. I'm sorry to hear you feel similarly; no one deserves this shit. I just don't know what I'm doing anymore. I'm living in a weird dissociative state and I'm just so tired of it all. Music and art have helped me through it all as well.

I feel like I hit rock bottom. I don't know who I am anymore. I barely even moved the past few weeks - my joints ache and I spend my time on the toilet. I just laid there staring at a wall. My apartment is trashed. It's like for once I was actually too depressed to make a suicide attempt...

I just don't feel I can do it anymore. I have no real reason to live, no will, no purpose. I was hospitalized recently for a suicide attempt and every day I wish I had just done it. Every day is more mundane. Every day I feel more useless, hopeless. A failure. Every day my Crohn's worsens and...

Thanks everyone; you have all been so helpful! I appreciate your feedback!

Thanks! I wasn't sure because my psychiatrist said it wouldn't do much damage at all and there shouldn't be any real side effects besides nausea, headaches, and dry mouth.

I was always reluctant to use psychiatric drugs, but gave in after being hospitalized for suicidal ideation this past December. My psychiatrist put me on a low dose of Lexapro (5mg), and I'm now up to 20mg as of last week. The initial nausea and headaches experienced an hour after consuming...

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!

Obviously I'm new here, and I'm not too sure how to navigate this site. My name is Andi and I'm a nineteen-year-old college student. Last year I was, in some ways, "diagnosed" with post-traumatic stress disorder. Several therapists and psychiatrists alike agreed the diagnosis was very likely...