Ive been suffering for over half my life with depression and anxiety. Since I hit my late 20’s everything just continued to get worse.

I received rTMS therapy in 2020 which helped a bit but I wish my insurance covered more of it.

I have been to good, okay, and awful psychologists.

I have had an amazing psychiatrist for the past 12 years. I actually heard of alternative treatment from him. 

My husband is amazing - please don’t ever think that finding a great partner is the “solution,” - while he makes things better, the problem still resides and worsens with age.!

But - there is hope. I changed to a different medication (one I had a very bad reaction as a teenager to) and we increased it. 

Yesterday, I had the first ever meeting with my psychiatrist where I asked for no changes. 

Please keep trying. It is going to be difficult. You are going to have bad days, days when you do nothing, but that is okay. I have finally accepted that personally (and hopefully not the rest of you folks) that depression will be a lifelong battle, I just need to maintain good habits, understanding friends, and work hard on my discipline. Personally, I feel the discipline is not only the hardest to gain control of, but it is also the most detrimental (and common) symptom of depression.