Depression, psychosis, aspergers syndrome.... Can't cope anymore!?

Question

Two years ago i was diagnosed with depression, which was hard enough to take, 4 months back was diagnosed with psychosis, which made me feel even worse about myself.
I've always had trouble socialising with others for my whole life and two weeks ago was diagnosed with aspergers syndrome.
Medication isn't helping, therapy isn't helping, councelling is doing nothing, seeing a psychiatrist isn't doing any good and just feel like if i don't get help soon im going to commit suicide. I have tried everything and i'm asking this question as a last resort. What are some other good ways that could help me through this?

Answer 1

Hi there!

Im really sorry to hear that you had to undergo all these. I completely understand how u feel and I know its difficult to live life with all these debilitations. But you know, you'll have to remember, that U still have a life of your own, to live and enjoy, and having all these problems doesnt mean that u are banned forever of the many enjoyments of life. You have every right to live a happy life and you have every oppurtunity to be happy just like all of us. Dont think that u are helpless and that u are a lot more unfortunate than the rest of the population. You have some limitations thats true, but u can still have a successful life if u learn to cope succesfully with the situations..

Now, It seems that you are devastated over the new found fact that you have an Asperger's. But the truth is that AS is not so scary as it sounds. Usually people with AS show a more than ordinary IQ, and they are a lot more smarter than the ordinary ones. Newton and Einstein were two of the most brilliant minds who said to have exhibited, AS symptoms .

So it is possible to live a succesful life even with AS. And now a days there are a whole lot of programmes that would help you through social interactions and taking part in these sessions in developing social skills can make you a lot more independent and self sufficient.


And even with psychosis you can succesfully live life.There are good evidence that Talking treatments, including counselling, psychodynamic psychotherapy and, especially, cognitive behavioural therapy, can reduce distress and the intensity and frequency of the experiences. They provide a calm, supportive and non-judgmental atmosphere, with the aim of helping people to understand their experiences, to develop coping strategies, and to improve their relationships and quality of life. They can help to tackle depression and anxiety that may result from having psychotic experiences. Some approaches may suit some people more than others. Give importance to behavioural therapy , becoz it trains u to deal with both people and situations and with continuous training you would be able to overcome your difficulty in dealing with people.

And also give equal importance to Family therapy. It can strengthen the family and enable them to identify what is helpful and what is unhelpful for individual members. This helps people with a psychotic condition to maintain their mental health, as well as providing support for all family members in a crisis. Family therapies can strengthen family ties and then u would feel much strengthened to deal with situations.

And also there are Therapeutic communities which provide a supportive, live-in environment for people with mental health problems. The length of stay is usually limited to a set period of time.

Crisis services exist in some areas as an alternative to hospital. They may offer accommodation, or support in your own area.

People’s own personal perspective can be as valid as a medical view of psychosis, which sees psychotic experience as an illness to be treated. They may include many different explanations for the experience - parapsychological, psychodynamic, psychological, spiritual or mystical. These allow people a framework for developing their own coping strategies. The more involved you can be in your own treatment and in looking after yourself, the better.

Talking to other people who also hear voices can provide reassurance and hope, increase self-esteem and reduce isolation. Various organisations run self-help groups, which encourage members to share their experiences and help them to come to terms with them. They can help people to recognise underlying patterns in their experiences, develop and discuss strategies, identify early signs of crisis, and take active steps to manage the situation. People who are experienced at this often train others. Books and booklets containing the same information are also helpful.

Taking steps to increase relaxation is important. Relaxation exercises, yoga, and other physical activity can help. For some people, massage, aromatherapy or reflexology can be a benefit. For others, touch can evoke unexpectedly powerful or intense feelings that may cause distress.

Associating and interacting with people who are in the same situation as yours can really help u. U would feel much confident after dealing with them. Give imporatance to behavioural therapy, and just stick on to it on a routine basis. Have the mind to come up in your life. Have an aim, always have hope and work hard and in time u will succeed.

ALL THE BEST!

Have an Exciting Life!

These are some Useful websites for u. These are people who has dedicated their lives to people who suffers mental breakdowns.

http://www.mind.org.uk/About+Mind/Mindinfoline/index.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic&WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished

Depression Alliance
35 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JB
tel. [phone] fax: [phone]
email: [e-mail] web: www.depressionalliance.org
National charity providing information, support and understanding

Hearing Voices Network
91 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LW
tel./fax: [phone]
email: [e-mail]
web: www.hearing-voices.org
National user network and local support group

The Manic Depression Fellowship (MDF)
Castle Works, 21 St Georges Road, London SE1 6ES
tel. [phone], fax: [phone]
email: [e-mail] web: www.mdf.org.uk
Works to help people affected by manic depression

Rethink Severe Mental Illness (formerly NSF)
28 Castle Street, Kingston upon Thames KT1 1SS
tel. [phone], advice line: 020 8974 6814 fax: [phone]
email: [e-mail] web: www.rethink.org
Aims to improve the lives of everyone affected by severe mental illness

Samaritans
The Upper Mill, Kingston Road, Ewell, Surrey KT17 2AF
For correspondence: PO Box 9090, Stirling, FK8 2SA
helpline: 08457 90 90 90, fax: [phone] textphone: 08457 90 91 92
email: [e-mail]
web: www.samaritans.org
24-hour telephone helpline

UK Advocacy Network (UKAN)
Volserve House, 14-18 West Bar Green, Sheffield S1 2DA
tel. [phone], fax: [phone]
email: [e-mail]
UKAN can assist you to locate a local advocacy service.

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
167-169 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PF
tel. [phone], fax: [phone]
email: [e-mail]
web: www.psychotherapy.org.uk
Umbrella organisation for psychotherapy in UK

United Kingdom Psychiatric Pharmacy Group
tel. [phone]
Helpline run by pharmacists to answer queries on psychiatric drugs


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Answer 2

I imagine the doctor at the hospital took about two minutes to come up with that. That is not the way to diagnose! Your symptoms sound most like the anxious type of depression and Asperger's. Not everyone with depression is the same. Anxious depression is not the type people generally think of when they think of depression, but it should not be confused with bipolar. The symptoms they think indicate mania are experienced by many people with anxious depression, Asperger's, and also bipolar, but they are not on their own enough to make a diagnosis. Everything else that you say fits with either Asperger's or anxious depression. Asperger's will make it hard to deal with most psychiatrists. Many people with Asperger's are depressed a lot. People with Asperger's tend to have abnormal serotonin systems. Psychiatric illness can be difficult to treat in people with Asperger's. Asperger's is fairly common. It is hard to tell how many have it. You are not an alien and not crazy.

Answer 3

Well, suicide is never a reasonable option. When you feel really bad, try to take a nap and things might look better when you wake up. You should never give up hope with your medicine and don't overdose. You could get another psychiatrist if this one doesn't seem to understand you.Don't give up hope of getting better. Hope you feel better soon.

Answer 4

please please do not commit suicide it is not worth it. You should try to forget about bad thing and think of good one. You may also want to find some activites that you are interested to do such as swimming, workout , go watch a movie etc. Try to relax yourself and take easy that way you can get rid of depression

Answer 5

probably you have some things which you would like to try but you have never made made a step in it.
try to improve your time ,to do it in your way

Answer 6

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