Mental Health Support

Many of us were born a bit different and the system does not always know what to do with us.

I'm cautious about giving medical advice, but you may want to consider seeing an endocrinologist and have a full system work up done.

Personally, I have a weird combination of 1.) extreme system sensitivity to drugs, 2.) I am what's called an HSP (Highly Sensitive Person), 3.) an adrenal condition that causes frequent "physical" anxiety (from excess adrenaline), and late-life depression caused by years of earlier alcohol abuse. That may read as overwhelming, but I've taken it as a challenge to study and learn about these conditions. I'm also an introvert and that has its good and bad sides for dealing with health issues.

A good example is with depression. I went to a shrink and she tried me on several antidepressant but they all cause me to be hyper (dangerous for the work I was doing at that time) and the good effects wore off quickly. I struggled on an got by on OTC supplements like St. John's Wort and Sam-E for years, but recently borrowed some Effexor from a friend. I had tried it before and had a bad episode using it from just one capsule. Considering my ultra-high sensitivity to many chemicals, I took the little capsule and divided the granules into doses of 1/3 of a capsule, and that worked really well for me. By comparison, my best friend takes three of those capsules a day and feels that's not enough. Therefore, I can get by on on-ninth of what she takes.

So, our medical industry really does not know what to do with us odd-balls but we can try our best to help ourselves and each other.

Thanks for opening up and sharing!......... ...........