Wow, I'm so sorry to hear "7 years" anthony... I couldn't even imagine.


Avoidance had been my coping strategy... pretty much locked myself in my house, didn't want to accept what had really happened. Doctors have basically replaced my social life.

That's why I'm so happy to have found this forum, it gives me somewhere to talk with others (who actually know what I'm going through) where I don't feel like they are analyzing or pitying me.

You mentioned courses I could be taking, I'll definatly ask my counselor about that on Friday.

At the beginning, I refused to take "medication", I basically denied the fact that I actually had a "real" condition. But it's been about 2 months on Effexor... it does seem to help me manage my outbursts, kinda