Losing my mind *SU TRIGGERS*

[DT1977]

I get re-evaluated every year, last time they doubled my dosage. My family is ok but we're not a talk it out, kind of family and I don't have any friends (sad, I know). My dog died and then everything just kept getting worse. I have a lot of health problems that just seem to be getting more and worse. I've tried talking to a psychiatrist before but I really couldn't get comfortable with it. They wanted me to go to group therapy (big, no). I'm petrified that my partner is just going to have enough of me one day and leave. He says not but things happen.

[Paula]

I get that - my husband has had to put up with so much over the years that I’m constantly surprised he’s still here. But he says he loves me and looking after me is all that matters to him. And I get how much it hurts to lose a dog - my old boy passed at the beginning of lockdown. That pain is definitively hard to deal with.

When did they double the dose? Only, if it’s still not helping you need to go back - you shouldn’t be waiting for your yearly evaluation. Has the doctor talked about changing ADs or maybe adding an additional AD in?