I've come to the realisation that I may well need meds & therapy life long, but not necessarily at the same level. At the moment I see my therapist every 2 weeks, and may drop that to once a month with the understanding that I can step it up again if needed. It has taken me 21 years to realise and accept it, but things are looking better for me than they ever have. My therapist has pointed out that she has serious asthma & takes drugs every day and sees a specialist every so often - what's the difference?
If that's what it takes for me to live my life then it's worth it - I work full-time in a job I enjoy (senior management in an NGO), am respite foster mum to 2 wonderful girls, have friends I see regularly, go sailing & riding etc.
Don't mix up meds/continual therapy with being constantly miserable and struggling, if you can get the right balance it's the opposite.
And who knows? Perhaps in future I don't need the therapy or meds, in which case I stop. But what works is what works...
take care!
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