[patrickserrano]

When this comes up among friends I always ask, "If you had diabetes you'd take insulin right? Why is mental health any different?"

Find a psychiatrist and see them regularly so they can monitor your mood and response to the drugs. And stick with the therapy while doing this.

The combination is key, the meds will make getting through the day easier, and the therapy will help you find coping mechanisms and be more self aware of your emotions in a productive manner. This sounds hard and dumb but will be easier with the meds.

Then as you feel better you can work with both providers to adjust your meds or test removing them if that's something you want.

But at the end of the day, you need to talk with professionals. They're trained to help and will allow you to talk about specifics in ways that could identify triggers. Take it from someone with years of therapy and psychiatrist visits under my belt. It feels like it's not working at first, but you need to keep with it and follow through.

Good luck and I hope you find the help you're looking for.