Mental Health Challenge Support

Yesterday, I had an appointment with a psychiatric nurse practitioner. I was reevaluated and rediagnosed. My rediagnoses is PTSD and Bipolar Disorder I NOS. She think I may have Borderline Personality Disorder but she wants to see how the new meds I have affect me first. I was prescribed Lamictal which is a mood stabilizer and Zoloft which is an antidepressant. I'm going to start taking them tonight and see how it goes. I have to take them for a month and then go back for a med check to see if anything needs to change. I was taking to my dad about depression yesterday and he said he just doesn't understand depression and how someone can stay stuck in depression. I tried to explain it to him but he really wasn't listening or he didn't want to. I can understand where he's coming from about how doctors are quick to diagnose and give out meds but there are people in this world that really need them and this is the first time I have taken anything for my mental health issues. It honestly kind of shocked me. As long as he understands that this is something that I have to do for me and hopefully this isn't a forever thing to be on these meds. At this point, I'm just going to see what happens.