Starting today with 10 mg of vortioxetine (Brintellix)

Hi!

I didn't know what title to write, but that's one of the things I would like to get more information about. First, I have to say that I've been struggling for about 7 years with some -misdiagnosed- mental problems, leading me to suicide attempts and hospitalization. I was diagnosed, in order, with major depression, OCD, BPD, Asperger's, body dysmorphic disorder, social anxiety and, lately, with AvPD (in comorbidity with other symptoms). I've taken lots of medication, almost all SSRI's, some antipsychotics (low doses) and some benzodiazepines (lorazepam and clonazepam mostly), only the last ones having a significant effect when the problem was not too overwhelming (otherwise, they would increase suicidal ideation). I'm now 23, finishing an engineering degree and, generally, having a "normal" life. On the other hand, despite having friends and studying what I wanted to study, I'm usually in a constant self-hatred/end-of-hope mood, often living on the edge of suicide, and always stuck in my head. I'm doing (again) CBT therapy, not working (again) at all. My new doctor (the last one told me he couldn't do anything else for me) has prescribed me 10 mg of vortioxetine. Has anyone had success with it?

Anyway, I feel like I am a mixture of all the diagnostics given to me till now, without any hope for the future. I suppose what I try to ask is if there is someone else in a similiar situation, who feels that fits in various diagnostics (that is, perhaps, none at all) and nothing seems to work, or if maybe I am missing the point and all of this is part of the same.

Thank you for reading.

OceanSoul wrote:Anyway, I feel like I am a mixture of all the diagnostics given to me till now,

I'm not at all expert, but i never met someone who fits totally any of the diagnoses