Posted by phillybob on April 5, 2001, at 13:13:21
In reply to Re: Help, my therapist is out of town » phillybob, posted by Wendy B on April 4, 2001, at 11:10:09
> Thank you Bob (or Philly, or whatever), your response made me cry tears of bitter joy. I thank you for your understanding and your candor, and I REALLY needed someone to say: 'I feel that way too...'
Me, too, Wend! I appreciate your response to my response ... gave me the same melancholic happiness (funny, how we can all relate to that dichotomous marriage).
>I am familiar with neurontin, but I'm worried my high will get squeezed - I'm feeling pretty creative and have lots to say on every topic and boring everyone silly...Again, you should definitely use the search feauture here to find out other's experiences with Neurontin. You can tag on with a post of your own to one of those discussion threads or start a new one. The highs are nice, though, when they aren't damaging. [Anyway, if your boyfriend's creativity had not suffered on this med, that might give you some indication.]
> What's that?? I can ask for Topamax when my therapist comes back, if you or others think it would be helpful.
Here's a good Topamax thread (I'm one of the principal players :). It's ingredient is topiramate: Topamax (topiramate) Experiences thread: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20001231/msgs/50878.html
> I guess it's a matter of faith and forgiveness - I'm so volatile at the moment, I can't imagine feeling better, the world has become so unstable for me right now. I'm so easily moved to tears and melancholy. Listening to Emmylou's 'Red Dirt Girl' and Sheryl Crow's latest album over and over, just brooding and internalizing everything...Yep, yep, yep, yep (Big Al from Happy Days, I believe ... maybe some symbolism in that rose-colored glasses of a series title?). Anyway, we all go through various waxing and wanings of our optimism, but, I think, these type of forums are helpful. And, so is a fine choice of music as you have chosen (though I do not own either one, have heard many fine things about them and have a bit of Emmylou along with forlorn Gillian Welch accompanying Ryan Adams on this Whiskeytown's former front man's wonderful "Heartbreaker" CD).
>I hope you get that dosage right, very much. Please let me (us) know what it does for you. What does it feel like now? What are you hoping to feel like when it kicks in?Ummm ... I don't know and I don't know. I'm hopin' to have the engagement with life that I had experienced with Topamax, for sure. Right now, it's much of a waiting game (and not a most pleasant one). But, I am hopeful. :)
> > Good Luck, Wendalabee!
>
> (One final aside: That's so uncanny, everybody calls me Wendela, how could you have known?)Well, Wendy, if one has ever dated a Wendy (or 2 for that matter) in one's life, one gets to such a usage. Just thought it'd friendly up our discourse.
Regards,
Bob (and sundry variations)
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