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Re: jumping in Elizabeth, Lorriane, et.al.

Posted by shelliR on August 3, 2001, at 18:28:03

In reply to Re: jumping in » Lorraine, posted by Elizabeth on August 3, 2001, at 17:10:52

Hi Lorraine, Elizabeth, et. al.
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> > My SIL--who believes that depression is all in your mind--tells me to just sit with the depression and let it take it's course and quit fighting it. I tell her it is like asking someone to just sit with Alzheimers.
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> *groan* Yeah, a lot of people who've never been depressed [clinically, that is] seem to think they understand what we go through, even though it's obvious to us that they don't have a clue.

It's interesting, my sister just told me recently that my SIL thinks that I don't try hard enough to overcome my depression. This is actually fascinating to me. I dislike my brother and sil enough to never get together with them unless it is an occasion surrounding my parents, e.g. special birthday, anniversary. I don't live near my family, so this is not a major problem, although it does upset my parents. Anyway, I've never discussed my depression with her and I run a business full time, so I feel almost a sense of disbelief that she would have any opinions about me that have nothing to do with our relationship, let alone my depression. Actually she was at a wedding in her city seated with some people from my city, and they had heard of me, and my work and one of their friends was a client of mine here. So she knows I am well known in my profession. Try harder? I don't even know what she could mean. It is amazing how ignorant people can be, although I find my SIL pretty ignorant and unkind anyway, so I chalk it off to that. If someone I cared about ever thought that about me, it would hurt me really badly.

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> > I'm very happy for you. The Desipramine seems to be a lucky ticket for you. (although i know you research it before taking it). I hope the blood levels prove ok.
> The serum level was over 600 this time, so I'm cutting the dose in half. The doctor who's covering for my pdoc is supposedly going to call me on Monday to discuss what to do next.

Elizabeth, what is would be affected by having too high a blood level. Could it affect your organs? Like liver damage, etc.?
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> > The ECT next step sounds right to me--plus they have that monitor that you strap on that monitors your heart for 24 hours for irregularities.
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> Okay, I'm confused now. What are you talking about here? (Sorry, I'm probably just being scatterbrained, as usual.)
Lorraine, I'm confused also because I've never known you were considering ECT. You would try ETC before nardil or buph?
Wow, I really hope parnate is it for you.

> > 3d degree burns over 1/3 of my body (thighs and upper abdomine) when I was 8.
> My god. At least it's on parts that are usually covered by clothes. Still, I can see how that would cause you problems, especially with intimate relationships.
Did you go through lots of skin grafts or was there really not enough skin to take from anywhere? How long til your life got back to some type of stability after the fire?
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BTW, in regard to back pain and meds, selegiline gave me back pain, really shoulder pain almost from the start, although I didn't think to associate it with it until I started to get bad pains in my legs. When I went off of it, both the shoulder pain and leg pain went away.

Shelli


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