Posted by Ron Hill on March 18, 2002, at 16:22:43
In reply to Re: Anyone respond to subtherapeutic med .Ron H., posted by colin wallace on March 18, 2002, at 12:08:28
Colin,
No, if that helped I'd been cured long long ago!
-- Ron
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> Ron,
>
> Thanks for the link- I plan to take the online diagnosis, not least because I couldn't fare any worse than I did when I visited a psych.,(over two years ago!)The encounter was an unmitigated disaster, and left me reluctant ever to submit to a 'shrink'again.
> I had suffered a breakdown as a result of long term , untreated depression, and was diagnosed with 'major depressive disorder', which in turn led to severe anxiety.I was however, more than hopeful that this 100 pound an hour medieval alchemist could sort me out.If he'd ground up stinging nettles with a pestle and mortar, I would have swallowed it.Unfortunately though, things took a downward spiral when his second question was 'do you masturbate?', and I replied , 'do you think it will help?'
> He accused me of being flippant, I, in my paranoia convinced myself that he was a rampant homosexual,and any rapport went up in smoke.
> When I told him that 20mg (generic) fluoxetine was driving me toward rage/suicide, he suggested that I was an inherant worrier, and promptly doubled the dose, along with 4mg xanax! very nearly did commit suicide- it was a long and painful rite of passage before I worked out that very small doses suit me best.
> I'm now settling in to a one day 20mg prozac, two day sam-e routine, and am beginning to tolerate it better.Time will tell.
>
> Col.
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