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Re: Cubbybear raquo; LyndaK » cubbybear

Posted by LyndaK on February 10, 2003, at 1:25:35

In reply to Re: Cubbybear raquo; LyndaK » cubbybear, posted by cubbybear on February 8, 2003, at 3:28:53

Hi Steve,

Sorry I've been "absent" for a couple days. My seven-year-old decided to take a flying leap over a church pew and ended up breaking his arm.

Sounds like you've had a rough weekend. (understatement, I know.)

I understand your need to work with the pdoc that you have there, but I am surprised that he doesn't think that you're "severely" depressed, and then turns around and says that you're "beyond his ability to treat you". I'm not sure what he meant by that or what his definition of "severe" is. Certainly, you do seem to have a high degree of self-discipline that gets you to "put both feet on the floor" and get out of bed and go do the things that you need to do that day. That's a good thing -- it's probably the strength that will get you through this. But I guess the bottom line is, you are in need of a lot of support right now and it doesn't look like you're going to get it from your pdoc.

I don't know enough about benzos to give any advice. I take 1 mg. of Ativan occasionally to help me get to sleep -- once I get to sleep I can usually stay asleep. I remember being on Xanax in the past -- same story -- a little goes a long ways for me. I've never experienced any relief from depression from a benzo. It calms my anxiety (temporarily) and puts me to sleep -- that's all it's ever done for me. But I think you should go for whatever relief you can get during this time.

Narrow your focus to getting through each DAY. Don't worry about next week, next month, or next year (I know - easier said than done considering the situation with your job). Right now you're following a plan, and that plan is to get through each day until you make the trip back here and get on the medication that you KNOW will work. Worry about the job when you have enough Parnate in your system to be able to deal with that issue. As far as something getting in the way of you filling your prescription, I KNOW there are docs here in the San Jose area who would prescribe it, I'd have to believe there are docs in the L.A. area who would too -- especially with your past history of success -- that, to me, is the clincher.

You talked about how upsetting it was to hear your pdoc's opinion that it was highly unlikely that the Aurorix was causing your depression to be worse. So let's say he's right (he might be; he might not be). The worst case scenario is that you don't feel any better than you do now once you are completely off of it. That IS a possibility. So you just keep getting through each day, keep "putting your feet on the floor" and counting each day until you're on that plane, until you fill that Rx, until the Parnate starts to give you some relief. It's all you can do right now.

Keep posting.
Keep praying.
I'll keep praying.

Lynda


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