Posted by 4WD on January 27, 2006, at 20:55:24
In reply to Re: New here and desperately looking for advice... » 4WD, posted by fires on January 26, 2006, at 21:49:54
> > > I'm sorry I didn't mean to offend you. My mother calls it a nervous breakdown and so does her counsellor. I'll try to be more careful. You could call it a suicide attempt but it was more a call for help. She downed a bottle of lorazepam with a micky of whiskey. She called my dad at work and told him.
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> > > I am very sympathetic to her as she and I are much the same with anxiety and depression.
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> > Hey, what happened to me was a nervous breakdown - and I don't mind calling it that. It perfectly describes what happened and I don't find it pejorative. I broke down from overwhelming anxiety. I know it's not a true diagnosis DSM-wise but it's a pretty description term.
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> So your nerves broke down? Which ones and how many? ;-) I have "hay fever" which has nothing to do with hay and it doesn't cause a fever.
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>The ones in my brain. About 75% of them.
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