Posted by SLS on January 4, 2009, at 20:11:08
In reply to Re: Enlighten Please! PARNATE's STAGES, posted by JadeKelly on January 3, 2009, at 10:44:47
Parnate's Stages: Are they universal?
If you cannot answer this question with certainty at this point, you may still find it to your advantage to rely on trial-and-error.
My unsolicited and perhaps unwanted suggestion to you as a concerned comrade is that you might be spending too much time acting as an investigative scientist (a pretty good one, actually) and too little as a patient patient. Besides, you won't really know how your patterns compare to others until after you conclude your treatment trial.
Read. Make observations. Ask questions. Take notes. Ponder associations. Synthesize theories. However, be careful when committing to testing hypotheses. Try to remember to be clinical.
I believe you will find enough commonalities in experiences between individuals to come to some interesting, albeit perhaps esoteric conclusions. However, the differences between individual biologies might frustrate any attempt you may make to predict your own future response pattern. I think it would be premature to make treatment decisions based upon the response patterns you see in others. You might be right in the hypotheses you arrive at, but without certainty, I don't think you can justify aborting a drug trial prematurely. Of course, if the drug makes you feel substantially worse, or if the side effects are intolerable, it would not be an easy decision to make to continue treatment.
I hope I haven't insulted you.
You think like a good scientist. You might even make some discoveries along the way. However, if you want to get well, your priority role is that of patient. I believe you will enhance your chances to get well by educating yourself as much as possible, and even suggesting to your doctors treatments that you think might work for you. I don't believe that I would represent a success story had I not helped my doctor in choosing the four drugs I am currently taking.
Don't drive yourself crazy looking for answers to questions that won't enhance your chances of getting well. I am still trying to learn the lesson of patience. It is a difficult one. The wisdom of patience comes in knowing that one must give Time time to work.
I worry that you might ride an emotional roller-coaster by looking at things too microscopically. Don't think in terms of hours and days, but, rather, in terms of weeks and months.
For some reason, I don't think I expressed myself very well here. I tried to be helpful rather than hurtful.
I love your enthusiasm. Your positive attitude and constructive behaviors will lead you to success.
- Scott
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