Posted by gromit on October 14, 2005, at 22:48:25
In reply to Re: More from the Macuna front » gromit, posted by barbaracat on October 11, 2005, at 13:40:05
> **Alexathymia, now there's a new one on me. Is it that you really don't know, as in inattentive to the point of not noticing how you're feeling, or is it that you know how you feel but can't express it?
It's a bit of both, I don't pay much attention to how I'm feeling usually, and it's usually irrelevant anyway. I also have a difficult time sometimes recognising what my emotions are, sometimes I know but can't relay that verbally. It's more of a problem for others, like my wife.
> **The thing is, most of us are going around desperately pretending we're not as dorky as we feel. If we'd just admit it and get and give support this would be different world. Instead we torment those who have the same shadow characteristics we deny in ourselves.That gets easier as you get older and just give less of a rip what others think about you. I still think the kid we were is a big part or how things turn out as an adult.
> You're on the Alternative board so you must have also sought out alternative doctors and such to look into physical reasons. I'm aghast at how the majority of pdocs never consider physcial dysfunctions - hormonal imbalances, gut dysbiosis, viruses, allergies. They rarely if ever look below the neck.No I haven't tried any alternative doctors, several endo's who ran every test in the book. Couldn't find anything really wrong, high cholestorol, low testosterone. But these two things could be the result of low dopamine couldn't they? They were more concerned with cortisol levels which were low range normal every time.
> I also have fibromyalgia which could be separate or part of the whole package, but it put me hot on the trail to find out what was going on with me. I'm finally starting to get better and alot of it was how I was asimilating hormones, including thyroid, even though my TSH values cames back OK. It's been piece by piece detective work but I definitely had physical things going on that weren't obvious. As I clear them up my mood disorders are resolving also.I've wondered about thyroid, I have a benign growth on mine but the tests come back fine. I've asked to be pushed a little hyper but they wouldn't do it. Fibromyalgia sounds rough, it's bad enough to have chronic pain from something that you can see on an MRI.
> Point is, your mood issues could be symptoms of an underlying health issue that we both know won't get addressed by the typical physician or pdoc. I've had the best results from naturopaths, but they're not perfect either.
I've quit seeing the pdocs for years at a time because they just made me feel worse. I've had better luck with just seeing a GP but it's not great either. Not sure if insurance would cover a naturopath or I could afford to buy the stuff they might recommend.
> **Well, I took it for 3 years straight and it worked fine. Only took about 1 week of rebound insomnia to get off it. I still take it when I can't get to sleep. The complaints I've heard about Sonata is that it's like Ambien but wears of in 3-4 hours so you're likely to wake up too early. And forget Lunesta unless you like the taste of old pennies in your mouth all day long.
Sonata might be worth a try if ambien starts to poop out, I don't need help staying asleep, just falling asleep. I've had enough with meds that give a bad taste all the time so lunesta is out.
> > Amen, brother. Probably a good thing there isn't a Politics board on this site or I'd be spending too much time over there ranting and raving. Actually, I've pretty much just given it over regarding politics. It's enough to work on myself. I can't take on a corrupt and inept government. Cheerio! - Barbara
Well, I probably shouldn't say this but there is a Politics board on this site :) Don't worry, it's pretty quiet most of the time.
Rick
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