Posted by Shar on April 24, 2002, at 14:07:19
In reply to Re: Not doing well -- Katt Angel Girl, posted by Katt on April 23, 2002, at 22:58:59
Katt,
what's done is done. You made it through alive. I think the next step is to get set up with whatever you can stand--if you can stand therapy, I recommend it. Even if you are stuck with a doc who recommended a bar as an evening out...it is possible that he can still do therapy well enough to get you through a hard time.While you are in therapy with him as a last resort, you can ask for a change of doc...is that right? Or is it required you stick with him?
You have my deep, total and complete sympathy for your migraine, and I hope it will leave you soon. I don't know how people stand them. I had a brush with one once and I was ready to about....oh well...basically I didn't know what to do except cry in pain.
I think in your next moments of relative calm, it would be good to figure out something to do in advance of when you need it. Like, (ok this will sound dumb) I used to go to the mall. It was AWESOME! Just a little valley-girl kidding there. But I did go, and look at stuff (too broke to buy stuff), used my senses more than my brain (touched fabrics, smelled perfumes, looked at beautiful sparkling evening gowns, listened to people talk (eavesdropped)), and maybe would get a small coffee or something and sit and people watch for a while. Being out among people really did help me. I think more than anything it broke the continuing pattern of isolation, keeping myself inside, and got me moving a little.
Also, sometimes I go into these 99 cent stores and tell myself that there has to be one cool thing in there, at least, and set out to find it.
Even a walk around the block helps, imo.
Oh, I think emailing dr. bob is a good idea. Plus, I believe there have been others who talked about therapists in the chicago area. A search of the archives might help.
Weirdly yours,
Shar> Yeah, when I onc called him and said I was lonely that evening and felt worried and that I needed to be around people, he said that I might want to go to a bar.
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> Trouble with Chicago is, it's huge. So, mental health facilities are divided up by the neighborhood you live in. I was able to get an appt with my community center, but its through the same hospital I was at that referred me to that last pdoc.
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> This site/list is apparently moderated through Chicago, but it does not seem to provide any resources for the Chicago area. Maybe I should email dr bob?
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> I actually had an appt with a pdoc for meds this morning at 11am. Unfortunately I missed it and she's going to charge me, but there I was at 10:40am, vomiting and curled up in pain due to what seems to be a return of migraine headaches. I always hated therapy, but honestly, I think that it prevented them for five years.
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