Posted by yesac on October 28, 2003, at 15:41:03
In reply to meds, therapy, posted by kara lynne on October 28, 2003, at 1:18:56
> I'm a grinder too, by the way.
There are a lot of us. But, interestingly, my dentist told me that although the general assumption is that people do it because of stress, there really has been no research into that, so no one really knows. Everyone just thinks it must be because of stress. I think that I do not actually grind my teeth, but I must clench them. Or something. Because I never wake up with a headache, no one has ever told me that they hear me grinding... it's odd. But the dentists always want me to get one of those $400 mouth guards. I am starting to think that I should, because if I have the 80-year-old teeth NOW, what will happen in the years to come!!??
> I'm taking a very low dose of Paxil CR, which doesn't do anything for my depressionSo what you are saying, then, is that you don't Wake Up Feeling.... Ready to Go! You don't Drive to Work... Feeling Excited!! (I'm talking about the Paxil CR commercial, in case you don't know!)
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> I'm in counseling with someone who isn't a classically trained psychotherapist.Oh yeah... that does ring a bell now that I think about it. Therapy for me is going okay. I don't know. I like my therapist, but I don't feel really like we're getting anywhere. I still miss my old therapist tremendously - actually 2 former therapists. So I don't really know what to do about that either. I think about switching therapists, but then I always think that I should keep trying with this one. It's so annoying to start over. But I feel like I keep waiting for something to click.
> And have you tried many other meds like me?
I have tried a LOT! Shall I list them? Okay: Wellbutrin (twice), Celexa, Effexor, Paxil, Lamictal, Parnate, Neurontin, desipramine (which I stopped taking because I couldn't pee), Ativan, Risperdal, Ritalin. I think that's it. Ridiculous, huh? Most of them did nothing for me, even at very high doses. I don't know what the hell is wrong with me, as in, why nothing has any real effect on me.
Last night, I saw on the tv-guide channel that Bewitched was on. I didn't watch it, but it made me think of you!
How has your day been?
Mine has been pretty good actually. I have actually done some stuff at work, rather than just sitting around bored all day feeling like a useless slacker.
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