Posted by SLS on September 9, 2017, at 7:34:57
In reply to Re: Where I am presently » SLS, posted by alexandra_k on September 9, 2017, at 2:38:55
Hi, Alex.
> Hey Scott. Yeah, I remember those feelings of... Deadness. Where everything felt so dead that just going to the bathroom was an ordeal, as you say. I don't mean to be dismissive or to imply that I knew the total solution. I have heard what you suggested, too, that sometimes suicides might occur as people start to get better.
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> I'm coming around to this idea of (at least some) depression being a rational response to an untenable situation. Catatonia or inertia might well be a rational response. Getting better might be... Untenable. Yeah.That's a very insightful way of looking at it. My doctor would agree with you.
> I hope you are doing alright.I feel better - at least for today. Thanks for asking. Two days ago, I discontinued a drug called prazosin after being on a high dosage for a handful of years. It helped in the beginning, but seems to have become an impediment to achieving psychobiological wellness. One caveat: I often experience an improvement when adjusting the dosage of many medications. Prazosin behaves this way for me, so I won't be fully optimistic until I feel better for more than one week.
Take care of yourself.
:-)
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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