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Posted by Squiggles on December 21, 2007, at 21:15:58
The past few yrs. have been hard for me.
I'm exhausted. But thanks to the reinstatement of antidepressant treatment, my family life may become easier. I'd like to apologize for the frantic posts on the necessity of medication for mental illness. My world was falling apart and i went to the extremes in attacking anti-psychiatry by dumping psychologists and therapists in the same class.Squiggles
Posted by your#1fan on December 21, 2007, at 21:42:32
In reply to Things are looking up, posted by Squiggles on December 21, 2007, at 21:15:58
Squgglies!
Well i havet read some of your posts so i dont know what really was going on. I myself would like to post alot more.
Well what do you mean by nessescity medications for mental illness?
I take Zyprexa for mood stabilization. Its working right now, im stable, im calm, but still things bother me. Sometimes i dont know how i got to think the i think.
Anyways. Good luck, stay in there.
your#!fan
Posted by Reggie BoStar on December 22, 2007, at 5:18:05
In reply to Things are looking up, posted by Squiggles on December 21, 2007, at 21:15:58
It's good to hear from someone doing better with anti-depressant medications.
My pet posts were usually in the anger and frustration categories. I've been on all sorts of meds and in all kinds of programs over the years, and every time one of them fell through I'd go on the internet on a real tear.
Exhaustion got to me too, in my case ending the posting and making me resign myself to trying something else. So far my luck hasn't been all that great - not even with ECT, which a few years ago was "the last resort". Now it's old news, and there are new "last resorts" being offered up by my pdoc and psychologist.
One thing that keeps me going more often than not is the thought of where I might be if I did nothing at all. Sometimes I don't have to try very hard. If I screw up my refills so that I have to go more than a few days without a particular med, I soon realize that things could be a lot worse. It seems that even though I'm still miserable most of the time, my meds are doing some maintenance work to keep me from suffering even more.
Sometimes my sister will help me remember this. She'll get in my face with something like "what good is it if you're not getting better?" When I tell her I'm also not getting worse, she acts as though she never considered that possibility. it sure helps ME consider it!
I don't tell her about the times when my life was in immediate danger. That's another place I'd rather not go back to.
So it really is good to hear from someone who's noticing an improvement, not just that things aren't getting worse. Any sign of anything positive is a boost for me, so thanks for sharing.
Good grief, no need for apologies ever. I've found over time that the good folks here understand all the important things, such as what I'm really saying when I post messages that I later fear might have been extreme or inappropriate.
Not only that, but you went the extra mile of posting some good news. I usually just disappear after I've let off some steam.
Anyway, best wishes and again I'm glad things are looking up for you.
Reggie BoStar
Posted by Squiggles on December 22, 2007, at 8:46:14
In reply to Re: Things are looking up, posted by your#1fan on December 21, 2007, at 21:42:32
> Squgglies!
>
> Well i havet read some of your posts so i dont know what really was going on. I myself would like to post alot more.
>....Thank you for the nice post. Uhm, the drugz are
not for me. But you know someone's else problem can cause almost as much misery as if you were
unmedicated. Say no more.I've been on lithium all along, and i think
i would not have made it in this situation without it.Squiggles
Posted by Squiggles on December 22, 2007, at 9:06:09
In reply to Re: Things are looking up » Squiggles, posted by Reggie BoStar on December 22, 2007, at 5:18:05
Reggie, these mental or affective illnesses
can have as draining an effect on the patient
as well as on the observer of the patient.
I was the observer. I am aware of how
dangerous depression can be on someone unware
of its creeping effects (that anasognosia thing)
that Dr. Torrey named --i.e. being oblivious to the change in character and mood, as it sinks and
gets worse, more erratic, more suicidal.I am glad to post something happy on the reversal
of this situation. Panic and perplexity set in at some times and I think some of my posts showed that.I think a lot of us like you, have been through
experimentation. It's a difficult area to treat,
and also, the drugs have too many side effects that encourage people to give up on them."Life is short, the Art is long, opportunity fleeting, experience delusive, judgment difficult." - Hippocrates
Take care,Squiggles
Posted by Phillipa on December 22, 2007, at 12:08:08
In reply to Re: Things are looking up » Reggie BoStar, posted by Squiggles on December 22, 2007, at 9:06:09
Good to hear the situation is again under control and welcome back. Phillipa
Posted by Squiggles on December 22, 2007, at 12:45:23
In reply to Re: Things are looking up » Squiggles, posted by Phillipa on December 22, 2007, at 12:08:08
> Good to hear the situation is again under control and welcome back. Phillipa
Thank you. The sad thing is that such situations, sometimes leading to suicide or homicide, could be prevented. I'm sending a XMAS wish to the pharmaceutical companies to invest more research in meds with more tolerable side effects and a thank you for the progress they've
made in this area so far.Squiggles
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