Posted by Rick on July 6, 2001, at 15:23:58
In reply to Re: How much clonazepam is needed for SP?, posted by sar on July 6, 2001, at 13:11:07
> Rick,
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> Thanks again. i'm writing this drowsily because i woke up early to go with a friend to an AA meeting at 7 this morning.
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> right, i agree with you on the subjectivity of all those diagnoses! too much doc-hopping; plus everyone's dynamic, everyone changes, and all this dx'ing began 5 yrs ago (i feel like a diferent person now.)
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> be blunt! thank you for your bluntness! i knew i was being stoopid drinking on klonopin--oh Rick, one of the first days I was on it I drank port wine--knocked me out in no time.
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> i'd rather give up drinking than give up klonopin.
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> will try once again.
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> thanks again,
> sarsar, I like that determined sound in your last post! It's inspiring to me. Do whatever you can to keep it up, since determination to do what's best for yourself is half the battle. Of course I'm sure you know that this positive attitude needs a dash of realism so that you don't start giving up should you get hit with some unexpected and troubling curveballs, or should you have to retrench and try new treatments. I already said this in an earlier post, but I'll say it again (because I'm frankly kinda jealous!): It is SO advantageous to your long-term health and quality of life to be able to identify and address chronic problems early instead of many years later.
Best to you,
RickP.S. Reading about your plethora of docs and diagnoses, I kept visualizing a spinning "Price Is Right" type wheel, but with doctors' faces and diagnoses on it instead of cash amounts. (Not that pdocs are averse to cash, by any means.) Kind of like, the "Diagnosis Is Right", with your host Dr. Bob shouting, "come on down" but disqualifying contestants who aren't civil. ("You're still invited to watch the show, but you can't play.") Of course, instead of CBS, the show would appear on PBS - The PsychoBabbleService.
Please forgive me. You can see that one thing I personally have to overcome is a compulsion to make pathetically lame attempts at humor, especially of the punning variety. But that spinning diagnosis wheel image just set me off. BTW, if you're fairly new to this board, you won't even "get" all of the lame "jokes".
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