Posted by chiaratara on March 19, 2002, at 11:10:28
In reply to My Life So Far -- Expert Advice Needed...?, posted by JonW on March 18, 2002, at 20:47:20
hi there.
well, i don't know dr. l.; and, i only have experience with SSRIs. i am not sure how much help i will be, however your post was very compelling to me. it seemed to me that a lot of your symptoms could be characteristic of someone who is not clinically "depressed." i only know a few people who get out of bed and feel great. in fact, most people would like to sleep until noon and skip morning all together. i don't know one person who doesn't like to eat at night and go to bed with that full warm and fuzzy feeling. i drink lots of water and always related that to the fact that my mother would chase me around with cups of water when i was little because she thought it was good for me, and now i drink a ton of water and hate to be thirsty. i probably don't have enough posting space to touch on each symptom that you wrote, although i wish i could. my first impression of your symptoms is that you are too hard on yourself. i am glad that you are seeking out a professional that, according to previous posts, has such a good reputation because there are things, as with myself, that you should be able to work on and hopefully overcome. some of your symptoms struck me as being a unique part of your personality. i could eat all the sourdough bread in san francisco if given the chance; and if challenging authority was a crime, at the tender age of 26, which i am now, i would be in jail for life. my mother says that i have been really challenging authority ever since i was about 3 months old. i was even told by my pdoc that i would never make a good "employee" and that challenging authority meant that i thought outside the box and wasn't one to follow the crowd. take some of those symptoms and attribute them to being a complex and interesting person. you sound like one to me. ok, sorry for the longwinded post, something struck me in your initial post.
take care, tara
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