Posted by jumpy on February 13, 2003, at 14:40:23
In reply to Re: Ritch:Juggling Meds and Frustrating life » jumpy, posted by Ritch on February 13, 2003, at 13:56:08
> Jumpy, I think you are doing some of that "fortune telling" stuff that CBT tries to address. When you start using "should" and "never" and "always" in your self-assessments you are painting yourself in a corner that doesn't exist. I'm just now starting to get involved with some CBT and *trying* to put the med hassles on the backburner. My biggest troubles are overgeneralization and catastrophic thinking. Of course, for now I welcome the challenges of managing to not get too high! It took me three tries at college to make it through and get a reasonably decent job. You are going to do OK. I wished the treatments that are available now were available when I was 19.
Hey,
Unforunately, this is comes from the past 7 years of experience. Due to the side effects of nardil, I have lost 3 relationships and am not able to advance in my job (maybe in fact in on the verge of losing the job?). I have lost many friends and family due to my illness as well. I wish CBT could go back and erase those realities, but it can't.
Thanks again.
Jumpy
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