Posted by headachequeen on November 12, 2003, at 16:45:24
In reply to re: hey, whoa! » Sabina, posted by Nervz on November 12, 2003, at 15:23:05
>> It's so hard to communicate without the use of facial expression and voice inflection. <<
Then, when you want to communicate facial expression insert the little things that help you translate them.... like the <s> and <g> for smile and grin or <S> and <G> for bog smile and big grin...
or LOL for Laughing out Loud and there are always the :( that means a grimace I think??? and the :) that means a smile and that is the end of my fourth language...
sometimes you can invent images that help translate your facial language...
Once in a while there are people on lists who are students conducting blind studies... they need to be shot down.... arrgghhhh (one of my favourite expressions to express myself and I have added it to my outside language as well... so much for the literate person I thought I was lol)
>>I didn't mean to put my bad mood on anyone else.<<
You didn't put your bad mood on me at least... I wanted you to realise that no one to my knowledge at least and I admit I have not been here for more than a couple of months is here to hurt anyone else... the intention is to learn and to share...
and you can relax... really you can...
I have learned that...>>My anxiety disorder makes me VERY hesitant to try new meds. I've even lied to my pdoc about meds that I never even had filled.<<
Hey! Been there, did that, and may have the t-shirts made... I have all sorts of prescriptions in my purses and briefcases that are waiting to see the light of day because I am not sure they are the ones that I really want to take... or because I have not yet completed the previous doses...or in the case of the effexor, immovane, and zyprexa I had already quit taking the stuff and had not the nerve to tell him in case he quit treating me... non-compliant patients and all that :(
I really thought the anti-d's were doing more harm than good and it was time to stop, so I stopped with no idea that it was not something I could just do on my own... and I am supposed to be intelligent (sigh) -- I had also cut back on my allergy meds a few days before because he felt the dosage was much too high and potentially risky... I was originally taking 8 a day of hydroxyzine (Atarax) and had cut down to 4 a day at his suggestion and had cut down to 2 a few days before with quite a struggle... the Effexor/Zyprexa/Immovane stoppage was no problem compared to that...
When I finally told him he was not angry... and I was relieved...
so you see, we are not all that different..
you have to trust us...
we are quite a mixed group and there is a lot of help here, so I have found...
I have learned so much here...
and you will too... trust me....
and we know you are a nice person....
You just have to learn to let us be us and let you be that nice person and let all of us interact comfortably...
kat
I swear I'm a nice person --- Nervz
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