Posted by nicky847 on March 2, 2004, at 13:46:01
In reply to Re: A hopeful step ahead-Bluesfan » nicky847, posted by bluesfan on March 2, 2004, at 13:05:41
You're gonna be just fine...the fact that the thoughts are getting less intense is a great sign..that is what happens..they dont go away all at once..they just get less and less intrusive and soon you stop responding to them with fear..then they just go away..
my scary thoughts have subsided for the most part too...which is great..the only thing negative i can say is that i had a panic attack sunday so i was worried that it might snowball into depression again...i guess the plus is that i know what caused it..i was an idiot and went out drinking with my friends on sat. night and the fatigue from that brought on the panic attack..so now i am reminded why they put in big letters DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL on the bottle of medicine :p..
but i am taking care of myself alot better now..i was kind of running myself down lately and not paying attention to my body so the panic attack was kind of a wake up call that i need to take better care of myself..and the lexapro is a great help too so all in all i think im gonna be OK :)..
> I'm still having the same type of thoughts, but they don't seem to be as severe. Things aren't quite as graphic and specific as before, and I'm able to concentrate on other things. The pdoc said he hoped the increase in Lexapro and talk therapy would remove these negative thoughts completely. Good luck to you.....I'm trying to take things a day at a time as well.
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> > Are you still having the same negative thoughts you were before? if so i'm sorry to hear that..i know it takes time..although i felt much better after a couple of months, the first time i got an AD's it took a good 5-6 months before i really felt back to my old self...but to me it sounds like you are doing exactly what you should be doing in following up with your doc so you will be OK..
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> > as for how im doing now i am doing well..still not 100% but doing things one day at a time and feeling good most of the time..
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> > > Things aren't going too bad, how about you? They wanted to bump me up to 20mg because of all of the negative thoughts I continue to have. I don't like the fact that the fatigue side effect has really set in again, but I know it will go away soon. Hopefully I will be able to stay on this dosage for awhile. I could really notice a change for the better on 10mg, but I know I'm not where I want to be yet. I go back at the end of the month for talk therapy as well as another checkup to see how my dosage is treating me.
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