Posted by portage on July 3, 2005, at 3:09:43
In reply to please can you give me your evaulation of me, posted by rjlockhart98 on July 2, 2005, at 22:40:20
keep a daily, or hourly if necessary, journal of your moods. maybe how much you sleep and what you eat. what time of day you take your meds. are you consistant. this could come in real handy when you eventually consult a psychiatrist.
i know the hyperness well, as well as the regret and depression. it can easily manifest itself into anxiety or panic or dysphoric mania (the worrrrst)your at a really tough spot, i had such a personality crisis back when my moods were switching like that.
but now i know who i am and what i love, what my faults are and my good qualities, and i cant tell you how much that helps me keep perspective and cope when i fall into a bad mood. and to augment a good mood. and to be really forgiving of myself.as crazy as i was when i was rapid-cycling and having panic attacks..i really really, i know its weird, but i'm thankful. its given me such empathy and helped me forgive so many people for things i found myself doing when i was caught up in an emotion.
its sooo humbling, and has made me so aware of my emotions, of other people's , of all the different shapes reality can take, of the fragility of all of it and how strange and beautiful, if confusing and painful, the mind is.
these next months are really important for you, not just in finding a diagnosis (which i personally dont think is all that important) but in finding meds that work, SOME kind of understanding with your mom. do you live with father or have any siblings? just curious. and because your 18. sort of a crossroads-age for everyone; for someone dealing with things that your dealing with, it can be a HUGE crisis.
i know you just saw a psychiatrist, but you should schedule another appointment to adress the mood swings.
newer neuroleptics help alot of people with anxiety and are even used as mood stabalizers in some. seroquel works well with me.
and remember? we do have quite a bit in common you and me, symptomatically (if thats not a word it should be.) speaking.paxil caused me to rapid-cycle, but suprizingly zoloft stabalizes me.
my rapid-cycling was med-induced, and since stopping the paxil i havent experienced that again ( its been over a year). perhaps your just on a wrong med combo right now.
and about benzos, i personally couldnt survive w/out them. i take xanax and not often, only when i feel like i may have a panic attack. it also just gives me peace of mind knowing i have them. i'm a little tired of all the benzo-bashing.
i'm not sure that was an evaluation of you, but those are my thoughts.
your asking for an evaulation of you. i dont know that anyone on this board can do that. remember that alot of the advice on this board are personal opinions, and that no one REALLY knows you like you know yourself. and no one can give you the expert medical advice you need like youd get face-to-face with a psychiatrist. take this stuff with a grain of salt and maybe spend some some at the psychology section at the bookstore. page through the dsm. read up about the meds your on.
and take it easy. dont do nothin crazy and take kare.
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