Posted by stargazer on May 7, 2007, at 17:23:27
In reply to Re: TEXAS IMPLEMENTATION OF MED ALGORITHMS (TIMA), posted by Squiggles on May 7, 2007, at 16:50:23
I want someone to help me figure this out, that algoritm has 91 pages, I can't print that out to read, I'll lose what little mind I have left.
I can sometimes help myself but lately I want an expert to help me, is this too much to ask? If we can't rely on these experts who study this stuff, it is really sad and paints a dismal picture of psychiatry. The average, depressed person cannot read and understand any of this algorthm and I do not have the ability to focus and know what to read, not read to get any idea of what may help ME!
Many here have backgounds in medicine, pharmacueticals and that is a blessing for them and for many of us that can benefit from their knowledge but I want someone who can give me the benefit of their training and and research to be able to know what can help my situation. I'm very tired of it all, it is too much to try and figure out, along with trying to just get through an average day in my world. My comphrehension is next to nothing, I don't read anymore, I can't read the paper or even watch TV anymore. I have no memory left, I used to be rather intelligent but 30 years of depression has ruined my confidence from so many failures, that I don't trust my instincts anymore. I don't think I can do alot of this on my own, for the simple reason is that I don't trust me abilities anymore. I seem to be failing fast.
That is why I've called in the Big Guns to help me, if they can't, I may just give up the fight. That is how i'm starting to feel and I haven't felt like this for a long time.
I may want to try Nardil again but I want this so called expert to point me in the right direction so I can feel hopeful that new or better options exist for me. It is all I have left to try, short of treating myself with online meds and that seems too reckless to me. But I wouldn't rule it out completely.
I may see if this expert can work with my pdoc together so they can use eachother consultively and do with me what they like, I don't even care what they want to try as long as it has a shot at working.
Stargazer
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