Posted by Quintal on June 17, 2007, at 0:28:55
In reply to Re: Wonder if I Have Akathesia inability to sit bu » Quintal, posted by Phillipa on June 16, 2007, at 22:51:38
The thing is that you've given up 5mg Valium and you do seem to be noticing something Phillipa. It's great that you're managing to to be more independent, but as you say, you might be going a little too fast for comfort. There's a tendency to try and do it all at once to prove yourself in a way, but often that just wears you down and you end up back in the same place you started, feeling defeated. Give yourself a break and congratulate yourself for driving to the appointment yourself. My counselor often advised me to give myself a reward after each thing I forced myself to do - a piece of chocolate cake, a beer, or a codeine tablet, whatever, so that I associated these tasks with something pleasant and felt better after doing them. Might be something to try? How about you reward yourself with a beer at night on the days you've spent exposing yourself?
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