Posted by Guy on August 3, 2007, at 14:50:34
I went to a new pdoc for the first time today. Explained my life-long anxiety, and eleven years of phobia, insomnia, pain and suicidal ideation. I also pointed out the rampant alcoholism and psychiatric problems on my mother's side of the family, and the fact that both my aunt and father committed suicide. He said that the only problem I have is that I think too much, and that if I am to continue to see him I would have to wean off all meds and focus on psycho-therapy. (His bible is "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle.) I would love to get off meds and try to get my negative thoughts and emotions under control, but was shocked by the way he treated me just like someone who has a slight case of the jitters. I'm sure he has never gone for days on end without sleep, felt chronic pain and debilitating anxiety, or been close to suicide. He said the benzos are for short-term use only, but offered no real plan for weaning me off clonazepam. I'm supposed to use my mind to overcome everything--panic, insomnia, withdrawal, depression. I don't mind challenges but this sounds like climbing Mt. Everest with no clothes on!
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