Posted by yxibow on March 19, 2008, at 3:01:43
In reply to Re: Racer » yxibow, posted by Phillipa on March 17, 2008, at 19:23:36
> Jay oh I agree with you so much. Valium you're going down off of? Love Phillipa
I have been slowly and now extremely slowly and its been parked for a while.
If I go down on it more while I'm attempting to do therapeutic assignments I run the risk of extreme withdrawal effects that aren't what you would assume -- my anxiety comes out in so many other ways that the gastrointestinal upset pales to having my "functionality" reduced.
I don't want long periods of time where my parents have to help a few aspects of my life and I feel extremely trapped because there may be days on end when I don't drive.
Yet, in the same tone there will come a time eventually that I either reduce it 5mg at a time over weeks (most people do NOT have to do this medically and evidence based, I have multiple pickles you could say that I am in, but this is life in the Here and Now) -- eventually get to a point where I can reduce it and try Clozaril or just accept the benefits of Seroquel far exceeding risks for some indefinite time.
Its not a place I like to be, but I think the thing to focus on is what I can do and not think of myself as permanently ill, because it doesn't help, and in fact my "functionality" has increased relatively, with some ups and downs. Its to focus on the positive things that I am capable of and the positive traits that are still there, under the mental fog, confusion, and baffling symptoms.
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