Posted by Ruby2 on January 16, 2012, at 11:08:36
In reply to Re: TMS and post-depression anxiety » creepy, posted by SLS on January 16, 2012, at 6:28:53
Can't tell you what a relief it is to hear from you all that this shift is normal and will be helped with a therapist. I've had lots of therapy in the past but most of it was before the last two major clinical depressions set in. It has been about 3 years now that I've been suffering to some degree another and the past 6 months were torture.
I highly recommend TMS to folks...can't believe the change it has brought about in such a short amount of time. I have to travel about an hour and a half to get to the place where i get treatment and for a couple weeks went everyday. i'm still waiting to hear if the insurance will cover it or not; i had to take a loan out against my retirement to pay for it but it is TOTALLY worth the cost.
I guess I need the patience and the therapy to work through this anxiety about returning to "normal" and "well" --whatever those things are, seems so hard to remember and I don't want to set the expectation to high for what I can and can't do. And I would imagine that after 3 years of illness it is going to take some months to recover. Patience.
Don't know if I'll be coming off many meds. We're shifting some around a bit and after a period of stability then I think we'll start thinking about pulling some of the meds back. Wish that could happen sooner but I trust my pdoc and the pdoc at the treatment center that I see and they are talking with one another and that is good. Again patience!
Oh, thank you all so much for your encouragement and support. I deeply appreciate it.
I pray for good health and recovery for each of you.
Ruby
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