Posted by LostBoyinNCReturns on March 13, 2012, at 23:32:19
Ive reached a crossroads in my life and CPAP gear for sleep apnea helps me more than meds. I dont take that many meds anymore, but still see a shrink every two months for thirty minutes. Ive never had an actual suicide attempt since I first began going to a psychiatrist in late 97 and only had one short hospitalisation over ten years ago.
I believe strongly that I could be ditch the Pdoc and get my 50 mg zoloft and klonopin from a primary care doc instead. And just focus on maximizing my sleep apnea therapy with my sleep medicine doc. As that is what has helped me the most.
Specifically, what has helped me the most is this scenario: 1) adhering to CPAP therapy; 2) lots of aggressive aerobic exercise regulary which helps keep my blood pressure low and burns off stress; 3) 50 zoloft, no more as I get "activation syndrome" if I try to take more than 50 mg for more than about two days; 4) cut back on the klonopin Im taking.
Ive found when I do the four things above and cut my klonopin back, my memory starts returning and my thought process starts normalizing like pre-97 levels.
My shrink acts kind of jealous believe or not and acts almost as if he dislikes my CPAP gear. I dont hate the guy and actually like him as a person. It is just I feel like psychiatry has become a weight holding me down.
Anybody else here ditched psychiatry if they found something else (sleep medicine, endocrine, etc.) did it for you more than psychiatry?
And how do you do it when youve been "stuck at it" for so many years?
thanks,
Eric
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