Posted by bleauberry on June 19, 2013, at 14:46:18
In reply to Re: Beat it » bleauberry, posted by SLS on June 13, 2013, at 6:07:19
Thanks Scott! I'm not sure any of us will ever reach the kind of remission we dream of. Even if we did, there is no turning back the clock on age. What I have found is that focus on the journey itself is more important than focus on the desired end.
Since you asked how I am doing, I'm ok. Psychiatric symptoms are about 70% gone generally overall, not even an issue a lot of times, and there are some days that are pretty close to remission. The good days have become more frequent in the last few months. I am constantly baffled by how long it can take. It took me 2 years before I saw any psychiatric improvement at all.
Right now one of the 3 antibiotics I am on is Flagyl which is known to cause an unexplained deep depression, which feels like it is on the edge but doesn't quite happen. Compared to any time 3 years ago, I am well past the point of what a researcher of an SSRI would call a responder. 70% is good. Shootin for more though, always.
The biggest area of improvement came in the anhedonia/motivation/dysthymia stuff. Which were my worst symptoms all along, and the ones none of the psych meds were able to help much.
Scott what meds are you on these days and how are you doing? It is good to talk with you again.
> How selfish of me.
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> I neglected to ask you how you are doing. You were gone for quite awhile. I hope you have attained a state of remission that allows you to live the life you would like to lead.
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> - Scott
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