Posted by zenhussy on November 16, 2005, at 19:20:22
In reply to pdoc, posted by ghost on November 16, 2005, at 17:47:21
> my pdoc said i'm "in a cycle." that's why i haven't been sleeping or eating. i didn't tell her about the SA and that it'd come up recently.
maybe in time you'll feel more comfortable with your T and ask if she ever consults with client's physicians. both pdoc and therapist for our case consult regularly and feel free to contact one another about anything that comes up that affects treatment. we gladly signed the release forms after seeing how helpful having everyone on the same page was.
it doesn't work like that for everyone. in time you'll figure out what your needs are for support and which professionals you can turn to for help.
and as for looking so normal but being a wreck on the inside? that's most people with mental disease/disorder. people are good actors because society often requires no deviation from expected roles.
> anyhow. i love my pdoc to death. and she might well be right. it could just be a cycle triggered by the SA memories and the change in weather (it snowed today for the first time). she wrote me a script for a light box. i forgot to stop at the light box store on the way home though, so i'll have to try tomorrow. she said my insurance might cover it. and if they don't, she might be able to make them. she gave me ambien cr, too, to try, even though i hate taking stuff to sleep. maybe the lightbox will help with that. there's some study about how a lightbox treatment in the AM will help you think it's summer/daytime, and that way your body gets tired 12 hrs later. maybe this belongs on another board. i don't care. sorry.
that's so awesome you have a pdoc you like and who is trying to help you however she can. yeah taking sleep medication isn't most ppl's favourite thing to do but lack of sleep leads to way worse problems.
there are lots of ppl on these boards who use light therapy and could go on at length about it. we know they exist we just don't feel like searching at this moment :p
get some Ambien® assisted rest and in a few days with more sleep and the addition of the light box you might feel like a different woman!
tc ghosty.
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