Posted by LlurpsieNoodle on August 5, 2007, at 9:59:45
In reply to Re: OMG forgot to take my meds » LlurpsieNoodle, posted by sunnydays on August 5, 2007, at 7:48:29
> Is it possible you were doing ok even though you forgot to take them? Not taking your meds one day doesn't mean you will automatically sink into the depths of despair. It seems like you are putting an awful lot of faith in the meds, when they are there to help you. But even though part of your mood is surely biological, part isn't. I just wonder if you could take more of a feeling of ownership over the part that isn't biological if you might start feeling better?
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Sunnydays, that's one of the things we're working on in therapy these days. me gaining a sense of empowerment over my moods and emotions. Rather than just allow them to dictate how I will feel, what I will get done etc. We're working on how I can make choices that will stop an ugly mood in its tracks, and minimizing the triggers that will cause it to arise in the first place. ownership is exactly right. I don't mind owning an elephant. Elephants require a lot of food, and they are very powerful, but they are also delicate, gentle, intelligent, sensitive and cute. Sometimes they are enraged and it's really scary, but sometimes all they need are a few bananas and they are happy with the world.right now it's especially important for me to take all my meds at the right time as prescribed. It's only been 9 days since I totally changed most of my pills, and 2 days since I upped my dose of antidepress. that means that I may have not reached steady state plasma concentration for some of my chemicals, which could induce a lot of mood swings and other unpleasantries (bad bad thoughts). Aside from some massive fatigue (forgot to take provigil) and apathy/lethargy, I felt okay moodwise. So maybe things are changing.
(((((((elephants))))))
-Ll
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