Posted by Pfinstegg on April 5, 2003, at 21:50:09
In reply to Re: I'm depressed. » Pfinstegg, posted by Dinah on April 5, 2003, at 20:04:23
Well, that's the most important thing - to feel truly safe with and attached to him. It can take a long time to get that far, and it's the most profound and wonderful thing that could possibly happen. I guess the step of widening that security out into the world has to happen naturally in its own time. I seem to have somehow found a therapist who is making things happen awfully quickly! (at a terrifying rate, honestly.)
As you know if you read any of my PB posts, I also feel certain that there is a strong physical component to all of the problems we are facing. It's discouraging how little anyone really knows about them, and how hit-or-miss the medications we have to take are. Every single one of them has awful side effects for so many people. One of the medications I used to take was Zyprexa, 5 mg. which is a lot like Risperidal. It worked beautifully, only I gained 50 pounds in 8 months, ruined my formerly excellent blood lipids and became pre-diabetic! I've gotten everything back to where it was, physically, but am still stunned that I was given this medication without a word as to what it might do to my physical health! And at the time, I was too trusting (stupid) to check independently. So I can empathize with what happened to you with Risperidal. But maybe you can take it every other day or on occasion.
Hope the "meltdown" is rapidly firming up!
Pfinstegg
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