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Posted by chiron on April 23, 2002, at 15:02:09
There are times during the following:
At work at a desk, in a car as a passenger, sitting in class, in a social situation; that I feel miserable/heightened nerves and want to get the hell out, but feel trapped.
Any others? What drugs help?
What's a good profession to avoid being "trapped?" In my head I feel ambitious, but my reality is too agitated & depressed.
Posted by mist on April 23, 2002, at 16:27:17
In reply to Miserable trapped feeling, posted by chiron on April 23, 2002, at 15:02:09
I feel this way too at times. I don't know what the answer is. I hate it when I'm expected to sit in one spot for any period of time. It drives me crazy. I can do it if it's my choice, but not if I'm supposed to do it, such as to appear that I'm hard at work at my desk when I can't even concentrate. I have thought of going into a type of work where I can move around freely, but I don't know what, that would suit me otherwise.
> There are times during the following:
>
> At work at a desk, in a car as a passenger, sitting in class, in a social situation; that I feel miserable/heightened nerves and want to get the hell out, but feel trapped.
>
> Any others? What drugs help?
> What's a good profession to avoid being "trapped?" In my head I feel ambitious, but my reality is too agitated & depressed.
Posted by Kat26 on April 24, 2002, at 13:28:51
In reply to Re: Miserable trapped feeling, posted by mist on April 23, 2002, at 16:27:17
Do you think it could be something like claustrophobia?
Posted by Krazy Kat on April 24, 2002, at 19:17:49
In reply to Miserable trapped feeling, posted by chiron on April 23, 2002, at 15:02:09
chiron:
i have felt this. i am bipolar. i have a feeling a lot of mental disorders create this feeling at times.
i think mist hit it on the head - we need more control over our schedules than others do. if i know i can get away from something for a little while, it helps immensely. if i know i can hide in the closet all day occasionally, it helps immensely.
i don't know what you "have" - do you have a dr. yet to help with this?
as a bipolar, depakote has helped me, but it's all so complicated... and i still get these feelings time to time. sometimes i leave the grocery store as soon as i get in b/c it freaks me out.
- kk
Posted by Cindylou on April 25, 2002, at 6:02:12
In reply to Re: Miserable trapped feeling » chiron, posted by Krazy Kat on April 24, 2002, at 19:17:49
Kat --
This is off the subject, but I was wondering if you are still thinking of the pregnancy thing? I remember you were going off a med in order to try ...I just went off Lamictal in order to try to get pregnant. I didn't think the Lamictal was helping me too much, but now I KNOW it was helping some because I am a big mess.
I was wondering if you learned about mood stabilizers and pregnancy -- is depakote a better option than Lamictal? How are you doing on Depakote? My pdoc wants to try it ...
Hope this all isn't too personal. Thanks --
cindy
> chiron:
>
> i have felt this. i am bipolar. i have a feeling a lot of mental disorders create this feeling at times.
>
> i think mist hit it on the head - we need more control over our schedules than others do. if i know i can get away from something for a little while, it helps immensely. if i know i can hide in the closet all day occasionally, it helps immensely.
>
> i don't know what you "have" - do you have a dr. yet to help with this?
>
> as a bipolar, depakote has helped me, but it's all so complicated... and i still get these feelings time to time. sometimes i leave the grocery store as soon as i get in b/c it freaks me out.
> - kk
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