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Posted by Lucia Francisca on January 19, 2006, at 8:27:28
I've been taking Seroquel for about two and a half months now. just yesterday i started feeling absolutely horrible. i've got a lot to feel horrible about right now. i'm trying to finish my ph.d. and writing my dissertation and it just feels so hopeless right now. i've been living in penury and poverty as a grad student for almost 9 years now. i just want out. is it the meds that need to be upped? or is it my circumstances, or both? i'm going to call my therapist in about a half an hour to try to get an appointment today or soon. should i call my pdoc? can anyone please help me? any advice would be appreciated, sympathy. i really need it. i feel awful.
Posted by redscarlet on January 19, 2006, at 8:53:53
In reply to I feel terrible, posted by Lucia Francisca on January 19, 2006, at 8:27:28
> I've been taking Seroquel for about two and a half months now. just yesterday i started feeling absolutely horrible. i've got a lot to feel horrible about right now. i'm trying to finish my ph.d. and writing my dissertation and it just feels so hopeless right now. i've been living in penury and poverty as a grad student for almost 9 years now. i just want out. is it the meds that need to be upped? or is it my circumstances, or both? i'm going to call my therapist in about a half an hour to try to get an appointment today or soon. should i call my pdoc? can anyone please help me? any advice would be appreciated, sympathy. i really need it. i feel awful.
I can't say if you need to increase your meds or not but I do know that living in an environment where money is ALWAYS an issue that it DOES have an effect on one self. It wears you down after a while. I know because I'm on disability for my illness and I have to watch every penny.
Money allows for comfort and fun, things we all need, at least some times.
If you can do something nice for yourself today that may make you feel better and talking / seeing your therapist will help too.
Hang in there, it will get better... :-)
Posted by Emily Elizabeth on January 19, 2006, at 9:42:13
In reply to I feel terrible, posted by Lucia Francisca on January 19, 2006, at 8:27:28
1. Grad school is torture. The end is in sight, though. You gotta hang in there. You mentioned that you are ABD, right? I know that for me, one of the hardest things is the social isolation. Could this be part of things for you?
2. I always find my T to be helpful in deciding if I should call my pdoc. Perhaps yours might have some thoughts.
3. ((((LF))))
Best,
EE
Posted by Lucia Francisca on January 19, 2006, at 11:07:41
In reply to Re: I feel terrible » Lucia Francisca, posted by Emily Elizabeth on January 19, 2006, at 9:42:13
Thank you both, red scarlet and Emily Elizabeth.
Posted by Phillipa on January 19, 2006, at 21:08:28
In reply to Re: I feel terrible, posted by Lucia Francisca on January 19, 2006, at 11:07:41
When you watch others being able to do fun things and your own funds just cover neccessities it is so hard. Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by jflange on January 20, 2006, at 18:40:13
In reply to I feel terrible, posted by Lucia Francisca on January 19, 2006, at 8:27:28
I don't know about Seroquel, but I am in the exact same situation you are (finishing dissertation, 9 years in grad school, poverty). Even my relatively good med situation doesn't always take the anxiety and stress away and some days are hard. So I think it's perfectly normal to feel awful sometimes.
But if you don't feel like you are having any good days after a week or so, I would talk to your shrink to see what can be done with your medication. Also, I would also consider getting into a dissertation support group, and see how your experiences measure up with what others say. I went to one of them on my campus and that's all I needed.
Feel better,
jflange
Posted by Lucia Francisca on January 22, 2006, at 13:36:27
In reply to Re: I feel terrible, posted by jflange on January 20, 2006, at 18:40:13
Hi. Thanks for the message. I don't know--when I'm down I just feel like i can't even be with people don't want to be with people, so how can i be in a diss support group? i was in a diss reading group and it did help a lot, was even fun with a few other women. but now, when i'm down, or even when i feel better i seem to resist joining groups or even doing social stuff sometimes because i feel like i'm ok and don't need it or can do it on my own. i wonder if i have social anxiety or anything like that. i get really stressed and nervous and anxious showing my work to other people. i get very nervous i overthink things. how can i break out of this paradox of needing people but not being able to reach out?
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