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Posted by DanielJ on January 21, 2006, at 23:07:48
Reality says there is no overnight cure, we all know that. If you have suffered a major episode the best course of action is to get on the correct medications. Example: Schizophrenia Zyprexa 10 -20 mg Zoloft 50 - 100 mg. If it's another illness try to get on the standard formula for that problem, and stick with it if it begins to work. It will take time to recover if your Pdoc isn't working out find a better one and then explain your history to the new one. Don't say been there done that, there are setbacks followed by marked improvements, whatever place you are in now you know where you are and it is up to you to make positive decisions. Draw off the successful times from your own experiences. Find a friend or a relative you can trust and talk about it. Post your thoughts here and we will do our best to help and give advice.
Posted by Guy on January 22, 2006, at 11:54:04
In reply to For those who are losing hope, posted by DanielJ on January 21, 2006, at 23:07:48
Thanks for the encouragement...thoughts of suicide are once again starting to creep in. After 10 years of struggling with severe anxiety and just generally feeling sick I am beginning to wonder if death really is such a bad thing. When I look back to the time when I was a normal, functioning human being, tears come to my eyes because I know that is forever lost. I am 52 now and just don't know how I am going to bear this suffering until the end arrives. I hate the meds I'm on because they make me fat, lethargic and impotent. I used to be a 20 k runner with tons of energy and a great love of the outdoors. My big mistake was thinking I could solve my problems by popping pills...now I'm hooked and even a slow taper leads to unbearable misery.
Posted by DanielJ on January 22, 2006, at 16:36:51
In reply to Re: For those who are losing hope, posted by Guy on January 22, 2006, at 11:54:04
I don't know what point you are on your meds. My son who is 18 has been able to cut back his Anti Psychotic from 20 mg to 10 mg over the last year. Sometimes you have to get a pill cutter or just cut down 2.5 mg at a time every few months. He was not having any energy and I believed he was over medicated. The Pdoc agreed. That was Zyprexa but Zoloft might be another story, since for him it reduces obsessions and compulsions and that can be a problem for him.
Posted by Phillipa on January 22, 2006, at 22:14:16
In reply to Re: For those who are losing hope, posted by Guy on January 22, 2006, at 11:54:04
Guy I'm in the same boat you are about to sink. Same age bracket wanting to work and unable too. there just has to be hope for us. A big hug for us both. Love Phillipa
Posted by shasling on January 23, 2006, at 11:43:39
In reply to Re: For those who are losing hope » Guy, posted by Phillipa on January 22, 2006, at 22:14:16
Phillipa, Are you OK? You are always supporting others and don't so much mention your own situation. Since I've been here, anyway. You are always so sweet, I hate to hear you feel you may be in danger of sinking. Please hang on, fight that.
True, very big hugs for both of you.
Suzie
Posted by nicky847 on January 23, 2006, at 13:30:44
In reply to Re: For those who are losing hope » Phillipa, posted by shasling on January 23, 2006, at 11:43:39
Guy-
Good post!
A frustrating thing is that setbacks can be so sudden and dramatic..improvement so slow and gradual...all improvement is gradual though...patience and recognizing even the smallest success is so vital..
anyway thanks that was nice post
Posted by deniseuk on February 8, 2006, at 11:35:18
In reply to Re: For those who are losing hope, posted by Guy on January 22, 2006, at 11:54:04
Guy,
Sometimes I really do know how you feel, I keep going but I don't really value my own life and haven't for a long time.
All I can say is try everything there is to try, including drastic things if necessary.
I would even consider things like ECT or Deep Brain Stimulation if there was a chance that they would work and that the benefits outweighed the risks.
I do sometimes think about killing myself, it's a nice fantasy, the fact that I could maybe take control and end my problem once and for all but then I usually latch onto something else, like another pill I can try or new treatments on the horizon and I keep going.
Having said that if I didn't have Zyprexa to take when I really really felt awful then I don't know what I would do.
Denise
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