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"GlennT" |
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19 Oct 2007 08:47:11 AM |
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Finding the right medication. |
Took years. Now I haven't changed for nearly seven years and I'm being
challenged to do so. The thing is I don't know if it's a change in my
health or a simple challenge to it from the frontal lobe. I know if I
feel too challenged I will freeze like a deer in the headlights. That
could explain my present mindset. Too scared to move forward and too
wise to step back.
I have an appointment to see my doc next week. Yet this seems a
question I have to answer. To struggle to find a safe place to be is
one thing. Moving on from that is something very different. I feel a
thumb sucking need coming on.
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| User: "Jane" |
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| Title: Re: Finding the right medication. |
19 Oct 2007 05:58:29 PM |
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"GlennT" <Glenn.Judith@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1192801631.941202.203020@y27g2000pre.googlegroups.com...
Took years. Now I haven't changed for nearly seven years and I'm being
challenged to do so. The thing is I don't know if it's a change in my
health or a simple challenge to it from the frontal lobe. I know if I
feel too challenged I will freeze like a deer in the headlights. That
could explain my present mindset. Too scared to move forward and too
wise to step back.
I have an appointment to see my doc next week. Yet this seems a
question I have to answer. To struggle to find a safe place to be is
one thing. Moving on from that is something very different. I feel a
thumb sucking need coming on.
so great to see you writing!!!!
Hopefully the change will be simple and quick for you, I'll keep my fingers
crossed!
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| User: "GlennT" |
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| Title: Re: Finding the right medication. |
21 Oct 2007 10:06:20 AM |
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On Oct 20, 11:58 am, "Jane" <jarsenal66nos...@hotmail.com> wrote:
"GlennT" <Glenn.Jud...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1192801631.941202.203020@y27g2000pre.googlegroups.com...
Took years. Now I haven't changed for nearly seven years and I'm being
challenged to do so. The thing is I don't know if it's a change in my
health or a simple challenge to it from the frontal lobe. I know if I
feel too challenged I will freeze like a deer in the headlights. That
could explain my present mindset. Too scared to move forward and too
wise to step back.
I have an appointment to see my doc next week. Yet this seems a
question I have to answer. To struggle to find a safe place to be is
one thing. Moving on from that is something very different. I feel a
thumb sucking need coming on.
so great to see you writing!!!!
Hopefully the change will be simple and quick for you, I'll keep my fingers
crossed!
The change was simple because I decided not to do it. You should see
my letters to my utility company... fucking prose!!!
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| User: "Rhiannon" |
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| Title: Re: Finding the right medication. |
19 Oct 2007 11:08:29 AM |
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"GlennT" <Glenn.Judith@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1192801631.941202.203020@y27g2000pre.googlegroups.com...
Took years. Now I haven't changed for nearly seven years and I'm being
challenged to do so. The thing is I don't know if it's a change in my
health or a simple challenge to it from the frontal lobe. I know if I
feel too challenged I will freeze like a deer in the headlights. That
could explain my present mindset. Too scared to move forward and too
wise to step back.
I have an appointment to see my doc next week. Yet this seems a
question I have to answer. To struggle to find a safe place to be is
one thing. Moving on from that is something very different. I feel a
thumb sucking need coming on.
I may be facing the same thing med wise, but it could be as simple as a
temporary increase and back down to a maintenance dose. Anyway...hi Glenn!
I missed you!
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Rhi
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| User: "GlennT" |
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| Title: Re: Finding the right medication. |
21 Oct 2007 09:57:21 AM |
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On Oct 20, 5:08 am, "Rhiannon" <rhia...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
"GlennT" <Glenn.Jud...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1192801631.941202.203020@y27g2000pre.googlegroups.com...
Took years. Now I haven't changed for nearly seven years and I'm being
challenged to do so. The thing is I don't know if it's a change in my
health or a simple challenge to it from the frontal lobe. I know if I
feel too challenged I will freeze like a deer in the headlights. That
could explain my present mindset. Too scared to move forward and too
wise to step back.
I have an appointment to see my doc next week. Yet this seems a
question I have to answer. To struggle to find a safe place to be is
one thing. Moving on from that is something very different. I feel a
thumb sucking need coming on.
I may be facing the same thing med wise, but it could be as simple as a
temporary increase and back down to a maintenance dose. Anyway...hi Glenn!
I missed you!
--
Rhi
Hey Rhi,
Good luck with the med thing. For me it was a bit of a lot of little
things I needed to put right. I am getting older. 50 next birthday.
And I can't keep burning the candle at three ends.This is a marathon
not a sprint.
That and giving myself a break. Don't miss me, aim more carefully!
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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| Title: Re: Finding the right medication. |
19 Oct 2007 09:38:25 AM |
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GlennT wrote...
Took years. Now I haven't changed for nearly seven years
and I'm being challenged to do so. The thing is I don't
know if it's a change in my health or a simple challenge to
it from the frontal lobe. I know if I feel too challenged I
will freeze like a deer in the headlights. That could
explain my present mindset. Too scared to move forward and
too wise to step back.
I have an appointment to see my doc next week. Yet this
seems a question I have to answer. To struggle to find a
safe place to be is one thing. Moving on from that is
something very different. I feel a thumb sucking need
coming on.
It is scary, but if what you're doing's not working so well
anymore, then it's probably time. There's new ones out there
now that seem more like fine-tuned versions of older meds.
Maybe one (or a combo) will be the right one for you.
Best of luck with it, Glenn. And do try to stop in to let us
know how it's going. I've thought of you often, especially
since my kids were in New Zealand a few months ago. You've
been awfully quiet.
-lisa
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| User: "GlennT" |
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| Title: Re: Finding the right medication. |
21 Oct 2007 09:51:14 AM |
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On Oct 20, 3:38 am, "lisa in mass." <mcc...@rcn.com> wrote:
GlennT wrote...
Took years. Now I haven't changed for nearly seven years
and I'm being challenged to do so. The thing is I don't
know if it's a change in my health or a simple challenge to
it from the frontal lobe. I know if I feel too challenged I
will freeze like a deer in the headlights. That could
explain my present mindset. Too scared to move forward and
too wise to step back.
I have an appointment to see my doc next week. Yet this
seems a question I have to answer. To struggle to find a
safe place to be is one thing. Moving on from that is
something very different. I feel a thumb sucking need
coming on.
It is scary, but if what you're doing's not working so well
anymore, then it's probably time. There's new ones out there
now that seem more like fine-tuned versions of older meds.
Maybe one (or a combo) will be the right one for you.
Best of luck with it, Glenn. And do try to stop in to let us
know how it's going. I've thought of you often, especially
since my kids were in New Zealand a few months ago. You've
been awfully quiet.
-lisa
Hey Lisa!
My cursor has disappeared so I'm typing blind. The truth is I haven't
been quiet at all. I have taken on the Women's Advisory Council in a
war of words with a strong argument that they are a representation of
Men's Clubs that the British Suffragettes sought to destroy. That they
are sexist, elitist and an anachronism that has no place in a country
with a woman leader, a woman as head of the biggest company and
females out performing males in all our school systems.
I have taken my family to a wild point (today) where the wind was
blowing and you could see the sea from three sides. We all leaned
against the wall of wind and howled. It was fun!
I have been all over trying not to be quiet. But this place is home to
many old friends all together in a club I don't want to join.
So I just drop by now and then.
<smooch>
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| User: "mighty mouse" |
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| Title: Re: Finding the right medication. |
19 Oct 2007 08:56:37 AM |
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GlennT wrote:
Took years. Now I haven't changed for nearly seven years and I'm being
challenged to do so. The thing is I don't know if it's a change in my
health or a simple challenge to it from the frontal lobe. I know if I
feel too challenged I will freeze like a deer in the headlights. That
could explain my present mindset. Too scared to move forward and too
wise to step back.
I have an appointment to see my doc next week. Yet this seems a
question I have to answer. To struggle to find a safe place to be is
one thing. Moving on from that is something very different. I feel a
thumb sucking need coming on.
Hi Glenn, good to see you! You're up late, aren't you? (I think you're
a couple of hours ahead of us, we're GMT+10 here).
It's a scary feeling isn't it, considering changing from a med that
works, but perhaps not as well as it could, and going back into the
unknown of trying something new and hoping it works, and hoping you hold
it together emotionally until the new med kicks in.
I've considered either changing my AD or adding something to it to boost
it. So far I haven't taken either option, partly because I'm not sure
the problem for me is medication based (possibly lifestyle or other
issues to be addressed via therapy) and partly because I'm not totally
sure the grass will be greener on the other side.
It's a gutsy call to make. Good luck which ever option you choose.
And I know you're busy, but don't be a stranger!
Kylie
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| User: "GlennT" |
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| Title: Re: Finding the right medication. |
21 Oct 2007 09:41:44 AM |
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On Oct 20, 2:56 am, mighty mouse <mousieNOSPAM9...@hotmail.com> wrote:
GlennT wrote:
Took years. Now I haven't changed for nearly seven years and I'm being
challenged to do so. The thing is I don't know if it's a change in my
health or a simple challenge to it from the frontal lobe. I know if I
feel too challenged I will freeze like a deer in the headlights. That
could explain my present mindset. Too scared to move forward and too
wise to step back.
I have an appointment to see my doc next week. Yet this seems a
question I have to answer. To struggle to find a safe place to be is
one thing. Moving on from that is something very different. I feel a
thumb sucking need coming on.
Hi Glenn, good to see you! You're up late, aren't you? (I think you're
a couple of hours ahead of us, we're GMT+10 here).
It's a scary feeling isn't it, considering changing from a med that
works, but perhaps not as well as it could, and going back into the
unknown of trying something new and hoping it works, and hoping you hold
it together emotionally until the new med kicks in.
I've considered either changing my AD or adding something to it to boost
it. So far I haven't taken either option, partly because I'm not sure
the problem for me is medication based (possibly lifestyle or other
issues to be addressed via therapy) and partly because I'm not totally
sure the grass will be greener on the other side.
It's a gutsy call to make. Good luck which ever option you choose.
And I know you're busy, but don't be a stranger!
Kylie
HI Kylie!
I don't tend to make decisions quickly. I read the responses carefully
and even though the feedback was mostly about accepting the change...
I went the other way.
I have decided to stick with what I have and deal with the other part
of me with whatever motivation I can muster. Just looking at the
problem for long enough made me realize it isn't a problem at all. It
is, to squander a cliche, an opportunity.
Now if I can just get out of bed...
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| User: "Truly Truls" |
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| Title: Re: Finding the right medication. |
19 Oct 2007 11:22:42 AM |
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On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:47:11 -0000, GlennT <Glenn.Judith@gmail.com>
wrote:
Took years. Now I haven't changed for nearly seven years and I'm being
challenged to do so. The thing is I don't know if it's a change in my
health or a simple challenge to it from the frontal lobe. I know if I
feel too challenged I will freeze like a deer in the headlights. That
could explain my present mindset. Too scared to move forward and too
wise to step back.
I have an appointment to see my doc next week. Yet this seems a
question I have to answer. To struggle to find a safe place to be is
one thing. Moving on from that is something very different. I feel a
thumb sucking need coming on.
As is often the case, you echo what's been going through my own head -
though I'm not contemplating med changes, but struggling to pay for
what I take.
I've been hiding a lot lately, numbing myself...
But as you've often said to me, trust yourself, you do make good
decisions.
TT
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Moving Beyond the Binary Gender Option
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| User: "GlennT" |
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| Title: Re: Finding the right medication. |
21 Oct 2007 10:05:09 AM |
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On Oct 20, 5:22 am, Truly Truls <truly.tr...@blahbblah.gmail.com>
wrote:
On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:47:11 -0000, GlennT <Glenn.Jud...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Took years. Now I haven't changed for nearly seven years and I'm being
challenged to do so. The thing is I don't know if it's a change in my
health or a simple challenge to it from the frontal lobe. I know if I
feel too challenged I will freeze like a deer in the headlights. That
could explain my present mindset. Too scared to move forward and too
wise to step back.
I have an appointment to see my doc next week. Yet this seems a
question I have to answer. To struggle to find a safe place to be is
one thing. Moving on from that is something very different. I feel a
thumb sucking need coming on.
As is often the case, you echo what's been going through my own head -
though I'm not contemplating med changes, but struggling to pay for
what I take.
I've been hiding a lot lately, numbing myself...
But as you've often said to me, trust yourself, you do make good
decisions.
TT
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Moving Beyond the Binary Gender Option
You do! We share some parallels. I think we always have. Its called
not wanting to be a victim.I have a close associate now with MS. She
has had her self-confidence dented and she is not even a depressive.
I know you tote the barge and carry the bale I know you are afraid and
alone a lot of the time because there is simply too much to deal with.
But you are not a victim and you are going to carry on to the bitter
end. I just want you to let yourself off the hook in a healthy way now
and then. And more importantly, not feel guilty about it.
Hugs
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| User: "Gator Slayer" |
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19 Oct 2007 11:12:46 AM |
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On Oct 19, 9:47?am, GlennT <Glenn.Jud...@gmail.com> wrote:
Took years. Now I haven't changed for nearly seven years and I'm being
challenged to do so. The thing is I don't know if it's a change in my
health or a simple challenge to it from the frontal lobe. I know if I
feel too challenged I will freeze like a deer in the headlights. That
could explain my present mindset. Too scared to move forward and too
wise to step back.
I have an appointment to see my doc next week. Yet this seems a
question I have to answer. To struggle to find a safe place to be is
one thing. Moving on from that is something very different. I feel a
thumb sucking need coming on.
This is gonna cause more confusion than a mouse in a burlesque show,
lexapro works.
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| User: "GlennT" |
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21 Oct 2007 09:58:13 AM |
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On Oct 20, 5:12 am, Gator Slayer <gatorisb...@aol.com> wrote:
On Oct 19, 9:47?am, GlennT <Glenn.Jud...@gmail.com> wrote:
Took years. Now I haven't changed for nearly seven years and I'm being
challenged to do so. The thing is I don't know if it's a change in my
health or a simple challenge to it from the frontal lobe. I know if I
feel too challenged I will freeze like a deer in the headlights. That
could explain my present mindset. Too scared to move forward and too
wise to step back.
I have an appointment to see my doc next week. Yet this seems a
question I have to answer. To struggle to find a safe place to be is
one thing. Moving on from that is something very different. I feel a
thumb sucking need coming on.
This is gonna cause more confusion than a mouse in a burlesque show,
lexapro works.
Everything works... but does it work correctly?
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