Posted by galkeepinon on September 13, 2003, at 16:29:40
In reply to Re: Please advice/feedback/guidance » galkeepinon, posted by dazedandconfused on September 12, 2003, at 8:54:28
Hi, I wanted to thank you for your feedback, I got so sleepy last night I had to go to bed and wasn't able to thank you in a post.
That night~yeah it pretty much knocked me on my feet. I felt a little better yesterday and today, I feel a lot better and went back down to 25mg of Lamictal last night. I honestly think that Lamictal may not need to be part of *my* med coctail right now. My psychiatrist suggested it and I now agrree with him. The increase seemed to make me worse, when I was doing well for a while so I think I will just stay on the 10mg of Lexapro, and talk to my doc Monday.
Thank you~you were right, it seems that it was temporary and these *moods* will come and go, with help from you and this board, I will remember that those feelings will pass and just try to start each day anew.
It could have very well been the *depression* talking to me, I allowed it to control me and possibly a personality disorder rearing its ugly head. In terms of coping, thought processing, etc.
Thank you for sharing with me the term *flogging*, I've never heard heard that one. I AM extremely hard on myself and I admit it, but when I get really low like that, and feel confused and/or hopeless, I forget that I need to ease up on myself.
I never did get my hair weaved/colored! So now I have like 4 inches of roots LOL, believe me my hair is the last thing on my mind LOL
Maybe if I get it done, I'll feel a little better, who knows.
Again, thank you so very much for your support, by no means, do I think you overstepped your boundaries (I posted hoping to get some feedback) here and it actually helped~~A LOT~believe me and thank you again:-)
Have a great weekend!> Galkeepinon,
> I am normally a lurker...still pretty new at the board...but I had to write to you. I really hear what you are saying...sounds like you were doing pretty good, and BAAAMM,,,the depression comes up from behind you and knocks you off your feet. But reading your recent posts you seem to have been doing well. Hopefully this is just a temporary setback,,,perhaps med induced,,,perhaps not. Either way,,,try to remember it is temporary. Maybe it would help to go back and read some of your recent posts to help you see how quickly this seemed to come on. Perhaps if you could look at them as written by someone else, you could see what a marked difference there is in just a short amount of time. In other words, you may think what I thought when I read your post. "That person had been doing well. This one post seems an anomoly (sp?); almost like it was written by someone else. Sounds more like it is the "depression" talking than her."
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> Another thing that struck me was how hard you are being on yourself. As my therapist sometimes says, "No flogging!" If you need to beat up on something, beat up on the depression. Not yourself. Please remember that this is a disease. We cannot will it away anymore than someone can "will" away a brain tumor. Please don't be so hard on yourself.
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> I hope today you feel better. I also hope you have a good "braid" experience.
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> Hang in there.
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> P.S. I really hope I have not overstepped my boundaries here and that this helps just a little. Again, I am new at this.
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