Posted by Simus on August 30, 2004, at 22:55:55
In reply to Re: Adrenal Fatigue Treatment Article - Simus, posted by KaraS on August 30, 2004, at 1:15:29
> > > > > > LOL She just won't admit to it now since you didn't invite her to the Alps too.
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> > > > > Oh, now you were "invited"???? You told me you crashed their party. I don't know what to believe from you anymore, Simus. (LOL)
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> > > > OK, "invited" is stretching it a bit. Bribing the concierge for the room number and crawling in under the room service cart wouldn't exactly be considered "invited", would it? HeHe
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> > > OK, I guess I forgive you. Desperate people sometimes do desperate things. Besides, I think it's Larry and Gabbix2 that you owe the apologies to. If I were them, I'd hire body guards next time to make sure they're safe from the likes of you!!!
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> > (Head hung in shame.) Sorry Lar and Gabbix2.
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> Poor Gabbix2's computer died. Lar will have to relay the message. (This means we won't be getting much more info on them in the near future. You know how tight-lipped that Larry can be! He seems to think only he has a right to that information!)Hmmm... Most interesting... Her computer just happened to die right around the time she started sharing Lar's secrets? LOL
> > You hadn't told me that. But I can't say that I am surprised. I have my share of doctor stories. Like one time I got something in my eye, and the doctor couldn't find it so he started asking me things like, "Do you get paid time off for doctor's visits?" (the answer was NO). Heaven forbid he should just admit that there was something there that he just couldn't find. Oh, it did dislodge later that day. I think it was clear glass or plastic. Funny how even though he couldn't help me, I still had to pay the bill. And then there are the HMO stories... (((just shaking my head))) I wonder how many more sick people are out there untreated because their doctors told them they were "fine"... Sorry for the cynicism.
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> "Don't know" isn't in their vocabulary. If they can't figure it out, it has to be that you are a scammer or a malingerer. Please don't apologize for the cynicism. I'm one of the most cynical and jaded people you'll ever meet. At least I think I am until something shocks me and then I think I've been totally naive. Your doctor story doesn't surprise me either. My depression doctor stories are the worst. The first one I went to was a GP. This was when I first got to a point where I was getting panic attacks and couldn't function. She gave me a handful of antidpressant samples and said "be your own detective". She recommended trying the Elavil first. It was a 75 mg. pill. It sedated me so much that I slept for about 3 days straight. If a fire had started in my building, I could not have gotten out. This is not to mention that this doctor didn't know me at all and I could easily have taken all of those pills at once and committed suicide.Wow. Just as a side note, my pastor always tell us to pray over all medicine before we take it. He says it isn't a coincidence that doctors only claim to "practice" medicine. LOL Boy, do I feel "practiced" on.
> My next doctor was back in my hometown. He was a new neighbor of my mother's. I spoke to him on the phone before setting up an appointment. He treated me like a child and threatened me that if I didn't stop crying, he have to hospitalize me. He told my mother that my problem was that I was a young girl alone in the world trying to make my way. I was too dysfunctional at the time to tell him where to go but fortunately I was functional enough to seek help elsewhere.Wow. Wow.
> The next doctor was kindly but odd. He spent our hour trying to fix me up with his son!!! Fortunately by this point, I had done my homework. I told this doctor what medication I wanted and how I wanted to build up on it. He gave that to me. It worked for the panic/anxiety (though I still had some depression) and I continued to humor him throughout our next few visits. I was in my early twenties then so that set the stage for me not having a lot of faith in doctors. I see them as a tool. Some are better tools than others but you absolutely have to be your own advocate or else you'd better get very lucky and find a really outstanding one.Sheesh! You are absolutely right about being your own advocate!
> Ok, I'll stop ranting now. Speaking of good doctors, when do you get your test results back? I'm really curious to hear what they are and to hear about the rest of the treatments she has in store for you. If she does put you on a Candida diet, there's a good book I can recommend. It has all kinds of recipes in it - which you'll need. Otherwise the diet can get really boring.
I think I will be going back in about 2 weeks. I am still battling a few symptoms from the viral(?) "yuckies" that started last week, and I am just now starting to get back on my vitamins. So I haven't tried any of the new things yet. I want to be able to feel "normal" enough to tell if I am having a negative reaction from anything she gave me. Wow. It would be awesome if I felt like a normal, active human being again someday (soon).
God bless,
Simus
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