Posted by psychosugar on December 27, 2002, at 0:08:53
Hi,
I am new...'nuff said.
I wanted to get some opinion on my dillemna.
I have an invisible chronic physical illness: some docs say Chronic Fatigue, some say Fibromyalgia: both vague terms in medical sciene as far as I can tell.
Anyway my latest Doc threw me onto Remeron, an AD, and while it has helped my physical self immensely, I am now unable to connect with God the way I could before.
In my experience of antidepressants; they take away somewhere between 5 to 30 per cnet of my emotional self. Unfortunately it is in that 5 - to 30 per cent threshold where the meat of my faith really is. And i feel disconnected. My doctor seems not to be aware of such a spiritual cost.
Any ideas on what I should do?
Prior to taking these meds: I was extrememly physically sick, but incredibly close to God. I spent four hours a day lying down and felt that I had many spiritual breakthoughs in that time. Like Job I moved from self-justification (anger about my sickness at God) to God-justification (though he slay me yet will I praise Him)psychosugar
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