Posted by trouble on March 6, 2002, at 23:20:59
In reply to Re: What's the point of drugs that make yr life worse?, posted by colin wallace on March 6, 2002, at 11:41:04
Sorry to be so redundant, but I'm in the same boat as you in many respects, I'm not sure if my problems are side effects or psychological and that's paralyzing. But I've had the same pdoc for 3 years and he is an out-of-the-box thinker, totally unfazed by what I'm gooing through and patient about my efforts to articulate what's gooing on. I am real intune w/the workings of my mind, but abysmally out of touch w/my body, and just can't put physical problems into words.
Anyway, I once told my pdoc that I try to be in a cheerful mood when I go see him and he told me not to do that, please don't try to take care of him, it would only complicate things more than they are.
He also once said something that impressed me about the complexities of the brain, how if he were a mechanic some clients would be an Oldsmobile and others would be a Jagguer, and it's his job to know which is which.
All his predecessors were just as expensive as him, but most of them wouldn't even make eyecontact w/me during our 15 minute sessions. Just in and out, and that can be appropriate for the more savvy clients, but I needed dozens of trials just to beat the major depression. Would I still be depressed if I hadn't finally found my mechanic? Possibly! Or dead. I'm afraid I've gone off topic here, but just wanted to offer encouragement in your search for a good one, it's worth the effort.
trouble
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