Posted by lostsailor on January 22, 2003, at 10:12:44
In reply to Re: Glad for your success! » jay, posted by Ame Sans Vie on January 21, 2003, at 17:55:49
Hi there.
I was so gregarious at the ages you mentioned and experimented/ over used (I don't think truly abused all of the things you mentioned + some you haven't -lol) Doc. says he does not believe that this teen collage of substances resulted in my problems like many like to blame--you've probably heard the same rap...bla, bla bla. He did admit, rather, that the use may have facilitated or helped “kindle” emotional problems that I was already predisposed of having. Even this opinion, he reiterated, could never be said with certainty.
So my diags are BP1 disorder virtually totally controlled. Panic disorder w/ Agoraphobia, perhaps GAD and other anxiety related diags but says they usually appear in a “constellation” and that many overlap so additional diags are not really necessary.
You are true freaking me out with your meds though. I could never get all that from my doc and he writes fairly liberally and also writes for me months worth of xanax/valium which he allows me like one pill +/- what is prescribed. So it’s not a fear of his of my overuse but just his personal guidelines I guess. He has been the only doc I have ever seen for psych issues and has an incredible reputation in the area. I have had many 'second opinions" but most only indicates similar combos with only slight variants that have always been ok'ed with my doc except using a MAOI and that is for my benefit due to the side effect profile, which I could never handle as outdoor activities (running, cycling, mt biking...ect) are about all I have to cling to any longer aside from music. Even these are a treatment option, but I agree only as a last resort.
When my anxiety truly originated is hard to say. It was, though, promptly treated. It's that now while my anxiety per see is better, I still have panic attacks occasionally and the agoraphobia reminds me of that poor Greek mythological figure (his name always escapes me but it sound like syphilis) pushing a rock up a gill to only see the crest and slide back in decent.
Reading you postings are a bit inspiring. How bad was your APD how did you find a doc to treat is so aggressively. You are obviously well read and bright. What is the logic of huge bi-weekly doses of klonopin when the half-life would in theory deteriorate with in what 12-26 hrs or something? Is your doc a specialist in anxiety disorders only??? What states do you hale from? It is in the US I presume, as you know all the meds by US trade as well as generic names. How bad where you>? You truly feel you are symptom free, or worried it is only a remission. Any web sites with solid long-term studies for me to give to him so he can evaluate?
Thanks tons
~Tony
So micheal, "the decision to devote my life to the study and treatment of 'idiosynchracies of the psyche'" is infering what> Planing on med shcool,counseling, shamonism...post back, K?
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