Posted by Racer on May 8, 2006, at 19:53:11
In reply to Saw my pdoc today, posted by pseudoname on May 8, 2006, at 17:59:56
While I agree with you about not needing 12 years away from a satisfying life, I'm also betting your pdoc was on the "if it can't be cured, it must be endured" wagon-train when she said that. I think that if she thought about it and was honest, she'd tell you that it completely [you know] that you've had to go through this, and it would be great to climb into the Way Back Machine, and let you avoid all the misery you've endured.
Problem is, of course, that you can't go back, so you have to look at what is left. As a contemporary of yours, who's got her own stories about what she's lost to depression, I know how hard that can be. There's no question, and I would like to slug any Pollyanna who tries to tell me otherwise. But, no matter what we've lost, we still have to decide if we're going to give up on what is left.
If you're interested in my latest discovery of loss, I am willing to babblemail you about it in confidence. Trust me -- we lose out on a lot, and it does diminish our lives.
But the buprenorphine page sounds like a great idea. I hope you do it, and I hope it helps you.
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