Posted by lymom3 on May 16, 2006, at 12:17:15
In reply to Help! Extreme Anxiety... seeing a new pdoc soon., posted by jealibeanz on May 16, 2006, at 11:21:08
Of course I managed to not post my last post but the bottom line is that I think you are pushing yourself hard in a direction that you are not even sure that you want to go. You have the added stressors of your family. It sounds like they are all elderly and unfortunately it can happen for all of them to get sick at once. My grandmother was one of 13 children and there were some really horrible times when they were all sick at the same times.
I don't know that there is a medication in the world that can fix the fact that you are pulled in so many different directions. Grad school will still be there next year. I have a stepdaughter that is 1 year away from her PhD, so I know how big (and maybe ridiculous sounding) statement that might be but I really think you need some down time for you. It is great that you have ambitions for yourself and want to give school a shot..but at what cost to yourself?
Finding a good doc is so hard. I think questionnaires are a good tool. You have such limited time that anything consolidated that you can give a doc to look at is a good thing IMO. The best thing to tell the pdoc and the easiest thing to remember is the truth. If you feel a need to lie or bend the truth to get the meds that you want, then maybe that in and of itself is worth a second look?
Best of luck to you no matter what you decide..
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