Posted by worriedgf on June 25, 2008, at 22:48:28
In reply to Re: Celexa and MJ - do they cancel out? » worriedgf, posted by Molybdenum on June 25, 2008, at 6:36:31
> Secondly, there's another message board here called "Psycho-Babble Substance Use". It's not as busy as this one but it's much more likely to have people who have gone through what you are now. So I suggest you repost your query over there. http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/subs/
I'M GOING TO TYPE IN ALL CAPS ONLY SO YOU CAN EASILY READ WHERE I RESPOND, BUT IM NOT YELLING :)
I DID POST THE EXACT SAME POST IN THE SUBSTANCE USE MESSAGE BOARD, BUT I DIDNT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES SO I TRIED THIS ONE SINCE IT HAD BEEN ADDED TO RECENTLY.
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I DON'T KNOW IF THE CELEXA IS POOPING OUT, HE SAYS HE'S DOING GOOD AND HE SEEMS TO BE DOING SO AS FAR AS I CAN TELL. WHAT I READ WAS THAT mj IS A NATURAL DEPRESSANT, SO IF HE'S SMOKING MJ AND IS ON ANTIDEP'S THEN THE CELEXA ISN'T BEING ALLOWED TO WORK TO ITS FULLEST ABILITY. THEY JUST COUNTER-ACT EACH OTHER.> To give you an idea of what your bf might be like "moving forward", I suggest you rent or preferably download illegally, a movie called "Super High Me" made in 2007. I suspect a lot of it will look painfully familiar.
I DONT' REALLY THINK ANY OF IT WILL LOOK PAINFULLY FAMILIAR BECAUSE I HAVEN'T REALLY EVER BEEN AROUND HIM WHEN HE WAS SMOKING, ONLY RECENTLY DID HE SMOKE WHEN I WAS VISITING, BUT I TOLD HIM I DONT WANNA BE NEAR IT AND HE BETTER NEVER SMOKE AROUND ME, SO HE WENT INTO HIS OTHER ROOM AND ABOUT AN HOUR LATER CAME INTO THE LIVING ROOM AND PLAYED HIS GUITAR. I'D BEEN IN THE ROOM WHEN HE WASN'T SMOKING AND IT SMELLED HORRIBLY. I TOLD HIM TO AIR IT OUT.
I didn't like watching the movie and I suspect neither will you. The suggestion in the movie is that some people never "grow out of it".
I DO KEEP IN MIND THAT HE MAY NEVER GROW OUT OF IT...THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY I WANNA LIVE (AT LEAST IN THE SAME TOWN) WITH HIM (BUT LATER IN THE SAME HOUSE) BEFORE WE GET MARRIED.
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> And as far as you living 5 hrs away being part of the reason HE needs citalopram, well that's just not true at all. The citalopram is to treat his depression or other psychiatric illness for which citalopram is indicated.THOSE AREN'T THE ONLY REASONS HE WENT TO THE DOC TO GET HELP AND HAS TO TAKE CELEXA, HIS PROBLEMS STEM FROM YEARS N YEARS OF DEPRESSION, BUT LATELY HE'S BEEN MORE STRESSED ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO BE NEAR ME (AS AM I) AND HIS MONEY ISSUES.
I'm sure you're an interesting , beautiful, intelligent & charming girl that any bf in his right mind would miss terribly when you're away.
I AM ALL OF THE ABOVE, THANKS FOR NOTICING ;)
However, I don't believe your beauty, personality or impressive intellect is capable of inducing clinical depression or other psychiatric disorders in people by your absence. Do you..? :) OK.
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I WOULD HOPE IT DIDN'T! LOL> Well my last bit of advice it to follow your heart. Try to work out if your bf makes you feel full of joy & enthusiasm or do you feel more mixed or unpleasant emotions. And don't expect to be able to change people into what you'd like them to be. I don't think that works out very often either.
I THINK SOMETIMES I DO HOPE TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE HIM, BUT NOT TO CHANGE HIM INTO WHO I WANT HIM TO BE, BUT TO MOTIVATE AND INSPIRE HIM TO BETTER HIMSELF. HE KNOWS HOW MUCH I HATE THAT HE SMOKES, AND HIS CONCLUSION WHILE IM VISITING IS THAT HE WONT SMOKE AT ALL WHEN IM VISITING...BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I LIVE THERE. I KNOW THINGS ARE GOING TO BE WAAAAAAAY DIFFERENT WHEN WE ARE AROUND EACH OTHER MORE OFTEN THAN EVERY OTHER MONTH. BUT THESE THINGS I AM GOING TO EXPERIENCE AND LEARN ABOUT HIM WILL DETERMINE THE FUTURE, AS WILL HE LEARN THINGS ABOUT ME THAT WILL AID IN HIS DECISION ABOUT A FUTURE WITH ME. I KNOW I CANNOT FORCE HIM TO DO ANYTHING AND I CAN ONLY EXPRESS TO HIM HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT, BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S UP TO HIM. HIS CELEXA HAS HAD AN EFFECT ON HIS SEXUAL DESIRES TOO...I HOPE TO GET HIS MEDICATION SITUATION TO A POINT WHERE HE IS HAPPY AND I AM HAPPY AS WELL ;)
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> Good luck & Take care
> THANK YOU :)> Mr. Molybdenum
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