Posted by lpslpslpslpslpslps on June 7, 2010, at 20:10:42
In reply to Re: Brainstorming alternate treatment options, posted by Leo33 on June 7, 2010, at 19:57:22
> LPS, not to diminish your symptoms, but you have plenty of motivation and intelligence to write responses like that, you could be in a lot worse of a place than studying for your PHD.
>Yeah, I find this suspicious myself. But I feel so badly all the time that it is much easier to motivate myself to think about feeling better. Much harder to do things like get showered and dressed, eat regular meals, pay bills, read the mail, take out trash, etc. Right now, there is no part of the floor in my apartment I can touch. And cleaning just feels hopeless, like it would take a thousand years.
> Have you ever been hospitalized?
>Yes, for panic attacks that I convinced myself were more than panic attacks, but never over night. However, I have had to go away and stay with family for a week or two to get back on a regular schedule and out of crisis, which I imagine is similar but less serious than being hospitalized.
> Have you ever not been able to complete things on a prolonged basis, such as failing out of school or being fired from jobs?
>Yes. I took an incomplete on every seminar I took in the last two semesters. I am trying to catch up now, and I can focus for extended periods of time, but the problem is that I can't stay on a single task more than 5-7 minutes. So I can write out a really nice email or paragraph, but then I won't be back to that project for two hours.
> What would you consider to be healthy or what you would be if complete remission were achieved?
>What do you mean? I'd like to be able to go through every day without spontaneously weeping. I'd like to be able to work on the same project for an hour straight without taking a break or switching projects. If I could get those two things, my life wouldn't be perfect, but I wouldn't feel disabled.
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