Posted by Solstice on September 8, 2011, at 7:47:58
In reply to 40% down to 25%, posted by SLS on September 7, 2011, at 13:46:01
> 40% was nice for a few days. Unfortunately, it didn't last. I remain at a 25% improvement as of two days ago. After being on Nardil for a whole year, this is wholly inadequate. I don't feel very much different than I did a year ago. I made an appointment to see my doctor tomorrow. I would like to discontinue Nardil and replace it with either Pristiq or Effexor.
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> I would like to thank everyone for their help and support over the years.
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> I haven't given up.
Scott -Your courageous and steadfast 'fighting the fight' is an inspiration. During my times in the valley of it, I've often been a big baby and toyed with the idea of giving up.
As I've been reading your threat, I've become increasingly interested in how you go about rating where you are at a given point (0% vs 15%, 25%, 40%). I read where one of these included being able to drive, but unable to work. It makes sense to me that various specific characteristics of functioning would be a great way to assess whether one is at 25%.. vs 50%.. vs 75%.
Have you constructed a list of characteristics of functioning that helps you determine your level of functioning? For example, I guess at the social level, there would be complete withdrawal, vs. being able to tolerate receiving phone calls from certain people, vs. willing & able to place phone calls to certain people, vs. being able to tolerate receiving phone calls from people who are not in the inner circle, vs. being willing to go out and participate in various types of social interaction (i.e. it's one thing to go to Sonic with a trusted friend and eat in the car at the drive-thru, vs. going out with a group for a big meal at Logan's Steakhouse). Anyway, do you have behavioral functioning characteristics categorized in such a way that they end up putting you at a certain percentage of functioning? What it brings to mind for me is the Glascow Coma Scale for assessing level of coma.
Solstice
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