Posted by baseball55 on January 23, 2013, at 0:43:51
In reply to Re: Freeze or flight anxiety responses » baseball55, posted by cellular on January 22, 2013, at 20:13:17
I've spent probably months in psych hospitals after months of being unable to get out of bed to shower or wash my hair or even to eat. So I understand perfectly well what that is like. But I would never lie to my p-doc. He has been the one person I could count on, and I have had periods where I wouldn't even see him because I felt completely out of options. Maybe you assume I don't know what it's like because you and I have different experience with p-docs. To me, he was this rock. Even when I couldn't get out of bed to see him, he kept in touch by phone and kept in touch with my husband by phone. So, yes, I've suffered from mental illness and been thoroughly disabled by it. But I would never self-medicate without telling my p-doc. Maybe we just have different relatioships with our p-docs.
> I've got the impression that you've never suffered from mental illness, much less experienced what it's like to lack the energy to carry out the most basic tasks in everyday life.
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> For example, if you were unable to even brush your teeth or wash your face to the point of contracting cavities, periodontitis and eczema:
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> Would you let your body continue to decay or would you rather take a relatively small dose of a corticosteroid in order to cut through the vicious cycle of "paralysis" and rotting away???
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