Posted by Racer on March 8, 2004, at 22:00:43
In reply to Re: Males on psychobabble psychology » Racer, posted by terrics on March 8, 2004, at 21:31:49
Just to make this fit on this board, let's make it partly about therapy, too heheheh, then we won't have to move this.
Let's see, therapy, psychology, nope, can't figure anything out to say about that, so here's the answer to your question: I was put on wellbutrin in hospital, but shouldn't have been. It seemed to help, but the risk of seizure is too high. {sigh} It was the only drug that seemed to do anything useful this time around. I've been on cocktails of varying sorts, and with the latest events -- squiffy generic reaction, withdrawal, pain, myoclonus, etc -- I just stopped EVERYTHING. Next time around, we'll just have to start from scratch.
OK, how's this for making this post fit: how do you deal with it when your pdoc provides empirical evidence that what you say is not being heard? I have this problem a lot, so it should be a focus of therapy. I'll say "NO!" to someone, and that person will just continue on, steamrolling over me. My family have taught me so well, that if I say, "that's not a topic I'm willing to discuss" they'll just make it more painful for me by making my 'lack of cooperation' an additional topic in the conversation. The pdoc's behavior is reinforcing my difficulties in expressing myself, and is not hearing me when I say things like, "I can't tolerate this medication." He'll change the dose, or add another drug, but he doesn't quite get the "I just plain cannot tolerate this" message. And then the stuff comes up for me about "gee, if I'd only cooperate with his treatment plans..." Yeah, well, they're not working, I have cooperated, and maybe my fears of side effects are well founded, ever think of that? OK, deep breath... (Not sleeping, so getting wound up easily...)
Anyway, thanks for your suggestions. Best luck to you, and I hope you feel some significant relief soon. (And I do think it would help if your T would talk to you about the SI. Letting it sit aside like that keeps it in that dark place with fears and shames, and I would think it would feel better to get it into the light, where you can examine it more deeply.) Best wishes to you.
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