Posted by lil' jimi on August 13, 2003, at 13:05:33
In reply to KL and LJ, posted by yesac on August 13, 2003, at 9:21:30
hi yesac!
> ... I feel special that you guys missed me last night! I left work at the usual 6:30 EST last night... don't have internet access at home so I'm usually online if I can be at work. Sometimes I go to the library or other places to get online too.
>i miss you!
no internet at home ... ... hmmmm .... .... now that could be a good thing ... ... i used to do that ... ... i had internet access at home, but i wouldn't even turn the computer on there for a while ... ... ah, yes, it was that 1st year or so after robert santiago was born ... ... internet at work; parenting at home ...> I'm feeling kind of okay. I ended up talking to one of my new roomates for several hours last night. That was good. Hopefully things will begin to feel more comfortable gradually. I'm not trying to rush it or push myself too much because I don't want to let myself get all stressed out about it. Hoping that in time, we'll just all feel comfortable living together.
>glad to hear you're feeling okay-ish there.
now you've made me happy!
great to hear that you've got to settling in the roomies .... ... and good to hear that you're taking it easy there too ... ... easy does it, is my policy!> But I wish I hadn't missed the whole conversation here last night!
>oh, but dear heart, you haven't missed anything ... ... it's all right there in all it's glory to be read by one and all from now on to .... forever? .... .... <yikes!?>
> I know I'm jumping in kind of late here, but here are my thoughts:
>
> kL - Yeah, I don't know about that therapist. I mean, I'm not saying ditch him, because it's your decision, and it's all about how you feel... but I do think that if your initial reaction was so strong that you didn't really like or get much from him, well... sometimes with these things I just think you need to go with your gut. On the other hand, one more session probably couldn't hurt just to see if he's still the same or what he says if you tell him how you felt about his approach.
>i agree!
if it were me, i'd go back and give him another shot ... ... but, being me, i'd just work him over about what approach would be acceptable and tell him that i'd be building a concensus with him about what would be and what wouldn't be effective .... .... if, as i strongly expect, he would be having a hard time with this, like he's not really up for it (he can dish it out, but he doesn't want to take it, like), then i'd say 'sayonara, baby!' ... Heh!> LJ - I'm really sorry about your parents too. I had no idea (how would I, I guess?)
>well, thank you ... of course you wouldn't know, sweet one ... ... ... your kind thoughts are appreciated ... ... losing my folks is the most apparent instigator for my depression.
> Now you guys have got me wondering about Lexapro. I've been on Celexa and Paxil, which both did nothing for me, so I've pretty much given up on SSRIs... but I don't know. I'm just so desperate now to find something that works.
>and desperation can lead us to disaster or liberation ... ... or, in my case, even buddhism.
... ... but as i have proven, buddhism, by itself anyway, does not cure depression ....so then there's those dang SSRIs and SNRI such as effexor ... ... so ... what to do?
i am SOOOOOO Grateful i haven't had to take prozac, paxil, effexor, zoloft ... ... et cetera ... or even celexa, related as it is to lexapro ...
sylvia was on paxil 10 or more years ago for anxiety ... ... bad, bad, bad ... ... she never got relief from her anxiety AND no one ever told her about side-effects ... ... so we suffered a long time because of her loss of libido ... .. ... she is still trying to recover ... .. ... so even if you put a gun to my head i wasn't going take no paxil, thank ye!
but that ol' lexapro i do believe can tone up and stabilize them serotonin levels .... .... if you can get through 3, 4 maybe 8 or 9 (!) weeks of whatever SEs the gods of torture may inflict on you ... then at maybe 3 or 4 or maybe 8 (!) weeks there can be the useful beneficial therapeutic effects ... ... it is enough to try the patience of a saint!
that ol' lex thread really does tell the tale of the folks who have struggled (and not-so-struggled, like me) with my favorite ssri ... ... i would only pray with all my buddhist might that lexapro could help you ... ... as long as i'm praying, i'd pray that lex would work for you as well as it has for me, PLEASE ... ...
got posts to read now and this to post to send ... so
Later,
~ jim
poster:lil' jimi
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