Posted by gilbert on June 16, 2001, at 20:31:57
In reply to Re: Redirected: WHAT ABOUT THERAPIES?, posted by JAMMER on June 16, 2001, at 11:40:46
Cheetah,
First and foremost I would do my best to get a good diagnosis. Self diagnosing or even letting a bunch of people on the internet diagnose you or tell you what is good for you is dangerous. Find a doctor you can have a good one on one with. If he or she refers you to a psych-doc or a pyschologist go from there. Most people on the pyscho-babble board are medicated as you stated in your earlier post. That is what that board is for. You will get a very heavy bias towards using medication. You may or may not have to accept that fact. I would base that decision on advice from your own p-doc. Now the medication part. The meds can be a bummer and some of what you were saying hit home with people that is why they get so angry.......but.......you knew it was coming......the meds have helped alot of people not suffer. When your pain gets great enough without the meds you will eventually decide to try them. If the pain can go away with a med therapy or intervention then so be it. Be carefull not to short change yourself out of options. I am 42 and waited until 2 years ago to try meds. They did make a differernce. I am now going off the meds so it doesn't always have to be forever. The meds gave me the opportunity to work on the problems in therapy without being on the ceiling. I suffer from panics and agoraphobia. The meds gave me the ability to go out in the world. I am now going to go off using the meds daily and go to an as needed basis. I don't look at this as a decision to forever go off the meds. If I slip back into being housebound or nonfunctional I will use the meds as a crutch to get my life back. You may be able to do all of this without meds.....that would be great. But cut yourself some slack if you can't don't be afraid to get some proper help through medication and take a little softer road to recovery. I am an ex junkie and alcoholic so I know what it is really like to be strung out. I went through 3 inpatient treatment centers and 2 outpatient. I have been sober for over 15 years. The meds do not make you high or you don't become dependent on them if properly supervised by your p-doc. I used to drink a pint of vodka for breakfast believe me I know what addiction is.
Good Luck
Gil
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