Posted by fairywings on November 4, 2005, at 18:53:12
In reply to Re: On being bipolar. » fairywings, posted by Phil on November 3, 2005, at 10:47:38
> It's almost like he's putting the ball in my court.
> It's like he's asking what I want to do but the only medical suggestion he's brought up has been vagus nerve stimulation. I'm not ready for that.No, that seems a bit extreme, esp. if the depression isn't critical, but is more of a problem with apathy and motivation.
> I'm just getting a little frustrated again. My depression isn't critical but I'm not exactly filled with hope for the future.
Have you seen other p-docs? Might be worth seeing someone who specializes in bi-polar, or at least getting another take on what can be done.
> We'll see. The tough part is that I start second guessing my own reality.
Oh, that would s*ck. I"m really sorry. I have had two times in my life where I felt overwhelmingly that way. My brother told me "you have to trust yourself. you have to trust your senses. trust what your eyes and ears are reallly seeing and hearing." It sounds so basic and so simplistic, but when things feel so unreal it helps to get grounded. That advice has helped me through so many tough times. That was about 20 years ago, I finally wrote him a letter expressing all the ways he'd helped me over the years - ways I was sure he wasn't aware of.
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