Today I saw a therapist for the first time in two years. He came highly recommended by a friend of mine. And this guy? He might actually be the answer to things. I've already got an assignment for next week. And I left feeling hopeful. With a sense of promise. Keep your fingers crossed...
18 July 2011
Weaning...part, uh, what number am I on?
Today I saw a therapist for the first time in two years. He came highly recommended by a friend of mine. And this guy? He might actually be the answer to things. I've already got an assignment for next week. And I left feeling hopeful. With a sense of promise. Keep your fingers crossed...
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Wishing you all the best on your journey to independence...You can do it! And maybe you should take a more aggressive form of dance so you can let out all your tension that way...may I suggest hip hop or break dancing =D
ReplyDeleteYa mean, like Krumping? LOL...ah, just imagine me, the little white girl, dancing with angst and street style. Not.
ReplyDeleteI am just now having to address the possibility of PPD. I have moments of helplessness, madness, fear and so much more. I will be visiting my Doctor soon and hope to find some answers or suggestions. Glad you are in the weaning stage. And therapy might be where I am headed as well. Looking forward to following you found you through VB.
ReplyDeleteOh man, I so feel you. I was on xanax and lexapro for a year. I've been off for a year now & it's hard. 2 1/2 years on my journey through therapy and yeah, it blows sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI find screaming into my pillow or breaking something I don't care about helped in those bizzare moments of rage. My therapist is a God-send, which is why I wish I could throw a brick at her head sometimes.
Stay strong mama. We're here for you and with you
Sharon
http://sharon-moms-madhouse.com/
Oh girl, I feel for you! It's so hard to come off antidepressants. I started on one when I started the steroid treatments to try and prevent depression and was just reading the side effects from stopping it yesterday. SCARY! Brain shocks, anger, tingles, vomiting. Why do doctors prescribe such things?
ReplyDeleteI'm so thankful the therapist has made you feel hopeful. I don't have any experience with it, but I'm excited for anything that makes you feel better.
Hopefully your family will cut you some slack and understand your going through some crap right now. Until then, hide in the closet when it gets too bad.
Christina
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P.S. Visiting from voiceBoks!
♥ xoxo
Faith confessions - It's such a scary and unfamiliar place, but please don't feel embarrassed to ask for help, okay? Let me know what happens...and thanks for following! I'm off to follow you now.
ReplyDeleteSharon - How was coming off of those? Did you feel like you were losing yourself? I have, on more than one occasion, gone down to the basement, closed the bedroom door, and beat the crap out of our mattress with a baseball bat. Feels pretty good. Thanks for the kind words. Any interest in a guest post? This joint could use some laughs...
Christina - Well, unfortunately, our closets are cluttered and small ;p But thanks for your kind words. I'm just trying to remember that this too shall pass.
I couldn't imagine. Thanks for opening up about it. Like everyone else has said, we're here for you!
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Best of luck and good wishes to you. Every tunnel has a light at its end; this too shall pass. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteBest of luck on this difficult journey. I have done therapy successfuly for years and was not on medication till I had my daughter almost 10 years ago. I have to say I would not be able to do all I do without it. I have a great therapist and have tools of recovery, but the drug takes an edge off of me that allows me to take care of my children. Thank you for sharing your story I wish you all the best and am interested in seeing the new ways you find to help yourself. Thank you for your honesty.
ReplyDeleteBecky - Thanks. I need all of the support I can get.
ReplyDeleteOlusola - that's what I keep telling myself.
Kathy - As this whole process goes on, I'm worried that I can't function without drugs. God, I hope I can. I'm barely holding on right now and hope I can see the light of day very soon. Thanks for your encouragement and for offering your experience.
Antidepressants are hard to wean off of! My husband is in the same boat! We cut his pill in half, then 1/2 one day and a 1/4 the next, now he's down to 1/4 everyday. The really just made him less motivated. He snapped even when he was on them. I think with some people it's more in their genes then others. Of course there are better ways to deal with things; that's easy to say when someone has not pushed your buttons.
ReplyDeleteMy husband started whispering to the kids what he wants them to do. Whispers are sacred in a kid's mind. They seem to react to that better then with a yell. Often times I set the timer for my oldest to clean up and turn on music for my younger one. It seems to help. I to snap when they don't participate in what I want them to do. I also have a "scream session." The boys and I just scream for fun. They think it's funny. It helps me to get my frustrations out without taking it out on them directly.
alissa - I think I remember you telling me your husband was weaning off as well. Does he feel like himself either? I like the idea of a scream session. Most of the time I find myself blowing my top with all of the screaming and fighting that goes on between the kids. Perhaps if we can get it out of our system, it might cool things off a bit. We've been using the timer too. I'm totally stealing the whispering thing as well.
ReplyDeleteGood luck :) You are on a tough road. I wish you well.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jennifer! Thankfully it's a road, and not a cliff!
ReplyDeleteI hope things work out for you. We all deserve to be happy. It's not an easy journey, I know, but you'll get there...
ReplyDeleteThe Pepperrific Life - thanks, I'm getting there slowly!
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