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lumen
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S.A.D.
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Feb 11 07:06 UTC 1999 |
I thirst for sun.
I ache for bright light
that might lift my spirits.
Even snow is better
than endless days
of grey clouds
and
darkness.
For months,
I have felt myself
sinking into the bogs
of melancholy
and depression.
I am human! I cannot hibernate.
Are the chemicals inside my head
out of balance somehow?
Only my good doctor knows--
or rather, he would have a
better idea than I.
Dear God,
I hope it doesn't mean
the medication must be adjusted.
If St. John's Wort works,
the synthetic stuff will likely
need to be scaled back.
I hunger for relief.
But I can't see the doc
until next Tuesday,
and I don't know
if I can afford a light box
which would take a long time
to come anyway.
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brighn
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response 1 of 13:
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Feb 11 22:46 UTC 1999 |
Actually, if you're taking SJW, you shouldn't be taking any SSRIs or MAOIs,
which is what most of the prescribed synthetic equivalents to SJW are. =}
SJW was my friend, before they gave me Paxil. Now Paxil is my friend.
And you're my friend, too, and you, and you... *looks around the room smiling
geekily*
Sorry. I'm a bit feverish this week (literally).
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lumen
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response 2 of 13:
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Feb 12 19:50 UTC 1999 |
SSRI's? No, I do need separate meds to manage bipolar, and just how I
should juggle that with managing S.A.D. is something I'll discuss with
the good doc.
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brighn
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response 3 of 13:
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Feb 12 20:54 UTC 1999 |
Paxil and Prozac are common SSRIs. SSRIs and MAOIs are anti-depressants,
generally (as is St John's Wort).
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jazz
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response 4 of 13:
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Feb 14 16:29 UTC 1999 |
St. John's Wort is energizing, to me, but that's about it.
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toking
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response 5 of 13:
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Feb 17 19:37 UTC 1999 |
(linked to the new poetry conf)
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lumen
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response 6 of 13:
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Feb 18 00:32 UTC 1999 |
Hmmm...I don't know, I'm taking something that's usually given to
Parkinson's patients. I have to dilute it down though, and I have to do
it with arrowroot powder. Very nasty.
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lumen
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response 7 of 13:
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Feb 18 00:34 UTC 1999 |
er, I mean, the doc has just given me this now
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bookworm
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response 8 of 13:
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Feb 22 07:39 UTC 1999 |
It's something in the nature of an experiment. Next week, I get to try
it.
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logansan
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response 9 of 13:
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Feb 22 20:35 UTC 1999 |
I like this, lumen, and I admire your trust in doctors ....
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bookworm
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response 10 of 13:
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Feb 22 21:59 UTC 1999 |
It's either trust the doctors or go crazy trying to deal with it
yourself.
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lumen
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response 11 of 13:
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Feb 22 22:58 UTC 1999 |
resp:9 No, I trust *my* doctor. I don't trust counselors or
psychologists generally because I've seen a slew of them and they didn't
have a clue what was going on.
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arianna
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response 12 of 13:
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Mar 14 00:57 UTC 1999 |
(hey joe, for the sake of keeping versions of poetry cf straight, how about
referring to them by number when linking from another cf (ie: "linked to
poetry 3 from whatever cf")?)
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toking
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response 13 of 13:
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Mar 15 06:21 UTC 1999 |
oops :) good call <g>
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