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Grex Poetry Item 33: S.A.D. [linked]
Entered by lumen on Thu Feb 11 07:06:18 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.

13 responses total.

#1 of 13 by brighn on Thu Feb 11 22:46:23 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).

#2 of 13 by lumen on Fri Feb 12 19:50:52 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.

#3 of 13 by brighn on Fri Feb 12 20:54:31 1999:

Paxil and Prozac are common SSRIs. SSRIs and MAOIs are anti-depressants,
generally (as is St John's Wort).

#4 of 13 by jazz on Sun Feb 14 16:29:08 1999:

        St. John's Wort is energizing, to me, but that's about it.

#5 of 13 by toking on Wed Feb 17 19:37:45 1999:

(linked to the new poetry conf)

#6 of 13 by lumen on Thu Feb 18 00:32:06 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.

#7 of 13 by lumen on Thu Feb 18 00:34:18 1999:

er, I mean, the doc has just given me this now

#8 of 13 by bookworm on Mon Feb 22 07:39:02 1999:

It's something in the nature of an experiment.  Next week, I get to try 
it.

#9 of 13 by logansan on Mon Feb 22 20:35:45 1999:

        I like this, lumen, and I admire your trust in doctors ....

#10 of 13 by bookworm on Mon Feb 22 21:59:15 1999:

It's either trust the doctors or go crazy trying to deal with it 
yourself.

#11 of 13 by lumen on Mon Feb 22 22:58:18 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.

#12 of 13 by arianna on Sun Mar 14 00:57:35 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")?)

#13 of 13 by toking on Mon Mar 15 06:21:37 1999:

oops :) good call <g>

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