--- In MyEDHelpSupport@yahoogroups.com, "steppingstones1954"
<beverlycalobrace@...> wrote:
>
> --- In MyEDHelpSupport@yahoogroups.com, "susanmc333" <susanmc333@>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In MyEDHelpSupport@yahoogroups.com, "steppingstones1954"
> > <beverlycalobrace@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I took it upon myself to cut down my medications-due to
> > > financial woes.I ran out completely and was experiencing withdrawal
> > > symptoms to the point of verging on seizure mode.I had forgotten
> > what
> > > happened many years ago when I did have seizures for the same reason
> > > and almost died.Thank GOD!!!just in time,the Dr. was gotten hold
> > of,I
> > > was able to get samples to tie me over.I learned a few
> > lessons.
> > > 1.DO.N`T MESS WITH YOUR MEDS-IT COULD BE
> > FATAL
> > > 2.SHARE WITH OTHERS WHAT YOU`R GOING
> > > THROUGH,ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
> > MEDS.
> > > 3.PUT YOUR HEALTH and
> > > LIFE 1st-
> >
> > > 4.THERE`S ALWAYS A SOLUTION TO EVERY
> > PROBLEM
> > > I AM GRATEFUL TO MY LOVING
> > GOD
> > > -DOING RECOVERY WITH
> > YOU....
> > > LOVE BEV
> > >
> > dear Beverly,
> > here i am reading your message and responding with similar victory.
> > The words about meds, especially.
> > I had been on a med and took myself from the 'highest dose' to being
> > off it over a period of about 12 days. My blood pressure went up to
> > the point where i was dizzy when i moved, especially when i like
> > turned to the right.. I went to the amulatory care center and was
> > told i needed an ear nose and throat doctor.. hmm, not.. i needed
> > to go back on the med. i did, at a lower dose, from the hospital
> > where my doctor put me.
> > the dreadful thing is that they wanted to keep me there, but my
> > insurance did not want me to be there long. i guess it is a good
> > thing.. i came out feeling much better; just not as well as i wish i
> > could.
> > i seem to go a little down the road of recovery from stuff, and then
> > i am back in it. when things don't change, i have a rebound of
> > emotional effect and depression seems to keep me in a state that i
> > have almost come to accept as my 'home'. i mean, i cannot change
> > myself enough to claim a victory over it all, there has been no great
> > movement.. but reading your post, as i said before, has given me food
> > for thought. and i think , and even know, that food for thought,
> > which one(s) are going in the right direction, can only mean one
> > thing: improvement. THANK YOU!
> >
> > you aren't kidding about the meds. don't mess with them.
> >
> > my journey has been sporaticly improving. that is the way it is
> > sometimes. it seems there are 'dry' spots, not much refreshing,
> > personally. but then, it is not all about me. that's better than
> > the thinking i used to do. before, all i thought about was how i
> > would make it through the day. it's funny looking back at that, and
> > it ought to be a spurring on- away from, as far as i can get-away
> > from the very internally thinking which caused the passing of days in
> > misery beyond what i have now, only because i thought that by
> > ignoring myself, ignoring my needs, would i be able to withstand what
> > i thought was a completely negative life, one without hope...
> > there is scripture that tells that we need to feed a man, then tell
> > him more.. food, funny as it may sound, has put my brain into a
> > state of listening, taking in. no longer fighting and resisting
> > every thought that would attempt to bring me out of darkness....
> > oh, this is somehting i must be thankful for.. the thoughts of
> > recovery. (someone is thinking of you.) and the taking on of
> > recovery, because i have allowed my self to hear the words of someone
> > who says that i matter..
> > YOU MATTER! Beverly, you are important to me, an online group
> > member, and you are important to others, and others... i want to
> > feel that and to tell you the truth, i am positively able to write a
> > postive post because i am inspired... now what am i going to do??
> > if i don't get back online any time soon, because school is on and my
> > daughter gets on, but not off often, i believe i have a job to do.
> > keep recovering. like if it comes back, remember what i've heard
> > here. letting words of recovery become something i embrace my own,
> > more cheerful and more encuraged than ever about stuff.
> > i would like to learn how to share my med issues with [even] one of
> > my counselors because i do not talk about them with anyone. even the
> > doctor for that med, he just re-prescribes it. there is no
> > evaluating of the effects, positive or negative. it is, to me, just
> > a 'given', that i will be on this med until "who knows when".
> > so, like you said, talking about it is just plain making sense to me!
> > p.s. sorry if this was a little confusing to read. rambling seemed
> > to help me this a.m. cause i think it helped me get it out! love,
> > susan
> >
> Dear Susanmc333....HI!!!it`s so wonderful to hear from
> you....WOW!!!Sounds like your stepping up for yourself and that`s
> awesome.when someone told me(in recovery)I mattered and was important,
> it was music to my soul.Like you..I started to fight for my
> recovery,which meant asking for what I need,not letting others impose
> authority over me.I let them know whats going on in my life,how I`m
> feeling..asking all kinds of questions.It`s my life and I have the
> right to it.SO.....YOU GO GIRL....LOVE YA.I`M PROUD OF YOU....BEV
I was trying to say...Stand up to your DR,s.