Posted by Tamar on November 22, 2005, at 19:44:46
In reply to Re: Yummy Prozac! (***and possible trigger***) » Tamar, posted by Dinah on November 22, 2005, at 18:21:32
> I'm sorry you're feeling so badly, yet I do understand that sometimes the depression is too strong for therapy to reach through without the safety net of medication to keep you from falling too far. Especially if you are doing deeper work in therapy.
That seemed to be my GP’s view.
> Once you get a bit stabilized on Prozac, I'm sure therapy would be a useful addition to your treatment.
I hope so…
> Do you need your GP's recommendation in order to get therapy where you are? I know that there are some HMO's here who require that you go through your GP to get to any specialist, and I wasn't sure if your system was the same.
Yeah, that’s the way it is where I am. I have to go through my GP for almost everything.
> I remember when I first started an SSRI. A week or two after I started taking it, I suddenly realized that every sound wasn't grating on me like fingernails on a chalkboard. For the first time in a long time, I didn't feel overstimulated. They didn't turn out to be the long term solution for me (I respond better to anti-anxiety agents), but I remember how much they helped me in that crazy postpartum time.
Maybe it’s a postpartum thing for me. I’ve been told to expect the first two weeks to feel pretty bad. After that, things are supposed to start getting a little better. It’s a bad time for me, because I have a lot of work… but the GP told me not to work… we’ll see…
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