Posted by finelinebob on January 24, 2002, at 23:09:50
In reply to Re: Between pdocs....continued, posted by noa on January 21, 2002, at 14:22:25
> ... Maybe it is a sign of how well I am doing that these side effect issues feel like they are detracting from my quality of life---that my life actually has quality to detract from.
Sounds good to me.
One of the hardest lessons I had to learn once I started taking my condition seriously is that feeling "good" is not the same thing as "good enough". I put off getting the help I needed for sooooo soooo long because I was always telling myself I was doing good enough on my own. Then, once I started serious therapy I felt guilty about taking meds because I was doing good enough. Then, being afraid to switch from one med to another because--in spite of side effects, whatever -- I was doing good enough that I didn't want the new med to make things worse.
So maybe having complaints is a better barometer than feeling "good".
That's kinda how I realized I had been making some significant progress with my therapist -- we had gotten beyond what I **needed** to talk about (immediate concerns, that is) and what I **wanted** to talk about and finally started discussing stuff I really did NOT want to talk about at all! (It only took about five years or so, but who's counting?)
cheers,
flb
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