tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039047421436122024.post8340318993652040318..comments2023-09-25T10:21:01.509-04:00Comments on Alcoholic Diary: Listening to my own adviceNamenlosen Trinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233104063859778659noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039047421436122024.post-76446106730160637792007-10-05T05:54:00.000-04:002007-10-05T05:54:00.000-04:00Citalopram is the best thing that happened to me. ...Citalopram is the best thing that happened to me. It made a huge difference. Unfortuantely when first prescribed I was still drinking and while my drinking alleviated at first but being the alcoholic that i was I got back up there. In fact, my alcoholic self was thrilled to be prescribed medication because I thought it would help me get a better high. Imagine my suprise when there was no high involved. It just evened me out. Now that I am sober, I am afraid to go off because I feel so good. I am a terrible pill taker and miss days and when I do there is a significant change in how I feel. I can almost feel the chemicals rearranging themselves in my brain. I spoke to my Dr. about this and while I want to try doing without, now during this huge change in my life is not the time.<BR/>In a way I think that the medication helped me to think clearly about my disease and to finally after all these years seek help and for that I will forever be grateful.Kathy Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12808513070742589781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039047421436122024.post-61773506323730430722007-10-03T12:33:00.000-04:002007-10-03T12:33:00.000-04:00Thanks for all the supportive comments. Thanks in...Thanks for all the supportive comments. Thanks in particular, Stan, for your warning about about going back on the anti-depressants. Despite being better informed than most about my medications, I wasn't aware of this and have since been warned by another close friend who has some professional and personal experiencing about ping-ponging back and forth between different anti-depressants and/or none at all.Namenlosen Trinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233104063859778659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039047421436122024.post-45387484613423582482007-09-30T07:50:00.000-04:002007-09-30T07:50:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Scott Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361224878660334532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039047421436122024.post-85457785032671683892007-09-30T01:21:00.000-04:002007-09-30T01:21:00.000-04:00The blues we can live our way out of. When it pass...The blues we can live our way out of. When it passes the point that we can no longer do that, no matter what the original cause, we've wandered into the wonderful world of neurochemical cascades -- clinical depression -- where we can do no more than "suffer" occasional, brief bouts of happiness. That's what antidepressants are for.<BR/><BR/>Do you need ADs for life? It ain't necessarily so. That being said, returning to ADs after a break is probably the biggest danger point for side-effects like suicidal ideation, so one should avoid on-again, off-again use if possible. And make SURE you return to medication under supervision if you've been off long enough for the ADs to leave your system. (This is especially true of SSRIs like Prozac and Paxil.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039047421436122024.post-89517760769215538292007-09-29T21:58:00.000-04:002007-09-29T21:58:00.000-04:00Hoping you'll be back to yourself soon.Hoping you'll be back to yourself soon.butterflygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05478785993576189511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039047421436122024.post-30366460823793446462007-09-28T17:45:00.000-04:002007-09-28T17:45:00.000-04:00Namenlosen Trinker said...Please stop commenting o...Namenlosen Trinker said...<BR/>Please stop commenting on my blog unless and until I give you permission.<BR/><BR/>Dear Trinker<BR/>Are you a Psychopath? You have the eyes of a shape - shifting reptile. I imagine you are a TERRIFIED "Little Boy", who wants his MUMMY. Were you FROTHING at the mouth when you left you DIATRIBE on my BLOG.Get down on your knees and ask JESUS CHRIST to have mercy on your soul. Are you in Hell, Trinker?<BR/>You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.<BR/>—John 8:44Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940745178193985942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039047421436122024.post-8204143033223537432007-09-28T13:36:00.000-04:002007-09-28T13:36:00.000-04:00One big problem seems to be that you haven't gone ...One big problem seems to be that you haven't gone off your prozac gradually. Of course you're going to feel the way you do going off all at once. That's not good at all. Maybe you should go back on when you can, until you get your relationship taken care of. It does sound like you're being taken for granted, & not respected. If it were me I would get a handle on it. Your home is your castle, & you shouldn't have to put up with that crap. I wish you all the luck on both issues. I hope I haven't overstepped your boundaries by what I said. It's just how I see it.sharonsjourneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10397338051674165096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039047421436122024.post-85622275875973920182007-09-28T12:29:00.000-04:002007-09-28T12:29:00.000-04:00Having grown up with a prescription drug-addicted ...Having grown up with a prescription drug-addicted mother, I used to be a strong believer in fighting one's way through life's difficulties without the use of pills. But 15 years ago, two of the people I had worked with for several years who had lots of sobriety, worked the steps, used their sponsors, worked hard in therapy, etc. tried Prozac because, as one of them said, "I thought I'd feel better than I do after all this work." The change in both of them was extraordinary. As one of them said, "It's like there's been a black cloud over my head all my life and now it's gone."<BR/>So I hope you will get the Prozac soon, use it, and wait to make any decisions about your relationship until you have had a chance for the medication to work.<BR/>Hope your suffering subsides a little bit soon.doctor ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13258026677232775071noreply@blogger.com