Posted by Jost on August 27, 2006, at 11:42:11
In reply to Re: Coming to terms/grieving losses related to illness, posted by Vintagemama on August 26, 2006, at 20:36:20
Hi, VintageMama.
I'm sorry to hear about your losses, especially your cognitive, job and marital difficulties. Being in the hospital itself is confining, and uprooting.
Any one of those is a lot to cope with, even if you weren't depressed.
'There a a lot of different boards, or discussion areas, here on Babble. You'll see them at the top, vertically, in a list, and at the bottom, horizontally, on all psychobabble pages.
The psychology board, for example is one of the more frequented boards, where people talk about the emotional and spiritual (although not so much religious) aspects of what's going on for them.
There is a faith board, also, for talking about religious issues. It's less active, and you need to look at the guidelines, because there are people of different faiths here-- but is also a place you might want to visit.
Another one I hope you check out is the psychobabble main page, which is about biological treatments (Anti-Depressants, ECT, new treatments, etc). You've probably seen it, but I recommend posting, reading, and searching, there, when you're in the trial or consideration, or ongoing "this is great" or "this isn't great--has anyone had this experience, have any ideas?" phase.
There are lots of posts about Parnate, and other MAOIs, including a new one, Emsam. Also about drug combinations, and drugs that boost the effect of an AD that isn't working enough, or used to work, and has diminished.
There are all the others, such as Social, Self-Esteem, Withdrawal (esp. from ADs--anti-depressants-- as well as anything), and a chatline, that's most active at night.
This seems to be a somewhat slow few weeks on Babble-- but things may pick up. The end of August, vacations, and so forth.
I hope the Parnate works for you, and that you recover much of what you've lost. That's something many of us are working for. I also hope you can connect to something here that gives you support and helps you plan toward the future.
It's very important to have someone to talk to, whom you trust. Preferably in your own home, and hometown. But this is also a place where there are a lot of great and thoughtful people.
Welcome to Babble,
Jost
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