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24-07-2006, 03:44 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ADELAIDE
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| |  Just Got Through the Weekend - No Meds
For the last fortnight i have been coming down off one med to start another first week was ok the last week shit what a ride my psychiatrist had given me a script for valium in case. I got the bottle sitting in the cuboard for the ready but held out. I normaly get nightmares two or three times a week when things are going good i became that scared to go to bed in the last week. but battled on not sure if i have done the right thing or not. feels like i have gone back months as to how far i had moved forward. But just as my wife was getting ready for bed she asked me if i had taked any of the valium when she found out that i haddent she said she was so proud of me for holding it together over the weekend. Well that made my whole weekend of shit disapear in an instant so i thought i would just let you know cheers chat soon |
24-07-2006, 03:51 AM
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Congrats Nugget on a tremendous effort and good for your other half too for acknowledging your great achievement! |
24-07-2006, 06:39 AM
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Great job Nugget!!!
You've obviously taken some huge steps forward!!! :)
And I would also have that bottle sitting there... just incase...
Because even if you do end up taking the pills later on... you've still managed to conquer this last weekend!
Congrats again on a job well done :) |
24-07-2006, 07:29 AM
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that is great! I look forward when they are done tapering me off meds to do this battle head on. |
24-07-2006, 03:57 PM
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That's the best way to look at it...
as a battle...
..you are a fighter
and meds are just a challenge |
24-07-2006, 04:47 PM
|  | Administrative Editor PTSD | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Congrats nugget, and hopefully you will be able to no longer require medications soon enough. |
04-08-2006, 02:45 AM
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congrat nugget that is huge its fantastic
remember little steps...i have been where you are..acknowledge its real hard yakka and i mean hard yakka but hang in...i don't have the valium but the xanax sitting in my cupboard and i count the days in my journal...breathing techniques do you use them....
and your wife sounds so supportive...which is an added bonus.
and remember lapse doesn't mean a relapse..and all lapses mean improvement to some degree...
keep strong again congrat |
06-08-2006, 05:04 PM
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good job!!!! and ditto to the other messages. you're really strong for getting through the weekend. :) |
07-08-2006, 06:56 AM
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How great it must feel, to have got through without having to rely on the meds! It is possible! Excellent you. |
07-08-2006, 09:42 AM
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It is very possible purdy... get past some of the worst, then get the hell off those harmful, addictive medications. Some doctors will advise against ever coming off them, because some doctors agree to get a cut of the action for prescribing particular types of medications. If your doctor has your best interest at heart though, they will certainly help you get off the drugs when they believe you can handle it better, or atleast begin reducing the dosage to make things easier with less side effects. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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