I had a truly terrifying experience-THE TRUTH Pg19

[burnurcomputer]

Ah, yes, yes she does.

Yikes! Is she one of the things that are on a certain Norweign ride at Epcot?

 

[Magic Mom]

Whoa!! I haven't looked at this thread since I posted my last comment. WOW!! I see a whole lot of assumptions about me and my kids! I never once said I had special needs kids. I also never said I recieved public assistance. It was under your other screen nameI've gone to the doctor to pinpoint why I slept so long and medically they could find nothing wrong besides me obviously being overweight but they did tests and took blood and everything came back fine. However I went to see a psychologist and they said I was "extremly depressed" which may explain why I slept so long and fell asleep in the first place.I was prescribed lexapro and abilify. I have not taken the medication though because I dont want anything screwing up my mind making me feel loopy . I am sad 97% of the time but there is nothing that will ever make that feeling go away. The only time im happy is when im on vacation with the kids .

Did you tell the "psychologist" that you wouldn't take the medicine? Since you aren't taking it, did you discuss therapy for your "extreme depression." Being soo depressed that you slept through 20 phone calls and your child's pick up time, is obviously negatively impacting them, so either taking the meds or seeking therapy would be in their best interest. Don't you think.

 

[NYEmomma]

After seeing your update, I feel highly compelled to respond to you.

Depression is a medical issue. Feeling sad 97% of the time is a good indicator that your neuro chemicals are out of sync. Depression does not make you a bad or a weak person. It makes you a person who needs medication to help regulate chemicals that happen to belong in your noggin. Meds are there to help re-regulate what is lacking in the chemical balance in your brain. You did not do something wrong to make it happen, you are not a bad person. A chemial imbalance isn't a judgement on how you live your life or you as a person. If you were diabetic or had a seizure disorder would you put up so much fight to take something? Its all the same thing; you take meds to rereguale your body and its balance, be it brain function, mood regulation or to replace soemthing that your body doesn't make.

I am concerned about any person who thinks that being sad that often is normal and that it will never go away. That is not the talk of a healthy person who's life is in good balance. Meds shouldn't make you feel loopy, they should help you be able to balance your physical health with your mental health. Just like when you get off a spinning ride and need a minute to stop the spinning, your body needs time to adjust to it being put in working order for full life function.

Lexapro and Abilify are normally prescribed together when your normal antidepressent isn't giving your full theraputic effects and you still are having lingering sadness or its having a major effect on your life. If you have had this conditon for some time and aren't taking your medication........you need to rethink how you look at yourself and your meds.

I take vitamins because I am lacking them in my diet. I take ADHD meds so i can focus and block out noise. I take a meds to boost the effectiveness of my ADHD med (in the antidepressent family). It doesn't make me bad or weak or loopy. It sgives me the ability to take charge of my life and ENJOY what is around me. I refuse to fell bad about taking meds and I get grumpy when people think they are something less then perfect because they have to take a med or two. It doesn't screw up you rmind, it makes it so you can hear the whole Symphony of life rather then just the flute section.

I'm not the OP, but I just wanted to thank you for posting this.

I've struggled with anxiety on and off for the past 8 years... it all seems to be hormonally related, but I certainly have "triggers" as well. Since taking fertility medicine, I've been fighting them again & last month I finally gave up and talked to my doctor about it. He put me on Zoloft and gave me the name of a therapist.

It's all incredibly shameful to me for some reason. I know it shouldn't be... but it's embarrassing to admit that I can't handle myself. I shouldn't need medication just to be "normal". I've been on the medication for 3 weeks now and started with the therapist last week. I feel good most days but I still have that nagging, "you're a complete failure at life if you need medication to be a normal, happy person" in the back of my head.

My therapist said we're going to work on DBT and with some time and some work, I should be able to get to the point where I don't suffer from panic attacks at all. I'd like to stop the medicine because I'm uncomfortable taking it while I'm pregnant. I'm also going to speak to a specialist in PPD because I had it with DD and that is a BIG worry of mine.

I'm rambling now... but I just wanted to say thanks for the words of encouragement. I need to be told every now and then that I'm not a failure nor am I weird, nor am I doing this to myself. Something's out of whack in my brain & I'm doing what I need to do to make the most of my life.

 

[happygirl]

I'm not the OP, but I just wanted to thank you for posting this.

I've struggled with anxiety on and off for the past 8 years... it all seems to be hormonally related, but I certainly have "triggers" as well. Since taking fertility medicine, I've been fighting them again & last month I finally gave up and talked to my doctor about it. He put me on Zoloft and gave me the name of a therapist.

It's all incredibly shameful to me for some reason. I know it shouldn't be... but it's embarrassing to admit that I can't handle myself. I shouldn't need medication just to be "normal". I've been on the medication for 3 weeks now and started with the therapist last week. I feel good most days but I still have that nagging, "you're a complete failure at life if you need medication to be a normal, happy person" in the back of my head.

My therapist said we're going to work on DBT and with some time and some work, I should be able to get to the point where I don't suffer from panic attacks at all. I'd like to stop the medicine because I'm uncomfortable taking it while I'm pregnant. I'm also going to speak to a specialist in PPD because I had it with DD and that is a BIG worry of mine.

I'm rambling now... but I just wanted to say thanks for the words of encouragement. I need to be told every now and then that I'm not a failure nor am I weird, nor am I doing this to myself. Something's out of whack in my brain & I'm doing what I need to do to make the most of my life.

 

[Mama Who]

Wait...

The doctor gave you a diagnosis.
The doctor gave you medicine to treat the disease.
You did not take the medicine.
You failed to provide basic care for your child because of a known common symptom of the disease that you were diagnosed with and willfully refuse treatment for.


Yes, clearly everyone else's fault.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

Wait...

The doctor gave you a diagnosis.
The doctor gave you medicine to treat the disease.
You did not take the medicine.
You failed to provide basic care for your child because of a known common symptom of the disease that you were diagnosed with and willfully refuse treatment for.


Yes, clearly everyone else's fault.

DUH! rotfl

 

[goofy!]

Whoa!! I haven't looked at this thread since I posted my last comment. WOW!! I see a whole lot of assumptions about me and my kids! I never once said I had special needs kids. I also never said I recieved public assistance. Please keep your noses outta my pocketbook! I obviously am not broke since I'm going on a Disney cruise in September ....seeya there nyers!! Please feel free to say hello disers if you see me im really friendly

I've gone to the doctor to pinpoint why I slept so long and medically they could find nothing wrong besides me obviously being overweight but they did tests and took blood and everything came back fine. However I went to see a psychologist and they said I was "extremly depressed" which may explain why I slept so long and fell asleep in the first place.I was prescribed lexapro and abilify. I have not taken the medication though because I dont want anything screwing up my mind making me feel loopy . I am sad 97% of the time but there is nothing that will ever make that feeling go away. The only time im happy is when im on vacation with the kids .

i was under the impression that a psychologist cannot prescribe medication. So, how did your psychologist prescribe lexipro and abilify?

This caught my eye because a close relative is a prominent phd psychologist and if one of her patients ever needed medication, she would have to refer them out to an md, either a psychiatrist or their PCP.

 

[msjprincess]

Whoa!! I haven't looked at this thread since I posted my last comment. WOW!! I see a whole lot of assumptions about me and my kids! I never once said I had special needs kids. I also never said I recieved public assistance. Please keep your noses outta my pocketbook! I obviously am not broke since I'm going on a Disney cruise in September ....seeya there nyers!! Please feel free to say hello disers if you see me im really friendly

I've gone to the doctor to pinpoint why I slept so long and medically they could find nothing wrong besides me obviously being overweight but they did tests and took blood and everything came back fine. However I went to see a psychologist and they said I was "extremly depressed" which may explain why I slept so long and fell asleep in the first place.I was prescribed lexapro and abilify. I have not taken the medication though because I dont want anything screwing up my mind making me feel loopy . I am sad 97% of the time but there is nothing that will ever make that feeling go away. The only time im happy is when im on vacation with the kids .

When did you go to the doctor?

 

[Mama Who]

i was under the impression that a psychologist cannot prescribe medication. So, how did your psychologist prescribe lexipro and abilify?

This caught my eye because a close relative is a prominent phd psychologist and if one of her patients ever needed medication, she would have to refer them out to an md, either a psychiatrist or their PCP.

Correct, but many work closely with a Doc who will prescribe at their recommendation. I believe the doc is theoretically supposed to see the patient as well, but often they trust the psychologist's call on easy ones.

 

[goofy!]

Correct, but many work closely with a Doc who will prescribe at their recommendation. I believe the doc is theoretically supposed to see the patient as well, but often they trust the psychologist's call on easy ones.

oh, I understand that. My relative is a child psychologist and many pediatricians in the area refer to her. They take her word on what the patient needs and then prescribes it on her report only.

I just thought it was funny that she went to the doctor for all sorts of blood tests, but it was the psychologist who "prescribed" the drugs. Most people I have encountered, when describing an extensive medical appt and all the tests their PCP did, would include in the dr appt description that their psychologist also recommended the drugs to the physician.

 

[burnurcomputer]

I'm not the OP, but I just wanted to thank you for posting this.

I've struggled with anxiety on and off for the past 8 years... it all seems to be hormonally related, but I certainly have "triggers" as well. Since taking fertility medicine, I've been fighting them again & last month I finally gave up and talked to my doctor about it. He put me on Zoloft and gave me the name of a therapist.

It's all incredibly shameful to me for some reason. I know it shouldn't be... but it's embarrassing to admit that I can't handle myself. I shouldn't need medication just to be "normal". I've been on the medication for 3 weeks now and started with the therapist last week. I feel good most days but I still have that nagging, "you're a complete failure at life if you need medication to be a normal, happy person" in the back of my head.

My therapist said we're going to work on DBT and with some time and some work, I should be able to get to the point where I don't suffer from panic attacks at all. I'd like to stop the medicine because I'm uncomfortable taking it while I'm pregnant. I'm also going to speak to a specialist in PPD because I had it with DD and that is a BIG worry of mine.

I'm rambling now... but I just wanted to say thanks for the words of encouragement. I need to be told every now and then that I'm not a failure nor am I weird, nor am I doing this to myself. Something's out of whack in my brain & I'm doing what I need to do to make the most of my life.

 

[Mama Who]

oh, I understand that. My relative is a child psychologist and many pediatricians in the area refer to her. They take her word on what the patient needs and then prescribes it on her report only.

I just thought it was funny that she went to the doctor for all sorts of blood tests, but it was the psychologist who "prescribed" the drugs. Most people I have encountered, when describing an extensive medical appt and all the tests their PCP did, would include in the dr appt description that their psychologist also recommended the drugs to the physician.

You knw, a good work of fiction should not be criticized for minor inconsistencies. Geez, you people can be so picky! Suspend disbelief.

 

[Allison]

You knw, a good work of fiction should not be criticized for minor inconsistencies. Geez, you people can be so picky! Suspend disbelief.

Sadly, people are getting sucked into the other story posted today.

 

[m&m's mom]

When did you go to the doctor?

That's a mightly fast lab too.

 

[Ceila]

That's a mightly fast lab too.

Exactly what I was thinking. Even if she went to the doctor's on Friday, there's no way in Hades that the results would come back today.

 

[kaytieeldr]

.I was prescribed lexapro and abilify. I have not taken the medication though because I dont want anything screwing up my mind making me feel loopy .

Lexapro will NOT make you loopy (apparently, I'm not depressed enough to need Abilify).

 

[sukhakuli]

Not that I'm giving credence to this story, but depending on what they ran (probably just a CBC) it could be back in matter of hours if they have an in house lab.

 

[HersheyKisses]

There are PCP's in the hospital clinics. You can get blood results the same day.

 

[manning]

Yesterday was one of the worst days of my life. It was just so confusing and terrifying . Ill start from the begining . The day began normally ..I went to sleep the night before and woke up in the morning to get my kids dressed for school . I put them both on thier schoolbus at around 7:15 am. They go to seperate schools and ride diffrent buses. My youngest gets home at 1:45 pm and my oldest at around 4:00 pm . I am never late picking them up from thier buses .I always stand outside roughly 10 minutes earlier. I see alot of parents getting thier children late for one reason or another . I know life happens and being a few minutes late while not ideal ...it happens . I came back in the house and started cleaning up the house . I cleaned the bathroom and the bedrooms and my mom called while I was washing the dishes. I spoke to her for a good 30 minutes while I was washing the dishes. At this point it's around 9:30 a.m . I watched $40 a day and decided to take a nap after the show. I normally nap 2 hours at the most ..I had a full night of sleep and was well rested . I dont nap everyday at all . I was just bored and decided to take a little nap .

It was 10:00 am ..I laid in bed and fiddled with my cellphone and drifted off to sleep probaly 15 minutes later...

So I wake up and automatically reach for my cell phone to look at the time and my heart fell out of my chest . When I tell you I freaked out..I mean I really FREAKED out. It was 7:15 P.M . I would have assumed my cell phone was broke if I didnt look outside and see it was pitch black outside. I burst into tears immediately because in NY if you dont get your child from the school bus they take your child to the police precinct. I grabbed my home phone thinking why didn't they call me to get my kid from the bus ? They did call me ...like 20 times! I had my ringer on low I was so scared for my kids I had no idea where they were and of course the school bus company was closed . I ran outside hoping the buses would be out there waiting...fat chance . I didn't know where my kids were . I listened to all of the messages and none of them said where they took my kids. I called every police precinct in brooklyn until I located my kids..They were in seperate areas not even my local precinct! It's like they finished thier run and just dropped them off at the closest one to the last drop. The rules are theyare supposed to be left at YOUR local precinct..so why my kids were so far from where we lived just pissed me off .

I took a taxi and picked my kids up.They gave me HELL . I tried to explain to them what happened and how im personally freaked out that I slept that long .They just were not buying it . I was questioned for atleast a half hour before they gave me my kid .

I still dont know why I slept that long.It's totally not normal. My kids were crying when I picked them up It was such an awful experience . Im sure on Monday the bus drivers are going to chew me out for being late because according to the messages they waited atleast 2 hours .

This is such a nightmare .

Isn't zero tolerance great? One slip up and they are all over her. I would talk to her in a nice way to insure everything is OK. Now if it happened again things should get more like what is going on here.

 

[Swan4Me]

At 7:30 PM Friday-
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I'm definetly going to the doctor ASAP.



At Noon today

I've gone to the doctor to pinpoint why I slept so long and medically they could find nothing wrong besides me obviously being overweight but they did tests and took blood and everything came back fine.

However I went to see a psychologist and they said I was "extremly depressed" which may explain why I slept so long and fell asleep in the first place.I was prescribed lexapro and abilify. I have not taken the medication though\.

I cant see how you saw a DR and a Psychologist today, got labs back from one and posted all about it by noon today.