RE: Recent diagnosis

Ann.Lindstrom(AT)octel.com
Mon, 17 Nov 1997 08:44:15 -0800

Joellen - I too am on Zoloft. I went to a shrink about the depression,
and he said this kind of depression is very hard, since the cause (the
physical disability) doesn't go away. (Unlike other emotional traumas
like death in the family, divorce, etc - that seem to fade over time.)
He feels that I will be on zoloft long term. I too hate to have a
crutch, but it does keep me functioning.......Ann

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> From: Jo Ellen Finkelstein[SMTP:ghellen(AT)ninenet.com]
> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 1997 1:06 AM
> To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Recent diagnosis
>
> Sticks1116(AT)aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Hi Joellen. I'm having a terrible time. I can't except being
> paralyzed. I
> > wish I wouldn''t wake up in the morning. I just hope and pray (alot)
> that I
> > may be in the group that recover and walk again. I'm scared beyond
> belief
> > that this is it and I'm going to be like this permently! I wish you
> luck !
> > Take care.
> > Bill
> Dietrich
> > (sticks1116)Hi Bill, sorry you're having such a hard time. It was
> really hard on me
> too at first (actually I still have my moments!) I'm lucky that my
> friends and family are really supportive. I was suiciadal at first
> but
> they gave me counseling and Zoloft (thank god for happy pills! LOL) I
>
> tried this last week to go without the Zoloft and it just sent me
> into
> a spiral of dispare I ended up quarreling with my boyfriend and almost
>
> distroyed that relationship! Fortunately we both settled down and I
> realized that the Zoloft is still something that I need to keep myself
>
> on an even keel. So I guess I'll stay with them until I can get myself
>
> back to feeling better about things again. I hate to use them as a
> crutch but right now I need them, drugs are not a total answer but I
> guess as long as they help me to cope I'll continue to use them.
>
> jOELLEN
>