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shutterbug · 10-10-2008, 03:13 AM

Paulos, i just want to say that getting and staying sober is hard enough, without struggling with the depression and OCD and such. It's my opinion that you are headed toward a major relapse if the mental illness part isn't stabalized better soon.

From what you've written, am i correct in that the only medication you're on is the Zoloft? Can I asked why you stopped all the other meds in 2007? That combo of the 3 meds you mentioned is a pretty serious combo of two mood stabalizers and 1 also being an anti-psychotic (and i'm not very familiar with the Resperdal).....but my point is that to go from those to only a single anti-d is quite a major change.

Why suffer so when perhaps one or two additional meds could possibly help ease things?

I have some OCD tendencies, but not typical like constant washing (obviously, although i do wash my hands quite often). I tend to get 'distracted' in a way by numbers. Mostly times of day like 1:11, 4:44, etc., or even 12:34 or 12:21. I've just become overly observant of patterns in numbers. Like today, I woke up late for a appointment w/ my therapist and i grabbed my phone to see the time and it said 2:22 (i've been sleeping during the day lately). I just rolled my eyes at myself and my phone for showing that time on it and jumped up to race out the door. But, it just seems i always tend to look at the clocks exactly at such times. It was worst a few months ago, but still makes me want to scream. LOL.

So in that sense, i can 'sort of' relate to the counting (oh....which i also started doing recently when gambling. Sometimes i'll count the number of spins between the spins that i win a decent amount on or how long it takes before winning a bonus spin or something....yeah, i know.)

Anyway, i just wanted to possibly try to help, if only it means that i'm here and listening.

Hugs,
Jenna

10-10-2008, 03:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
shutterbug A picture's worth a 1000 words Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: With any luck, I'm lost in a view finder Posts: 2,957	Paulos, i just want to say that getting and staying sober is hard enough, without struggling with the depression and OCD and such. It's my opinion that you are headed toward a major relapse if the mental illness part isn't stabalized better soon. From what you've written, am i correct in that the only medication you're on is the Zoloft? Can I asked why you stopped all the other meds in 2007? That combo of the 3 meds you mentioned is a pretty serious combo of two mood stabalizers and 1 also being an anti-psychotic (and i'm not very familiar with the Resperdal).....but my point is that to go from those to only a single anti-d is quite a major change. Why suffer so when perhaps one or two additional meds could possibly help ease things? I have some OCD tendencies, but not typical like constant washing (obviously, although i do wash my hands quite often). I tend to get 'distracted' in a way by numbers. Mostly times of day like 1:11, 4:44, etc., or even 12:34 or 12:21. I've just become overly observant of patterns in numbers. Like today, I woke up late for a appointment w/ my therapist and i grabbed my phone to see the time and it said 2:22 (i've been sleeping during the day lately). I just rolled my eyes at myself and my phone for showing that time on it and jumped up to race out the door. But, it just seems i always tend to look at the clocks exactly at such times. It was worst a few months ago, but still makes me want to scream. LOL. So in that sense, i can 'sort of' relate to the counting (oh....which i also started doing recently when gambling. Sometimes i'll count the number of spins between the spins that i win a decent amount on or how long it takes before winning a bonus spin or something....yeah, i know.) Anyway, i just wanted to possibly try to help, if only it means that i'm here and listening. Hugs, Jenna __________________ I'M FINE!! Fanatically Insecure Neuratic & Emotional Bipolar/Depression support: 1-800-950-NAMI(6264).