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searching · 07-09-2009, 10:58 AM

well after posting all these positive post about how Im doing today is a very bad day. My wife is being distant, says she doesnt know me anymore and this last time was way hard on her. I still havent drank in 4 days, but I have so much emotion built up today. I overslept and missed a very important job interview, tried to call and explain I hope they give me another chance. I called the doctor and told her that the new meds she put me on were making me feel spacy and drunk and could she put me on something else. She calls me back and says the problem is I need to take more cause its a low dose. uggggg, I feel so alone and tired today....

geothinkah · 07-09-2009, 11:04 AM

I see you joined in Nov 2004! I say that you know how to hang in there! My suggestion, follow the doctor's advice or even get a second opinion. Remember, If you don't drink, your best day is yet to come! Good Luck.

brokenhalo · 07-09-2009, 11:07 AM

i'm sorry you are feeling alone. i offer my encouragement. the anxiety and depression will pass. it may take some time to find the right medications for you, but keep working hard. you can do it.

bh

**Astro** · 07-09-2009, 11:16 AM

I'm not a doctor and we can't hand out medical advice here, but I'd also suggest getting a second opinion. From my experience with taking SSRI's, sometimes a dosage adjustment is necessary, and sometimes it's necessary to try something different. It also takes awhile for your brain chemistry to get accustomed to any med, and we're all going to have different experiences.

As far as the lonely feelings, I'm a firm believer that I'm only as lonely as I make myself. Sometimes I've got to plow through the discomfort and throw myself out there. God always takes it from there by putting people in my life to help me along.

I'll keep my fingers crossed and say a prayer that you get a second chance at that interview, and hope you keep doing the next right thing.

Waterman · 07-09-2009, 11:22 AM

Hang in there!

ChameleonBoy · 07-09-2009, 11:42 AM

You are going through a tough time no doubt and I feel for you. Keep in mind right now that it will get better because it will. Your wife may have good reason to be distant right now but you are giving her the best gift you can. Stick with it your doing great, you just can't see it right now.

searching · 07-09-2009, 11:44 AM

maybe so, but no matter how long we have been members do we really ever know what to do, are we ever really over it, any of it, every once in a while the pain comes back to all of us...

BKP · 07-09-2009, 11:50 AM

For all the ****** days we have nice ones lined up ahead.

searching · 07-09-2009, 12:14 PM

thanks for all the replys all... it helps... it really does...

07-09-2009, 10:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
searching Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Searching my way thru this journey called life.. Posts: 149	Feeling so alone... well after posting all these positive post about how Im doing today is a very bad day. My wife is being distant, says she doesnt know me anymore and this last time was way hard on her. I still havent drank in 4 days, but I have so much emotion built up today. I overslept and missed a very important job interview, tried to call and explain I hope they give me another chance. I called the doctor and told her that the new meds she put me on were making me feel spacy and drunk and could she put me on something else. She calls me back and says the problem is I need to take more cause its a low dose. uggggg, I feel so alone and tired today....

07-09-2009, 11:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
Astro Forum Leader Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ, one big happy dysfunctional family! Posts: 11,814	I'm not a doctor and we can't hand out medical advice here, but I'd also suggest getting a second opinion. From my experience with taking SSRI's, sometimes a dosage adjustment is necessary, and sometimes it's necessary to try something different. It also takes awhile for your brain chemistry to get accustomed to any med, and we're all going to have different experiences. As far as the lonely feelings, I'm a firm believer that I'm only as lonely as I make myself. Sometimes I've got to plow through the discomfort and throw myself out there. God always takes it from there by putting people in my life to help me along. I'll keep my fingers crossed and say a prayer that you get a second chance at that interview, and hope you keep doing the next right thing. __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty, and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming---WOW-What a ride!"

07-09-2009, 11:50 AM	#8 (permalink)
BKP Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 331	For all the ****** days we have nice ones lined up ahead. __________________ Isaiah 41:10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand

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07-09-2009, 11:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
geothinkah Alcoholic Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Calais Maine Posts: 37 Blog Entries: 14	I see you joined in Nov 2004! I say that you know how to hang in there! My suggestion, follow the doctor's advice or even get a second opinion. Remember, If you don't drink, your best day is yet to come! Good Luck.

07-09-2009, 11:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
brokenhalo Guest Dirt Dragons Champion! Glop 3:Final Battle Champion! Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 111	i'm sorry you are feeling alone. i offer my encouragement. the anxiety and depression will pass. it may take some time to find the right medications for you, but keep working hard. you can do it. bh

07-09-2009, 11:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
Waterman Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 187	Hang in there!

07-09-2009, 11:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
ChameleonBoy Guest Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: SLC Posts: 99	You are going through a tough time no doubt and I feel for you. Keep in mind right now that it will get better because it will. Your wife may have good reason to be distant right now but you are giving her the best gift you can. Stick with it your doing great, you just can't see it right now.

07-09-2009, 11:44 AM	#7 (permalink)
searching Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Searching my way thru this journey called life.. Posts: 149	maybe so, but no matter how long we have been members do we really ever know what to do, are we ever really over it, any of it, every once in a while the pain comes back to all of us...

07-09-2009, 12:14 PM	#9 (permalink)
searching Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Searching my way thru this journey called life.. Posts: 149	thanks for all the replys all... it helps... it really does...

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