doggonecarl

Bet you already knew that. Does your therapist offer a solution?

Fabela

Excuse me, but I have to be Rose. I'm the blonde Scandinavian, you know.

lighteningbug

I have known that for eons. What only changes is the way it manifests. I don't think I am with the right one. I want deep analysis and am getting the, "so how was your week?"

lighteningbug

Ok Rose, how many times did you have to milk a cow before you realized it was a bull and you were it's main squeeze?

AnvilheadII

bug.....just keep in mind, that while it is good to get to our core issues, our deeply hidden "whys", that solves nothing unless we truly STOP using. it doesn't all just magically fall into place and wah lah, we're cured. we still have to do the really hard part.......which isn't quitting, it's STAYING quit.

i agree that if you really aren't getting anything out of current therapy, then it is wise to seek other sources/therapists.

i'm really sorry you feel so awful right now. you sure have an amazing upbeat outlook tho! can't wait til you are feeling better!!!

Jsbodhi

I'm ahead of you- haven't worn underwear in 15 years....

lighteningbug

Oh yeah watch out when I am feeling good! I will spread my cheer around like the clap!

I need the why. I was a binge eater - figured a way out of that and found a balance. But I had to replace it with something. That something started and ended with an X and was full of horror between. Then it was work. I was a workaholic. Then it was drinking. I didn't start that until I was 40!

Scared of what is next. I would wet my pants but I did that already too much this week.

Fabela

We're going steady now.

Fabela

Spoken like a true rebel!

lighteningbug

I bow to my mentor. I haven't left yet but I will have you know...I am going to Walgreens in my pajamas.

lighteningbug

Where's my promise ring? I prefer Amethyst.

Flawed

I started Campral 10 days ago, I take two pills three times a day and haven't had any side effects from it at all. I did take Naltrexone last year and had side effects, so this go round my doctor switched. Definitely call the doc, you may just not be able to take that one for some reason

AnvilheadII

we have to quit feeding the beast.....even with the best of therapy, and properly identifying the why, if WE don't change our actions, responses and behaviors, we just keep tossing raw meat into the cage. we have to employ balance and discipline.....

i believe you CAN be done with the madness and not have a NEXT. you are far too bright and full of life to do otherwise...........

lighteningbug

I am starting to think that maybe it is my tooth infection and not the Campral after all. I found no user accounts of side effects online. Glad it is working for you.

lighteningbug

Thank you. I do suffer from hyperfocus and am subscribed to the thought of one works, wouldn't two be even better?

I haven't binged in over two weeks. The thought hasn't crossed my mind. I haven't replaced it with anything. Yet. I know I have to change the way I respond to situations that cause my to binge.

I was done with drinking. I wonder if it is my mentality to replace it or the Campral.

Upward2Enlightenment

This thread is a hoot.

Jsbodhi

I know isn't it?! Haha

Dee74

welcome back

I think you'll be much better placed to find the why after you quit.

I know it may seem wrong footed to do it that way, but I really believe you don't need to know the 'why' to stop.

I looked for the why for 20 years - got into a situation where if I didn't stop I'd die - so I stopped
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lighteningbug

A hoot and holler I tell ya! Why do I feel like a whisper in the halls of Hogwarts?

Status update... I put on pants.

Upward2Enlightenment

But are you still going commando?