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The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry » Topic: STUCK http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck Just another bbPress community en-US Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:31:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/search.php katysara on "STUCK" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/3#post-218437 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:08:18 +0000 katysara 218437@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Yes you can take it (but you should always listen to your doctor over a stranger on the internet!!!!!) And yeah, bulimia is expensive, drugs are cheaper! Not that I'm recommending it! I had my time as a bulimic anorectic and it was the worst time in my life, giving up that binge-vomiting was harder than any other thing I ever did. KSx crystalize on "STUCK" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/3#post-216667 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:08:33 +0000 crystalize 216667@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Hey KS, Michael I told her about the ED but its been under control for the last 5 or 6 weeks due to one, not working i don't have any money. Being bulimic is very expensive! Two, i'm staying with my mum and sister now, my mum doesn't know about the ED, but they're watching me like hawks due to the whole suicide thing. And three, being in hospital, then home, has given me enough of a break from it to allow the physical things that were happening, ie hypokalemia but particularly half my hair falling out, to act as more of a deterent. I'm presuming that this means it may be ok to take KS? katysara on "STUCK" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/2#post-216619 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:53:22 +0000 katysara 216619@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <blockquote><cite>crystalize <a href="//www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/2#post-216579"">said</a>:</cite> Sertraline is another name for Zoloft!!! Not sure if i'll last the 2 weeks <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_eek.gif" title="8O" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_neutral.gif" title=":|" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_confused.gif" title=":?" class="bb_smilies" /> </blockquote> You should not take zoloft if you have an ED - it can cause nasty seizures, I'm guessing your doc and pharmacist don't realise you have an ED?????? You need to speak to someone asap about this and get proper advice, after all I could be any old lunatic. Hugs, KSx michael on "STUCK" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/2#post-216595 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:01:50 +0000 michael 216595@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <blockquote><cite>crystalize <a href="""//www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/2#post-216579"""">said</a>:</cite> Hey Michael, Money, money, money hey <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_confused.gif" title=":?" class="bb_smilies" /> So sorry, i'm a knob, i've been reading some of the other threads over the weekend and realized you've already answered most of those questions elsewhere... As to the arguing with myself, i bit the bullet and saw a G.P this morning. I explained i'd tried Zoloft years ago and felt so bad i stopped taking it etc. Anyway, she prescribed sertraline, which she said may have the same side affects but that they usually subside after a couple of weeks. I discovered after looking it up on the net when i got home, that Sertraline is another name for Zoloft!!! I'm actually feeling really, really weird, tense, shaking hands and nauseous already... It was a huge mission to concentrate on writing these few lines! Not sure if i'll last the 2 weeks <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_eek.gif" title="8O" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_neutral.gif" title=":|" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_confused.gif" title=":?" class="bb_smilies" /> </blockquote> that sounds... strange!! i looked it up, you're right, it's just another trade name! did you tell her about your eating disorder? did you already fill the prescription? and don't feel like a knob, i don't read all the posts, i just can't keep up like that <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_surprised.gif" title=":o" class="bb_smilies" /> crystalize on "STUCK" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/2#post-216579 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:58:13 +0000 crystalize 216579@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Hey Michael, Money, money, money hey <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_confused.gif" title=":?" class="bb_smilies" /> So sorry, i'm a knob, i've been reading some of the other threads over the weekend and realized you've already answered most of those questions elsewhere... As to the arguing with myself, i bit the bullet and saw a G.P this morning. I explained i'd tried Zoloft years ago and felt so bad i stopped taking it etc. Anyway, she prescribed sertraline, which she said may have the same side affects but that they usually subside after a couple of weeks. I discovered after looking it up on the net when i got home, that Sertraline is another name for Zoloft!!! I'm actually feeling really, really weird, tense, shaking hands and nauseous already... It was a huge mission to concentrate on writing these few lines! Not sure if i'll last the 2 weeks <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_eek.gif" title="8O" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_neutral.gif" title=":|" class="bb_smilies" /> <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_confused.gif" title=":?" class="bb_smilies" /> michael on "STUCK" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/2#post-216563 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:20:21 +0000 michael 216563@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <blockquote><cite>crystalize <a href=""//www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/2#post-215925""">said</a>:</cite> I have indeed moseyed around and found lots of entertaining threads. My head's too foggy right now to contribute anything remotely intelligent or witty, but i am enjoying reading everything. Oklahoma, i've never met anyone from there! I may be very misguided and behind the times but i don't imagine people to be the most open minded in those parts??? How do you go getting support for your BP? Is it something you can talk openly about with people? Sounds like you have a very supportive and wise girlfriend though... C </blockquote> it's pretty conservative here, yeah! i lived away for several years and moved back. there are plenty of openminded folks to hang out with, once you find them... openminded southerners and cowboys are some of the most-fun folks you'll ever meet. they're just outnumbered when we vote. by a lot. lol. i don't have bipolar, i'm diagnosed with severe depression. i identify with the folks on here a lot though... esp since i had psychosis. and i had lots of rapid, impulsive thoughts during my depression, so when folks on here describe mixed states, i can kinda empathize. folks here seem to "get" me. <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_wink.gif" title=":wink:" class="bb_smilies" /> but anyways, so far in my experience, support for mental illness sufferers in the US is like any other health situation: it depends on how much money you have. if you can pay for insurance that covers it, or you can pay for it out of pocket, then it's there... for myself, i was saved by free clinics for the uninsured. so how's the arguing been going? katysara on "STUCK" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/2#post-216095 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:14:45 +0000 katysara 216095@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Let us know how it goes... crystalize on "STUCK" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/2#post-215969 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:26:29 +0000 crystalize 215969@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Hi KS The Zoloft was over ten years ago, way before i had an ED I'll keep up the argument and see what happens. Perhaps i'll go just to shut myself up. C x katysara on "STUCK" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/2#post-215959 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:09:22 +0000 katysara 215959@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ C go for it with the antidepressants. If things like zoloft ~(which you should never have been prescribed with an ED) and other SSRIs/SNRIs don't work for you be upfront about it and ask for something else. KSx <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" /> crystalize on "STUCK" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/2#post-215925 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:17:50 +0000 crystalize 215925@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ I have indeed moseyed around and found lots of entertaining threads. My head's too foggy right now to contribute anything remotely intelligent or witty, but i am enjoying reading everything. Oklahoma, i've never met anyone from there! I may be very misguided and behind the times but i don't imagine people to be the most open minded in those parts??? How do you go getting support for your BP? Is it something you can talk openly about with people? Sounds like you have a very supportive and wise girlfriend though... C michael on "STUCK" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/2#post-215903 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:52:10 +0000 michael 215903@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ that IS good, arguing is all right! you keep it up! lol my girlfriend has told me she believes when a person gets that depressed, they should get angry at it. this confused me a bit but she said "seriously, depression that makes someone feel so bad they want to die? that pisses me off. get angry at it!" i live in oklahoma. we do have crazy weather here. ice storms are pretty in some ways, the trees look like glass... but it also weighs down the trees and they break limbs, can kill trees, and power lines break, etc. i like snow better. it's kinder! have you moseyed around in other parts of the forum? if you need some fun times and folks that make you laugh, a lot of the threads in general musings crack me up. good people. crystalize on "STUCK" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/2#post-215895 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:30:20 +0000 crystalize 215895@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Hi Michael, its exactly like a journal with replies isn't it, replies from all over the world too, which makes it so much more interesting. Hows things today? Well i've been arguing with myself all day about forcing myself to go and visit a doctor and ask for some anti depressants... arguing is at least a step in the right direction as i wouldn't have considered it for a second a couple of weeks ago! I'm not sure if i've ever experienced a giant ice storm!!! Sounds very exciting... Where abouts are you? Apparently we can expect more snow in the u.k shortly which is bad, especially if its the wrong kind of snow!!! It seems in this country if the snow is too fluffy or something, the whole place comes to a stand still, no transport, no rubbish collection and rediculous media coverage of 'the big freeze.' 'Worst snow storms in 800 years!' Or some crap. It's so silly, for the love of god, it's just a little bit of snow!!! I wish i had relatives back in Oz, i love summer! Take care in that ice storm C <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_cool.gif" title="8)" class="bb_smilies" /> michael on "STUCK" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/2#post-215861 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:59:21 +0000 michael 215861@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ have seen a lot of folks use their entries here, printing them out, etc to show doctors. journaling is helpful too, but your post reminds me that journaling can also be a lonely and isolating enterprise... when i see folks come on here and talk through things, it's kinda like a journal with replies! how's things today? got any plans for the next few days? i'm waiting on a giant ice storm to move in, work is shutting down at noon. was 63F yesterday, will be 9F tomorrow...sorry, folks where i live talk weather a lot for exciting conversation! <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_wink.gif" title=":wink:" class="bb_smilies" /> anyways, if i'm not around for awhile, it's either cos i'm not at work and that's where my net is... OR the ice broke the power lines <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" /> but i'll be back either way. keep well! crystalize on "STUCK" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/2#post-215827 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:20:53 +0000 crystalize 215827@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Interesting,(to me at least), a few months ago, after trying to kill myself i sat in front of six strangers, Psychiatrists and nurses etc, on a Psyc ward, adamant that i wasn't depressed. I've just read back over all my entries... <img src="http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_rolleyes.gif" title=":roll:" class="bb_smilies" /> Amazing how writing things down can give you a whole different perspective of yourself. Looking back over the past years now, and wondering at which point I became so self consumed??? I used to really love living alone, but i guess at some point i took being alone too far. Stopped socialising, became more and more isolated so i could be alone with my eating disorder. I guess its very easy to loose sight of yourself that way. C crystalize on "STUCK" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/stuck/page/2#post-215647 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:11:11 +0000 crystalize 215647@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Thanks Michael and Katysara...it,s really nice to be able to talk without making people uncomfortable or freaking them out! C