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[Daysoni]

I tride posting in another thread about wether or not I could make it with out my meds? It has been 30 days and now that my appointment is next week to be put on the new ones. I have decided that I am not going to go. I have done ok without any. All I know is that I'm scared that thye will bring on more weight gain, and I don't want the side effects. I don't want to keep going back and fourth until they find something that will work for all my diagnoses or labels. I want to live without being on meds. I told the doctors know more meds. They only one that I will go on is for my thyroid. They told me yesterday I'm going have to go to a pain clinic and an orthepidic and fracture speaclists. Is this because they don't know what to do? I just don't want anymore meds. So i guess what I'm asking for is just some prayer that on this journey I can make it.

 

[goldenviolet]

but *sniffle* listen to doctor...

 

[goldenviolet]

you can do it!!

 

[goldenviolet]

i was thinking. have you sat down with doc and weighed out the pros and cons of meds? i think you should try to do this and exsplaine your hesitation.

 

[Daysoni]

I haven't sat down and talked with my Dr. My concerns are that I will gain weight on the med's and that there will be side effects like the rest. I guess it's me taking control. I want to fight it. I want to beat all of the diagnoses with out the med's on my own. Probablly wrong huh? I canceled my appointments for this week but will talk it over with my therapist and see if she can sway my decision. Thank you for your replies.....

 

[inHisgripkim]

I haven't sat down and talked with my Dr. My concerns are that I will gain weight on the med's and that there will be side effects like the rest. I guess it's me taking control. I want to fight it. I want to beat all of the diagnoses with out the med's on my own. Probablly wrong huh? I canceled my appointments for this week but will talk it over with my therapist and see if she can sway my decision. Thank you for your replies.....

Daysoni:

I know that Ltriptophan is back on the market. It's an amino acid that causes your brain to produce Seritonin. People who suffer from depression, ADHD, OCD do well on meds that increase Seritonin levels. I use Celexa which has no side effect at all for me. I also went and got some Ltriptophan yesterday. Turkey has Ltriptophan in it, but we don't eat enough turket to get the benefits.

All your concerns should probably be discussed with your physician. That's what they get paid for. With healthcare these days, we have to be proactive in order to get the care we need. Don't be afraid to ask questions.

 

[Daysoni]

I have talked a little to my therapist about my concerns. One of her concerns is that through some of her research she has found that people with anorexia tend to produce more seritonin and that is a chemical that takes away some of the hunger. So when I'm on something for my other diagnoses it makes me produce alot more making it hard to fight my symptoms. So I have decided that I will treat my thyroid disease. I was given a pamphlet on it and did research on it myself. So many of the symptoms are the same as the ones for my different diagnoses. So I will treat this and lean hard on the Lord. I will blog and if I see that it is not woorking and I begin to slip then I will treat the rest.