Re: Kim, Ros, Shelly, Annette, and others I could just cry...

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I'm glad to hear you had a good day.

It sounds to me like you've gone really fast with your withdrawal.

You've gotten off a lot of drugs really quickly. Have you been

waiting until you feel stable before making the next reduction?

I ask because I don't think you need to feel as badly as you do.

Take some time off before you make any more reductions. Give yourself

a chance to feel a little better. There is no need to keep pushing

through this and feeling so awful.

You've done a great job--now go a little easier on yourself!

Regards,

Kim

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Kim, Thanks for the response. My husband and I had along talk about this very thing a few days ago over giving myself a break for awhile before tackling anymore reductions so, yes I do plan to hold off for a few weeks and get alittle more stable and start having some good days before doing anything else. I love you guys! Your are such a blessing to everyone. hugs leslieKim wrote: ,I'm glad to hear you had a good day.It sounds to me like you've gone really fast with your withdrawal. You've gotten off a lot of drugs really quickly. Have you beenwaiting until you feel stable before making the next reduction?I ask because I don't think you need to feel as badly as you do.Take some time

off before you make any more reductions. Give yourselfa chance to feel a little better. There is no need to keep pushingthrough this and feeling so awful.You've done a great job--now go a little easier on yourself!Regards,Kimco-moderator--Visit my art blog at http://kimdenise.blogspot.com/."Thanks to my work everything's going well" --Claude MonetTo Purchase Supplements at discount:VitacostSave Up to 75% on Vitamins. Click Here!<ahref="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=huXTs6tQbr8 & offerid=59379.10000087 & type=1 & subid=0"

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Kim, Having come off of so much of my psych meds I found myself in sort of a quandry. Even though I have my difficult times with the withdrawals, I was "coming back to life" again. I was having moments where I was feeling halfway decent and yet not feeling completely symptom free, but felt well enough that I was becoming restless and bored. I had been considering on a part-time job for the past couple of months. I would go into places and pick up the application, but would chicken out and not fill out the application. I just wasn't sure if I could handle much responsibility and stress of a job, since I was still having some withdrawals. I never knew when the withdrawals would hit me and make things difficult for me. However, I was becoming more and more restless,

lonely, and bored and this was becoming more of a discomfort and problem than than the withdrawals themselves. That's how I knew I had to look for something to do. It is hard to imagine that a year I was taking 38+ psych pills a day-a zombie, hibernating in my room and away from my kids and now I'm down to just two psychiatric drugs a day and about ready to come off another med. People surprise me all the time and still come up to me quite frequently and tell me how much better I look - healthier glow to my countenance, more alert, looking more alive and interactive with whats going on around me, I no longer have that dazed, glassy look to my eyes and face. I no longer hibernate from my husband and kids and much more involved in their lives. It really is a miracle. I'm so thankful to this group immensely for guiding me in the right

direction on how to withdrawal, and eat healthy, and take the right supplements. I do worry about coming off the Klonipin, its the last one I have to work on after I'm finished with the geodon (this drug is has been a total hell to come off of but once I decided to go slower and take small dosages my body has finally stopped putting up such a fight and things are better, still uncomfortable, but more tolerable.) Back to my job search, so I kept my eye open for a low stress, part-time job, just a few hours a week. Something to get me out of the house and off my problems and interacting with others out there in the "real" world. I needed something to get my mind off my troubles and start thinking outwardly toward others. I will find out monday if I have the job or not, but the interview with the manager went very well. I prayed

that if it was time for me to work a few hours each week then let the job search flow smoothly and just fall into place easily. So far this is what has happened. The job is tailored for Mom's with children in school and the manager is so nice and willing to be flexible and work around the needs Mom's have with kids in school. The Job is for daytime hours (4-5 hours) 2-3 days a week with an occassional evening (they close at 8:00pm and open at 9:30am). These hours are very workable for me allowing me to get the sleep I need and to also be able me to spend time with my kids in the evenings and tuck them into bed. It is also a small store which I find manageable. I'm a little nervous because I haven't worked a job since 1996, but I keep telling myself I went to graduate school and received a M.A. degree so I not dumb and should be able to handle

the tasks required. In past employments I have done retail and ran the register so I do have what it takes to do this job. I keep telling myself I'm not stupid and can apply myself and learn. Like I said I find out Monday whether I will be working there or not. I feel like it is time to take on some responsibility and earn alittle extra income-this well help ease the strain of the cost of all the supplements I take as well. I hope this is a good thing for me. I feel alittle nervous about working, but everyone assures me it will help me out in my recovery and keep me moving in a positive direction. So here I go... hugs leslie Kim wrote: I think that's a good plan,

. I'm glad you've decided to do it that way.What's up with the job? I was so proud of you when I read that!! Even considering that is huge progress for you.I don't think you even realize how much better you are. We haven'tseen you for a while, so it really shows to the people here.Nice work, m'dear!Kim--Visit my art blog at http://kimdenise.blogspot.com/."Thanks to my work everything's going well" --Claude MonetTo Purchase Supplements at discount:Swanson Health Products<ahref="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=huXTs6tQbr8 & offerid=52520.10000043 & type=3 & subid=0"VitacostSave Up to 75% on Vitamins. Click Here!<ahref="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=huXTs6tQbr8 & offerid=59379.10000087 & type=1 & subid=0"

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" coming back to life "

, read back when you get a chance at your very first

posts......your progress is inspirational, you are doing a great job.

Fingers crossed for you about the job. How's your flute playing going?

Lots of love

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, I'll find out about the job Monday-I pray it will happen if God feels it is a good thing for me right now, I've had to step down from playing my flute for a while because I found it to be overstimulating and I'd get flustered by the difficult parts of the music, plus I wouldn't get home until close to 10:00pm from practice and this wasn't helping my sleep difficulties. I'd lay awake for several hours before even dozing off and wake up still tired. However I'm beginning to feel alittle better now, so maybe in a couple of months I'll join the orchestra again and play my flute in church. I don't want to over committ myself and become frustrated and overhwhelmed, so I'm taking things one day at a time. I do pick up my flute a few times during the week when I'm at home and play fun music, nothing to difficult. I

want the joy in playing my flute to come back again. I hope soon. Thanks for asking and for caring. I let everyone know about the job when I find out. Hugs sjerrom wrote: "coming back to life", read back when you get a chance at your very first posts......your progress is inspirational, you are doing a great job. Fingers crossed for you about the job. How's your flute playing going?Lots of love

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Hi ,

I can understand about the orchestra, used to take me hours to get to

sleep after concerts and stuff even before the drugs!!

The two pieces that really help me are the Mozart's flute concerto in

G the second movement and Mozart's slow movement in the Flute and harp

concerto............they have such a beautiful calming effect.

I can't cope with things like Bizet's Carmen Fantasy and

stuff........but maybe one day.

For now it's calm music and it still brings alot of joy.

Daft as it sounds the thing I got most upset about last week, was when

my cello string broke and I had every other string except the " D "

one!! So heh, maybe normality is coming back into my life...........I

did laugh at myself after wards because it's only a string and I was

just daft as I hadn't a spare one at the time.

Lots of love to you and your family

[Guest guest]

's onto something with the Mozart--not only is his the most

sublime of music, but take a look at this:

http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901060116-1147107,00.ht\

ml

--hope you got a new string!

Regards,

Kim

co-moderator

> The two pieces that really help me are the Mozart's flute concerto in

> G the second movement and Mozart's slow movement in the Flute and harp

> concerto............they have such a beautiful calming effect.

> I can't cope with things like Bizet's Carmen Fantasy and

> stuff........but maybe one day.

> For now it's calm music and it still brings alot of joy.

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Thanks for the article link, it's wonderful..............now do I give

myself a validated excuse and listen to Mozart for 2hrs everyday!! YES

Love Ya Kim

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>To: Withdrawal_and_Recovery

>Subject: Re: Re: Kim, Ros, , Annette,

>and others I could just cry...

>Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 08:54:01 -0500

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>'s onto something with the Mozart--not only is his the most

>sublime of music, but take a look at this:

>

>http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901060116-1147107,00.h\

tml

>

>--hope you got a new string!

>

>Regards,

>Kim

>co-moderator

>

> > The two pieces that really help me are the Mozart's flute concerto in

> > G the second movement and Mozart's slow movement in the Flute and harp

> > concerto............they have such a beautiful calming effect.

> > I can't cope with things like Bizet's Carmen Fantasy and

> > stuff........but maybe one day.

> > For now it's calm music and it still brings alot of joy.

>

>

>

>--

>Visit my art blog at http://kimdenise.blogspot.com/.

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> " Thanks to my work everything's going well " --Claude Monet

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