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Can't hold on much longer.

suessmayr said:
I guess my case is unique in that my current psychiatrist is foremost a psychotherapist, so that his use of drugs is always sparing and usually reluctant.
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That is excellent, you are very lucky to have a psychiatrist like that! :)
 
Yeah. For a long time I didn't really appreciate what he did. I was angry and felt invalidated by his refusal to give me the meds I wanted. Then I looked back on 6 months with him and saw that for the first time in years I was making progress. He has his M.B/B.S, his membership with the College of Psychiatry and an additional M.D (Psychotherapy). I've seen lots of shrinks and none have had the additional masters. I guess you get what you pay for, only I live in Australia and it's all free!

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sussmayr said:
Finding someone you respect personally and intellectually is key
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This. This is the most important part of dealing with mental health practitioners. Without this, no progress can be made.
 
i would suggest finding a counseling center that deals specifically with people who have drug addictions and psychological problems. Finding a counselor is hard but even harder is being honest with yourself and the counselor during sessions. getting clean from drugs is awesome but you still have to deal with issues that were either suppressed during drug usage or prior to drug usage. in my eyes i tell myself that i have to take the good with the bad. i had my four years of getting high on opies, now i have to deal with the low end. and i mean rock bottom. smacking the ground (figuratively) was the only way for me to get out of drugs and start living again. enough about me. there is hope for all of us, and i know that if you try you will find a way out of all of this.
 
I'm doing better now. I know I'll slip back down soon enough though, its always the way. I'm not sure what Ive implied here but I am not a habitual drug user. I do a CWE about once every 3 months and make poppy tea once every 3 months, I smoke pot about once every 6 months. Drugs are not my problem here, although it could have been the MDVP I got my hand on once. I got a point and it lasted about 10 doses for myself and god knows how many I shared.

Thanks for the encouraging words :)
 
Hey tommy that's good that you're feeling better now. Are you able to pinpoint what the difference is between right now and when you posted? Did anything in your life change or are you simply looking at things differently? There may not be anything obvious but it can be useful information for any potential downs that you experience.
 
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