I'm still here

[stephbg]

Thanks everyone for the expressions of support. I did get to see the shrink this morning a mere 3 hours after calling, and I'm glad I did. I am definitely of the opinion that I do not like escitalopram and will taper carefully. I also get to try valium short term to stop the shaking, so hopefully I'll be just conscious enough to post when I'm off my face.

It's an inconvenient time of year of course, so the drama and side effects sideshow may drag on a few weeks longer than they otherwise might. I like Christmas, but it plays havoc with anything medical.

I'm doing what I can. This afternoon I stuck my finger in the eye of entropy and replaced my crumbling watch band before it had a chance to break at some random time and place for maxiumum emotional impact. Mucho thankso to redbraids and mikey_ob for being available for a random visit north of the river at just the right moment. I appear to have bought another plush shark, but it was only $6 and it has comedy teeth and the eye of a dope fiend.

Maybe this evening I'll lock myself in a small room with a 20 piece jazz orchestra. Because I can.

I don't like the phone--my hearing is poor--but I bear in mind the many offers to talk.

Also, Perth drivers are nuts.

Comments

[ratfan.livejournal.com]

I didn't offer to talk because I'm phobic about telephones but there's always emails.

I suspect we'd both find that easier, so feel free. I know something about this from the inside.

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

I like the chat facilities on skype, facebook and gmail, I find myself a lot more articulate in text then I do verbally.

[bunny-m.livejournal.com]

Skype especially is useful, I find.

Steph, if you want to/feel up to installing and using that, let me know and I'll send you my contact info.

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

Don't have enough bandwidth for Skype, but ordinary chat programs work well enough for quick text exchanges.

[bunny-m.livejournal.com]

Duh! I keep forgetting that not everyone is as much of a netjunkie as I am. ;>.>

I'll PM you my contact details.

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

I'm as much of a netjunkie as I can be.

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

I prefer non audio chat stuff myself. Jabber protocols for preference. So I use that for the gmail chat as well, and the LJ one. Do you have a preferred one?

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

It's been a while since I've used anything but Facebook chat, and that not very often. Never really got into the habit - I was working with a super-paranoid sysadmin for many years who wouldn't allow chat programs at work, and at that time I didn't have home access (maybe dialup).

I'm not sure I ever recovered from my introduction to chat in 1989/90 when it was revolutionary, and my mind went completely blank. I could talk to a stranger in the next room by typing! Wow! Um...

[fe2h2o.livejournal.com]

Or the same room, even:-)

[redbraids.livejournal.com]

Awesome to see you!

[baby-elvis.livejournal.com]

Very glad to hear that you saw the psych. Have you thought of writing yourself a note when you are feeling okay, to put on the fridge to read when you aren't feeling okay?

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

It's not really that kind of problem. I needed a doctor, not a psychologist. That said, the blog is full of reminders of my usual level of awesomness ;-)

[transcendancing.livejournal.com]

I'm always happy to chat or email - and am keeping reasonably extended hours at the moment. *love*

[jennyblackford.livejournal.com]

Yhat all sounds good (especially the bit about the shark). Watch out for the valium - I tried it years back for muscular problems, and it made me even more anxious than usual (yeah, I know it's not supposed to do that - but paradoxical results are apparently not so unusual). More hugs, if you're not too sore for them.

[stephen-dedman.livejournal.com]

Very glad you made it through!