tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550542818993957125.post45710957414530449..comments2023-10-30T09:19:50.592+00:00Comments on The Beauty Offensive: Reflectionseahorsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006649663400552591noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550542818993957125.post-61571942739497270192008-12-30T02:20:00.000+00:002008-12-30T02:20:00.000+00:00Seahorse, it's been a while since I've been active...Seahorse, it's been a while since I've been active on here but I just wanted to offer you my heartiest congratulations for becoming free of these drugs. I know how hard it is and what grit and determination one needs to achieve it. I hope the post-benzo period goes smoothly for you.<BR/><BR/>Hugs,<BR/><BR/>MV.Miss Vertigohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07864666252322761593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550542818993957125.post-80998761477729726772008-10-31T08:37:00.000+00:002008-10-31T08:37:00.000+00:00Hello,New reader here. :)I just wanted to say how ...Hello,<BR/>New reader here. :)<BR/><BR/>I just wanted to say how very impressed (and that sounds so... flip?) I am with your perseverence! Indeed, you describe a long and unpleasant journey which I can only imagine was much more painful and difficult than could be put into words here.<BR/><BR/>As a commenter already said, congratulations seems less appropriate than what I might choose to offer, but since words fail me, I'd like to offer mine (congrats, that is!).<BR/><BR/>Blessings to you as you recoup those amazing parts of yourself. What a gift!Lisa Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09270449917254845437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550542818993957125.post-44931985497912016682008-10-29T20:23:00.000+00:002008-10-29T20:23:00.000+00:00Thank you, all of you, for being so kind and shari...Thank you, all of you, for being so kind and sharing in my sense of victory. I am enjoying this week as much as I hoped I would.<BR/><BR/>S: I've been doing plenty of both. It's dizzying!<BR/><BR/>Greenwords: It's nice to be congratulated, and I may post each time I've quit a drug, so there may be more celebrations to come :-)<BR/><BR/>cusp: I'm looking forward to my meeting with my shrink in November. Especially as I'm reading (or attempting to read) Foucault at the moment. Madness and Civilization.<BR/><BR/>Goldfish: To be honest this part is proving not too bad. Bit more pain, bit less sleep but the prospect of smoother waters ahead. I am celebrating by treating myself to the latest cameraphone and a printer. The Nikon is still sadly unattainable, but if I start saving now, by the time I've quit all drugs I will be able to afford one. Actually, that's not a bad idea :-)<BR/><BR/>Signs: If someone had said to me four years ago "Benzos are poison and anyone who prescribes them should be shot" I'd have considered them a bit extreme. Thing is, you never expect drugs to do the damage you read about in the side effects leaflet...but practically all of them happened to me along the way. I'll take pain and insomnia any day over the misery addiction brings.seahorsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006649663400552591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550542818993957125.post-15845115107770079592008-10-29T14:34:00.000+00:002008-10-29T14:34:00.000+00:00It is probably timely that I read this, Seahorse, ...It is probably timely that I read this, Seahorse, as you so clearly outline the danger in dependency on these drugs; and I am at this point in time occasionally using Valium at night either to help get to sleep or get back to sleep if I wake in the night. Only 2mg, but still - even after a few nights in a row I can feel the lessening of their effectiveness. And today a friend of mine recommended Zopiclone and I was tempted. But now I will tread very carefully indeed before taking any such substance. It isn't that one doesn't know about all you describe - it's just that until you come up against the reality of someone whose life has been harmed by it, as yours was, it is easy to push into the background as something that would probably never happen to oneself.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for posting, and I wish you much joy of all the days to come.Reading the Signshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338983880105866139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550542818993957125.post-69361117610442807282008-10-29T11:19:00.000+00:002008-10-29T11:19:00.000+00:00Congratulations Seahorse - and the very best of lu...Congratulations Seahorse - and the very best of luck with the next week or so. It has been a long haul, and the rest of us can only imagine what hard work this year has been. Are you going to do something to celebrate?The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550542818993957125.post-40848431856766352272008-10-28T20:40:00.000+00:002008-10-28T20:40:00.000+00:00Well Bravo to you and all the courage it takes to ...Well Bravo to you and all the courage it takes to be free of the things that do not help. With the best will in the world, when we're really ill, scared, well-meaning professionals can offer stuff that, in desperation, we'll try (even knowing at some deep level that it's not right for us.) Sometimes the professionals get it wrong. It takes a bucket of strength to turn round and say 'You made a mistake and I made a mistake in accepting your advice' but you've had that strength and now your courage is being rewarded.<BR/><BR/>Bless you xCusphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717783581169397585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550542818993957125.post-27100186582651751782008-10-28T04:16:00.000+00:002008-10-28T04:16:00.000+00:00This seems like such a feeble word after all you'v...This seems like such a feeble word after all you've been through, but I'll say it anyway - congratulations!greenwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503951554199147368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550542818993957125.post-8573886301137129792008-10-28T01:37:00.000+00:002008-10-28T01:37:00.000+00:00I want to cheer and weep at the same time.Seahorse...I want to cheer and weep at the same time.<BR/><BR/>Seahorse, wow! Almost clear!S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957943262402999997noreply@blogger.com