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Old 07-08-2015, 03:27 PM
DannyT DannyT is offline
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I appreciate all the responses. I am doing better today thankfully but still struggling. Who knows how I will be tomorrow. This is such a roller coaster.

I hadn't heard of dogs for anxiety. that is something to look into.

Regarding the interpersonal relations, I of course have tried to reach out to others but I am limited by my brains current capacity.

For instance the last two weeks I called close friends and after 30 min on the phone, each time I felt extremely light headed and awful for the remainder of the day. It's almost a catch 22. I would love to keep in touch and reach out to support groups, friends and family but my brain only allows a certain amount of conversing each day. This goes for therapists and doctors too. It's a fine line to balance the psychiatric illnesses and the concussion symptoms.

I don't have any family around to support me, mother passed away, father in another state and we don't keep much in contact. Brother is in his own world with his own problems. I consider my girlfriend my only family because she is the only one I stay in contact with. She basically takes care of me at this point. Unfortunately, she is very stressed out and we both end up making each other worse most of the time. It doesn't mean we don't love each other.

So I end up by myself and trying to limit the concussion symptoms. Hopefully soon I will start improving to the point where I can hold a conversation longer than 20 minutes.

I am off the Prozac for over three weeks due to the bad reaction which I'm still paying for. I still am experiencing the visual disturbances from the medication which leads me to believe they are here to stay. Trust me it would put anyone into a panic dealing with this symptom 24/7.

Luckily I have my first counseling (psychotherapy-CBT) appointment on Wed 15th. I have been trying to get in for a while and it is long overdue.

Thanks again for caring. I'm gonna continue to fight this thing to the best of my ability and pray that I can lead a fulfilling life someday.
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