I was on a cruise, and haven't contributed to any forum for months because I've been busy living life.

I didn't even look at the dates to know it was four days old. It was on the top of my list, and the thread topic caught my eye.

You weren't getting the hint others were trying to give you in the thread, and yes, my Type A kicked in and I thought maybe I could say something that would help you get the hint.

This thread was started because it got me thinking about my personality, and why I felt the need to help you get the hint! You are right, I could have said what I needed on that thread and left you out of it. Because I am NOT currently on any ADs, that ugly part of my personality showed up.

See, I don't always have to be right. And I'm a big enough girl to admit when things I say belong in the category of "stupid stuff!"

I stand behind my opinion that people shouldn't contribute to threads to correct others, just because they think their set of facts are correct and others aren't with a product they have no personal stake in.

You said in your thread you don't feel the need to be right, but you did in that thread! You were correct and the biogen rep was wrong. You reiterated that comment in this thread. So you do feel the need to be right! That is what I took from your comments.

As far as logic goes, I'd dare say I'm more than adequate! You can be emotional (in other words, your tear ducts are directly tied to your emotions) and passionate and be logical. I finished in the top 96 percentile of people taking the GRE in analysis and logic.

Your need to "fix" things is a typical type A trait, at least the way my PCP described it. That was one thing I had to work on, and by my responding to your thread right now is just another example of me not letting "stupid stuff" go, and trying to fix it. Your bunch of smiley faces reeks of sarcasm towards me and not any kind of light-heartedness. So I feel the need to try and say something that would help you see I'm not all bad. But then just putting in that sentence about the smiley-faces was not nice and did not fix anything.

Someone help me let it all go!!!!!!!! I don't know you, we'll probably never meet, yet I have this burning need to patch things up.

These are the feelings I'm talking about in this thread! They are not helpful to my MS, but because of, as you call them, "unpleasant character flaws" I can't let it drop. Neither could you, so we are in many ways alike!

Yep, definitely Type A personality here. My body used to match my mind lol Hate seeing you ladies bicker! Relieve your stress and agree to let it go. We're all in this thing called MS together.

Actually, I'm okay now. I should have said what needed to be said, "I'm sorry for bringing you up in this thread Cherie. I tried not to specifically point to you, but it was that thread that made me realize that I still struggle with the need to "fix" things."

I think that it was these traits - in myself, and myself alone! - that at least brought my MS to the forefront! I just wondered if anyone else felt the same way.

And it really doesn't help me now to get confrontational. If I had still been on Celexa, none of anything I've said on any thread in the past few days would have been there. It totally takes away this need on my part to let everyone know my opinion, and that you better like my opinion!

But if you were to meet me, you'd all really like me! I'm caring, helpful, funny, smart, self-depracating, and for those around me sought-after for advice. I usually am fairly wise and knowledgeable in what I have to say. But I do have ugly character flaws that like to rear their head, at times when I'm busy.

So---- Sorry to Cherie!

And to Denise - a big thanks!

And to the rest of you type A's, help me stay on track so that my MS doesn't get any headway in my brain!

I was posting at the same time as you.

Thanks again, and bygones.

Cherie

You haven't done anything wrong. Curiousity is a great virtue to have.

Sandy's right.....you didn't do anything wrong. You've just as much right to express you opinion about whatever you choose as the next person. I think you handled the situation very nicely.

Hi Brenda . It's good to 'see' you . I'm type A too (which will become apparent in this post, I fear). My type A-ness has calmed down a bit since the MS has really put a cramp in my style . Athough you and I haven't always seen eye to eye on things, we have been respectful and kind to one another. I totally understand why you posted to the other thread . I probably would have done the same if I wasn't out of town at the time. Sometimes I feel the need to defend (not sure if that's quite the right word I want to use) other people's right to keep a thread on track even though I've been guilty of veering OT on occasion. I also don't believe that anyone should post about a drug that they have no personal experience with, jmo. I'm on the drug in question. I only post about it on the thread that is dedicated to it (most of the time). It would be interesting to see some of the good stats posted to balance the bad ones that we see from the people who aren't on the drug. When all you see from certain posters is the negative aspects, it kind of makes you want to disregard their opinions and stats. I'm not singling you out, Cherie. There are others who do this also. I don't intend to offend anybody. This is just my opinion.

Thank you for your response, and honesty.

Whatever my faults, I will continue to correct any “misinformation” passed on, and I am at peace with my motivation for doing so.

Cheers, Cherie