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good to have you back Rick, computers suck sometimes! I know all too well! Sounds like your on the right track with getting a group started, maybe talk wiht pdocs in your area, maybe someone will have some good advice about getting the ball rolling. Good luck, keep us informed :0) Cherri
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welcome back rickmeister 
— RB It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand our disorder, and half cured when we do. C. C. Colton "Crafty Bernardo" <craftyberna…@home.com> wrote in message
news:1e4cltko8pbsmdv7o37bokt6vo8kjmsob7@4ax.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hey everybody, > Sorry for the absence and hope nobody was worried because I have been > having an extra tough time lately. I had a major computer crash and > got reloaded and had another….sheesh! Had about 12 hours in two > reloads. Saw the Pdoc on Mon, he is continuing me on the Gabitril and > I asked for and got Zoloft. I have been taking Remeron and am > continuing it. It is a different class of antidepressant from the > SSRIs. When I am in extra distress I get confused…hate to admit it > but it’s true. He increased the Remeron to 45 mgs per day, I thought > that the new ones were 15 mg to take with the 30 mg. SO I took 3 of > the new ones, thinking I was taking a total of 45 mg. Well, I was > actually taking 135 mg per day. Couldn’t figure out why I felt > different and was feeling knocked out…falling asleep with my head on > the keyboard. Got some nice impressions on my forehead, lol. Glad I > finally figured it out after 4 or 5 days…it was a pretty intense > feeling. Also on Mon I saw my regular therapist, the guy who gave me > the original PTSD diagnosis about 15 yrs back when he was trying to > figure out what to put down for insurance. I say about, it was when > PTSD was first used as an official diagnosis. He is the one who got me > hooked up with the anxietyAgoraphobia workshop about the same time. > It was back then that I first found out what was up with me. We have > become friends, I used to fix his car back when I had my shop. I was > complaining about the lack of services and groups here and he said why > don’t you start one. That felt good, like a possibility for future > stuff. Of course I am not qualified or trained to lead it but I can > damn sure put in a big effort to see if I can get something off the > ground. I am going to get with him and see if there might be something > possible to do. I found something called Recovery Inc that has groups > all over the country, it seems to be CBT based. Do any of you guys > know about it, have you run into it? Any reports on it? They are > supposed to have about 700 groups across the country and some are > dedicated to PTSD. If I could do something like that it would be a God > send for me. Something positive and useful to do, a way to use some of > my time for something good for other people. I don’t have any idea yet > what will be involved or what it might take to put it together. I am > good about doing stuff like this, putting in the time it takes, > working behind the scenes, doing logistics, etc but I don’t have any > official training to lead it. Maybe I can persuade the therapist > friend to get us started and see what happens. I have sent him a long > email and will talk to him in person. I will have to find out much > more about them, but they are a non profit deal…sort of like AA in > the way they are structured…best I can tell. My insecurities, of > course, say no one will come, heh! It would be a great endeavor and > would certainly help me feel productive and useful again. I would > appreciate any and all positive thoughts, energy, prayers(real ones, > if you know what I mean) for this to happen if it can. I am going to > approach it with patience and dedication so I won’t get knocked around > if it doesn’t come together. I am also working the AA steps again, > this time with a very, very rigorous guy who has done some of the same > work I have, concerning higher consciousness type stuff. The work, > which I don’t have access to any more, used to be called *est*, now > called the *Forum*. It was great for me and my family…I know it’s a > controversial deal but it did a lot for me and mine. > Think that brings me up to speed…lol. > Rick
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