Guest guest Posted July 12, 2000 Report Share Posted July 12, 2000 > My understanding is that Dr. R's position is you need to be calm enough to > wait out the wait without drugs or maybe you aren't READY!!! Well, in reference to this line - I would like to shed a little light: AS we all know obesity is often misunderstood. So is anxiety. I could be standing in line to buy a newspaper and have an anxiety attack - this in no way means I am not ready to buy the newspaper. I do indeed understand the point you are making, and I do understand tshi may be true for the MAJORITY of people, but there are many of us who have anxiety disorders for which we are on daily meds (I am on a half valium each morning as xanax didn't do the trick for me, and I know other who are on xanax daily) the problem is when we have this disorder, then we take ourselves off for the 2 weeks prior to surgery for safety during surgery, but that is 2 weeks of anxiety! In these cases simple meditation does not work! Unless you have had a real anxiety attack in which there was no apparent cause for (ex., nothing going " wrong " ) you will never understand that deep breathing just will NOT do sometimes! Think of the worst headache you have EVER EVER had, would deep breathing cure that as oppsed to taking a couple of pain relieving pills? I just wanted to open some minds so you could see that I am in no way 2nd guessing myself or the surgery, I want this more than anything in my life, I understand ,as any educated person does, there ARE risks involved, and I am willing to take the risks. I feel the risks of the surgery outweight the risks of remaining obese. Nonetheless, it IS a surgery (WITH NEEDLES _ AHH) and I DO have an anxiety disorder, so YES I will be ANXIOUS the day of my surgery, and if Dr. R. feels it is in my best interest to not have meds, I will understand that he is doing that for my own well being and I wil have to deal with it as I have had to these 2 weeks, I will just know that it can only go better, which is my motto as of now! I don't want to start an all out attack, so understand I AM NOT aiming this at anyone or being defensive, I just feel strongly that this is a disorder which needs to be understood - as I try to express to my friends and family members who say- " oh, just take some deeps breaths and think of a calm beautiful place! " Good Luck to all . . I have only 8 days left!!! YIPPEEEEEEEE L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2000 Report Share Posted July 12, 2000 , I know how debilitating an anxiety disorder can be. Those who are afflicted with one and/or don't have anyone they know afflicted with one misunderstand. Anxiety disorders have no rhyme or reason and certainly have no logic. Today going to the store is fine (as it has been fine your entire life) but tomorrow you could have a full blown anxiety attack for no apparent reason doing the same thing you have done daily for your entire life. You should talk to Dr R and talk to the Dr who prescribed your anxiety medications to insure that you aren't going cold turkey needlessly. I'm certain they can talk Dr to Dr to insure that you are adequately protected from needless emotional pain. Call them both. My prayers are with you. JC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2000 Report Share Posted July 12, 2000 Congrats Rose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2000 Report Share Posted July 12, 2000 Several years ago I started having anxiety attacks just out of the blue and they would hit me at the strangest times. I still have them occasionally and I've decided that they are hormonal - I'm still trying to get through menopause and wish all that stuff would just go away but, I guess, all in good time. Joanne in Ohio TeacherGator@... wrote: > > My understanding is that Dr. R's position is you need to be calm enough to > > wait out the wait without drugs or maybe you aren't READY!!! > > Well, in reference to this line - I would like to shed a little light: AS we > all know > obesity is often misunderstood. So is anxiety. I could be standing in line > to buy a newspaper and have an anxiety attack - this in no way means I am not > ready to buy the newspaper. I do indeed understand the point you are making, > and I do understand tshi may be true for the MAJORITY of people, but there > are many of us who have anxiety disorders for which we are on daily meds (I > am on a half valium each morning as xanax didn't do the trick for me, and I > know other who are on xanax daily) the problem is when we have this disorder, > then we take ourselves off for the 2 weeks prior to surgery for safety during > surgery, but that is 2 weeks of anxiety! In these cases simple meditation > does not work! Unless you have had a real anxiety attack in which there was > no apparent cause for (ex., nothing going " wrong " ) you will never understand > that deep breathing just will NOT do sometimes! Think of the worst headache > you have EVER EVER had, would deep breathing cure that as oppsed to taking a > couple of pain relieving pills? > > I just wanted to open some minds so you could see that I am in no way 2nd > guessing myself or the surgery, I want this more than anything in my life, I > understand ,as any educated person does, there ARE risks involved, and I am > willing to take the risks. I feel the risks of the surgery outweight the > risks of remaining obese. Nonetheless, it IS a surgery (WITH NEEDLES _ AHH) > and I DO have an anxiety disorder, so YES I will be ANXIOUS the day of my > surgery, and if Dr. R. feels it is in my best interest to not have meds, I > will understand that he is doing that for my own well being and I wil have > to deal with it as I have had to these 2 weeks, I will just know that it can > only go better, which is my motto as of now! > > I don't want to start an all out attack, so understand I AM NOT aiming this > at anyone or being defensive, I just feel strongly that this is a disorder > which needs to be understood - as I try to express to my friends and family > members who say- " oh, just take some deeps breaths and think of a calm > beautiful place! " > > Good Luck to all . . I have only 8 days left!!! YIPPEEEEEEEE > > L. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Life's too short to send boring email. Let SuperSig come to the rescue. > http://click.egroups.com/1/6809/3/_/453517/_/963415284/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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