Lotty's Withdrawal

[stan]

Time and time

it is the only thing which heals

[grandmaD]

I think we had better send out a search party! - I will search for her in Australia!

[Lotty]

To all you dear sweet people,

I am still here...the last few weeks have been beyond description. I cannot even talk about it.
Today is the first day that I have even been able to bring myself to post, just to let you all know that I'm here and thank you all for caring about me.

Bless you all and much love,
Lotty
xxx

[Luc]

Thank you so much, Lotty, for letting us know you're there! I know how difficult it is to sometimes even open the computer when the suffering is so profound. Please, do know that I was where you are right now... But it has gotten *better*. And even if I'm not at the end of my WD road, I can't compare the now and the then even, and how much it's changed for the better. You will heal... Hang in there...

[Lotty]

Thank you so much, Lotty, for letting us know you're there! I know how difficult it is to sometimes even open the computer when the suffering is so profound. Please, do know that I was where you are right now... But it has gotten *better*. And even if I'm not at the end of my WD road, I can't compare the now and the then even, and how much it's changed for the better. You will heal... Hang in there...

Luc my friend, I have been hanging on with one fingernail, even less, a shred of a fingernail. Paralysed, barely hanging on to my sanity. I have not been able to leave my home for these weeks....I don't want to describe further, because it defies words, as you well know. Today is the first day that I have felt even remotely like I might even be able to make it to the end of the day without begging for someone (doctors, family members) to DO SOMETHING, ANYTHING, to take it away.

So thank you so much for "being there" and the words of hope that I never tire of hearing.

Much love,
Lotty
xxxx

[Luc]

I so KNOW what you mean... I SO KNOW... Lotty, what helped me to no give up was telling myself that the window of lesser symptoms would eventually open... And it did... We're here any time you needed it... {{{HUGS}}}

[stan]

Lotty,

if it is agoraphobia, it will go away as it has come, i had it, many had
when i was bad, with my bad english translator, i wrote on PP, in lounge, with Pokie, Luc, Junior, redroo etc, i was the specialist of smileys, it has helped me to hang

[Sheila]

When this syndrome is at its worst, it is a horrible, surreal hell. Absolute agony. But, the worst patches always, always come to an end. Healing does happen.

Try to talk kindly and reassuringly to yourself at the worst times, Lotty. Just as you would to any poor soul you saw in this condition. That's what I do. It makes one feel a little less crazy and scared.

[grandmaD]

Glad to hear you are still hanging on Lottie and thanks for caring to tell us you are okay. This last week was one of those weeks for me that I am up for 1 hour and already saying "is it bedtime yet?" It felt like the light at the end of the tunnel WAS A TRAIN! Hanging in there with you...

[Sheila]

Lotty – Thinking of you, and I just wanted to reiterate that you really cannot trust your thoughts and feelings right now. You are being manhandled by chemicals. And, even though there are some real, hard things going on in your life right now, they are nowhere near as life-ruining as they *seem*. That’s the poison and the brain chaos talking.

You *will* feel peace in the future, and life *will* seem rich and worth living.