Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:25 am
I don't know that much about aromatherapy. I beleive as an adjunct to therapy is a sound way to go. I don't think it will necessarily cancel out negative thoughts you're thinking. But if you recall or experience a particularly comforting scent, go for it. I can understand that it can be relaxing.
About me. I'm new to the course. The relaxation tape actually produces anxiety and obsessions in me. I switched to a relaxing tape of my own called The River of Tranquility. I have a better response to that. I'm doing session 2 and working with the flash cards, trying hard to stay in the moment (I have great difficulty with this). If I could live in the here and now I'd be better off. I guess it takes time. I've been a big coffee drinker I guess to aid in my fight with depression. But Lucinda advised to get off it. Now I'm down to one cup a day; the rest of the day I drink decaf.
I'm in a study to help with my depression, hopefully. It's called Deep Brain Stimulation. Has anyone heard of it? I actually had brain surgery to implant an electrode on my brain (the pleasure center) which is attached to a lead down my neck to a battery pack in my chest under the skin. The researcher activates the battery or pretends to. You see, it's a double-blind study; I won't know if it's been activated until July. Two out of three patients on average have it turned on. But there is only three people in the study thus far. It's been two months and I don't feel any better. The doctors say it's too soon to evaluate its effectiveness, that it's a slow process. I get nervous that it's "on" and I'm just not responding. If I find out that it's not been turned on during the initial six months, I'm then guaranteed to get it for the next six months. Anyway, I bought Lucinda's course as an adjunct to the DBS. Perhaps it will help me. I have OCD, yet depression is more of the problem. I'm 51 and I've been suffering for about 40 years. I've been in about 25 years of various modalities of therapy with no good result to eliminate or improve my symptoms. My drug regimen has been a blessing. My OCD and depression are much better. I still suffer a lot, however. I think I have been on all the antidepressants and I've had ECT (which failed and really hindered my memory in a big way since). So DBS and Lucinda's course are sorta a last resort. I'm not going to hurt myself in any case. However, I don't know of any promising treatments down the road. And I'm not getting any younger.
Any comments about any of this? Please tell me how you are doing in the course and how long before you saw a significant change.
Thanks for reading.
Scott
About me. I'm new to the course. The relaxation tape actually produces anxiety and obsessions in me. I switched to a relaxing tape of my own called The River of Tranquility. I have a better response to that. I'm doing session 2 and working with the flash cards, trying hard to stay in the moment (I have great difficulty with this). If I could live in the here and now I'd be better off. I guess it takes time. I've been a big coffee drinker I guess to aid in my fight with depression. But Lucinda advised to get off it. Now I'm down to one cup a day; the rest of the day I drink decaf.
I'm in a study to help with my depression, hopefully. It's called Deep Brain Stimulation. Has anyone heard of it? I actually had brain surgery to implant an electrode on my brain (the pleasure center) which is attached to a lead down my neck to a battery pack in my chest under the skin. The researcher activates the battery or pretends to. You see, it's a double-blind study; I won't know if it's been activated until July. Two out of three patients on average have it turned on. But there is only three people in the study thus far. It's been two months and I don't feel any better. The doctors say it's too soon to evaluate its effectiveness, that it's a slow process. I get nervous that it's "on" and I'm just not responding. If I find out that it's not been turned on during the initial six months, I'm then guaranteed to get it for the next six months. Anyway, I bought Lucinda's course as an adjunct to the DBS. Perhaps it will help me. I have OCD, yet depression is more of the problem. I'm 51 and I've been suffering for about 40 years. I've been in about 25 years of various modalities of therapy with no good result to eliminate or improve my symptoms. My drug regimen has been a blessing. My OCD and depression are much better. I still suffer a lot, however. I think I have been on all the antidepressants and I've had ECT (which failed and really hindered my memory in a big way since). So DBS and Lucinda's course are sorta a last resort. I'm not going to hurt myself in any case. However, I don't know of any promising treatments down the road. And I'm not getting any younger.
Any comments about any of this? Please tell me how you are doing in the course and how long before you saw a significant change.
Thanks for reading.
Scott