GiaK Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I woke up at 3 am this morning. The spring is a time of big energy for me. Once upon a time in my life this energy was pathologized and called manic, bipolar. I was taught to fear it and drug it and by no means express it. I have been unlearning all that for some years now. Now I learn from this big energy inside me. That involved taming the even bigger fear. We all have so much fear. The energy is inherently benign. It’s the fear that is potentially toxic. I listen and move and listen some more. I let myself feel anything. Big bad ugly feelings and big beautiful ecstatic ones too. I DANCE. I do YOGA. I WALK barefoot in the woods. I BREATHE. I meditate. I eat good food. I LIVE. There is big medicine in everyone. This lovely piece of music was part of an amazing compilation wave that a women who was visiting my local dance collective put together for one of our Sunday morning dances. I was blessed to get a recording of the entire mix which I danced to again last night. This was the piece that transitioned from Flow to Staccato (if you’re familiar with the 5 Rythyms that Gabriel Roth developed) Anyway…after I finished my solo nighttime dance wave I thought I’d share a little piece with you. Enjoy and find the big medicine in you. --To learn a little about 5 Rythym dancing visit these posts on Beyond Meds: ”When you put the psyche in motion it heals itself.” (embodiment) Ecstatic dance as practice: there is a dance that only you know how to do More posts on music, sound and dance healing: Music and sounds for the soul Gabriel Roth’s work The Ecstatic Dance: The Gabrielle Roth Video Collection Maps to Ecstasy: The Healing Power of Movement The Wave Original post here: http://wp.me/p5nnb-aQJ Everything Matters: Beyond Meds https://beyondmeds.com/ withdrawn from a cocktail of 6 psychiatric drugs that included every class of psych drug. Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus mammaP Posted May 10, 2014 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted May 10, 2014 Thank you for sharing Gia, it's beautiful music and I totally relate to the spring thing! **I am not a medical professional, if in doubt please consult a doctor with withdrawal knowledge. Different drugs occasionally (mostly benzos) 1976 - 1981 (no problem) 1993 - 2002 in and out of hospital. every type of drug + ECT. Staring with seroxat 2002 effexor. Tapered March 2012 to March 2013, ending with 5 beads. Withdrawal April 2013 . Reinstated 5 beads reduced to 4 beads May 2013 Restarted taper Nov 2013 OFF EFFEXOR Feb 2015 Tapered atenolol and omeprazole Dec 2013 - May 2014 Tapering tramadol, Feb 2015 100mg , March 2015 50mg July 2017 30mg. May 15 2018 25mg Taking fish oil, magnesium, B12, folic acid, bilberry eyebright for eye pressure. My story http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/4199-hello-mammap-checking-in/page-33 Lesson learned, slow down taper at lower doses. Taper no more than 10% of CURRENT dose if possible Link to comment
hacilar Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 So much out there to 'buy' that will help with this living hell. Wish every $10 spent on suppliments, classes and books didn't take money from a already impoverished food budget. 21 years of various psych meds. Currently experiencing 'withdrawal syndrome' from 14 years of 0.5mg Klonopin: 1 q hs Tapered over a year and a half dry cutting. Hx of Imipramine (nightmare) (1992) Zoloft,(1992) Paxil (difficult to d/c)(2000) Effexor(2004-5) (also very difficult to d/c) Lamictal(2004-6), Neurontin(2004-6), Depakote(2006-2012), Remeron(2007) Various sleeping pills at different times... UPDATE Month 40 post Benzo taper there have been windows, sometimes weeks of feeling 'almost normal' and the BLAM windows and waves, indeed Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Jemima Posted May 26, 2014 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted May 26, 2014 So much out there to 'buy' that will help with this living hell. Wish every $10 spent on suppliments, classes and books didn't take money from a already impoverished food budget. Hello, Halicar- How about telling us about yourself in the Introductions and Updates discussion? Welcome to the forum. Psychotropic drug history: Pristiq 50 mg. (mid-September 2010 through February 2011), Remeron (mid-September 2010 through January 2011), Lexapro 10 mg. (mid-February 2011 through mid-December 2011), Lorazepam (Ativan) 1 mg. as needed mid-September 2010 through early March 2012"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." -Hanlon's RazorIntroduction: http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/1588-introducing-jemima/ Success Story: http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/6263-success-jemima-survives-lexapro-and-dr-dickhead-too/Please note that I am not a medical professional and my advice is based on personal experience, reading, and anecdotal information posted by other sufferers. Link to comment
GiaK Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 it costs nothing to dance...find a good radio station and let loose. Everything Matters: Beyond Meds https://beyondmeds.com/ withdrawn from a cocktail of 6 psychiatric drugs that included every class of psych drug. Link to comment
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