Definitive Dave...Discussion

[59billy]

Moving this to Off Topic because I think its a useful discussion. Anybody who's bored can scroll.

 

[Stump Shot]

Sadly I am not nearly as close to a lot of great guys I met on AS, then OPE and chainsaws in general, maybe a little catharsis and I can correct my fault in that too.

Looking forward to when we can talk saw stuff again. Best healing wishes for you and may you get well soon.

 

[hacskaroly]

more later, if this is too boring just shoot me a PM and I can stop.

I say feel free to share what you want. There are probably some who come across this and will be able to identify something similar they are going through and may be able to cut years off of finding the correct help/treatment for them. I am glad to hear that you were able to finally get into a therapist that could help you work on getting back on track!!

 

[huskihl]

...so years prior to this, around the time when my son, Chris and I were pumping out 100+, sometimes 200+ chainsaw parts packages a day from our webstore on eBay, I started having crazy dreams at night and not bring able to concentrate during the day. of course the armada of physicians wanted to PRE-SCRI-BE stuff that might help, none of it did anything at all as far as I or those around me could tell. I would be totally "on", life of the party at certain times like Chainsaw GTGs but afterwards completely drained and listless. I did finally manage to get an appointment with a psychologist (for you guys scoring at home that is a non-prescribing doctor who is essentially a counsellor) and began several years of weekly appointments where I would invariably describe myself as FINE or OK despite being generally miserable. She is a totally sweet lady who agreed to see my wife immediately after the death of my son without any referrals. or nonsense, even though I had not been a patient of hers for a couple of years by then. we decided that seeing her wasn't going to be of any more help and She helped me find an actual psychiatrist which is a real struggle around here, most waiting lists were several YEARS for a first appointment at that time. I worked with him for more than a year, he was a different kettle of fish as all prescribing doctors are, they need to make good guesses based on "iffy" feelings from a patient and try to keep correcting on the fly as they go until they make positive traction. Early on in the process I mentioned what I was going through to a physician/chainsaw maniac who was a close buddy of mine at the time. He called it years earlier than anyone else, saying I might mention the possibility of bi-polar to my Doc. instead of that happening I got a letter from the psychiatrists office saying he had passed away peacefully of old age and that they would be trying to place me with another appropriate doctor. well *f-word me in a rowboat full of kerosene, but I had been in the process of "therapy" for perhaps 4ish years at this point and was feeling worse than ever most days. The deceased doc's staff never found me a referral and out of desperation I called my former therapist and she called in a favor to get me in to see a man she referred to as an unqualified genius. He was an artist and a technician, totally unafraid to see me more often than the almighty insurance GURUS thought was clinically necessary.
We made progress and I was eventually prescribed as Major Depressive 1 with Bi-Polar and ADHD and seasonal effective disorder.....tired again, more later, if this is too boring just shoot me a PM and I can stop.
Sadly I am not nearly as close to a lot of great guys I met on AS, then OPE and chainsaws in general, maybe a little catharsis and I can correct my fault in that too.

Hope you get things figured out so 26 is better for you, Dave. Many of us miss you and love you like a father, son, good friend, best friends, chainsaw buddies… the list goes on.
Peace, my Friend

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Dave it was a pleasure meeting you at Kevin’s place years ago and I’ll be hoping a preying they can get you as back to normal as anyone can be and that 2026 becomes a new beginning.