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pax
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:48 pm |
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Beautiful new song by the Eagles:
You Are Not Alone (by Glen Frey)
Say goodbye to all your pain and sorrow
Say goodbye to all those lonely nights
Say goodbye to all your blue tomorrows
Now you're standing in the light
I know sometimes you feel so helpless
Sometimes you feel like you can't win
Sometimes you feel so isolated
You'll never have to feel that way again
You are not alone
You're not alone
Never thought I'd find the road to freedom
Never thought I'd see you smile again
Never thought I'd have the chance to tell you
That I will always be your friend
You are not alone
You're not alone
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| Poster Nutbag
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:56 pm |
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DEPRESSION....
It's an illness, NOT a weakness!!
Take care VC...you've already made it through the hardest part.
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| Obscuregawdess
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:01 pm |
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| Poster Nutbag wrote: | DEPRESSION....
It's an illness, NOT a weakness!!
Take care VC...you've already made it through the hardest part. |
On the money, Nutbag! We all love ya, VC.
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"Bratty Mama Leci"
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| Poster Nutbag
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:13 pm |
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In the last 2 months we have lost everything in our house to flooding. We were in a hotel for almost 4 weeks and separated from my pets while they were boarded. After moving into a temporary apartment where we can all be together, we learned that my 12 y.o. beagle is dying from bladder cancer. I take 3 separate anti-depressants and one benzodiazapene (sp?). I've held it together so far with weekly psychologist appts and bi-weekly psychiatrist appts. I'm fighting, literally, for my life. If I was undergoing treatment for cancer (God forbid) it would be acceptable for me to use sick time to take care of myself. It doesn't work that way when you need to call in to save yourself from falling in to the pit. And people who suggest "pulling yourself up by the bootstraps" should go f@ck themselves!
ETA: I was sick before the flood....I've battled depression for most of my life.
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| Obscuregawdess
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:19 pm |
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| Poster Nutbag wrote: | In the last 2 months we have lost everything in our house to flooding. We were in a hotel for almost 4 weeks and separated from my pets while they were boarded. After moving into a temporary apartment where we can all be together, we learned that my 12 y.o. beagle is dying from bladder cancer. I take 3 separate anti-depressants and one benzodiazapene (sp?). I've held it together so far with weekly psychologist appts and bi-weekly psychiatrist appts. I'm fighting, literally, for my life. If I was undergoing treatment for cancer (God forbid) it would be acceptable for me to use sick time to take care of myself. It doesn't work that way when you need to call in to save yourself from falling in to the pit. And people who suggest "pulling yourself up by the bootstraps" should go f@ck themselves!
ETA: I was sick before the flood....I've battled depression for most of my life. |
Same here, Nutbag... Bipolar/manic depressive here. I never got sick time when I had a bad episode... was just supposed to deal with it. May VC get the respect and understanding this illness deserves and feel up to par ASAP!
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"Bratty Mama Leci"
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| Isanah
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:19 pm |
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| Poster Nutbag wrote: | In the last 2 months we have lost everything in our house to flooding. We were in a hotel for almost 4 weeks and separated from my pets while they were boarded. After moving into a temporary apartment where we can all be together, we learned that my 12 y.o. beagle is dying from bladder cancer. I take 3 separate anti-depressants and one benzodiazapene (sp?). I've held it together so far with weekly psychologist appts and bi-weekly psychiatrist appts. I'm fighting, literally, for my life. If I was undergoing treatment for cancer (God forbid) it would be acceptable for me to use sick time to take care of myself. It doesn't work that way when you need to call in to save yourself from falling in to the pit. And people who suggest "pulling yourself up by the bootstraps" should go f@ck themselves!
ETA: I was sick before the flood....I've battled depression for most of my life. |
Wow, I hear you with the depression stuff. I'm so sorry to hear of the flood situation, and all the other trials you are bearing.
Overall, my medication is doing a pretty good job. However, the idiots at the Walgreen Drug Store screwed up in sending me two prescirtions this month. Just getting the medication is such a damn hassle.
Lamictal has been a good medication for me. I have suggested this medication before in a PM to VC.
VC, have you discussed this med with your doctor?
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| Poster Nutbag
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:21 pm |
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Thanks, Isanah.
Wellbutrin in the morning...Effexor and Trazadone at night. This combo has been working well since August 2007.
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| Isanah
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:22 pm |
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| Obscuregawdess wrote: |
Same here, Nutbag... Bipolar/manic depressive here. I never got sick time when I had a bad episode... was just supposed to deal with it. May VC get the respect and understanding this illness deserves and feel up to par ASAP! |
Same here, though I have been stable for years now. I still fight the label though.
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| Obscuregawdess
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:24 pm |
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| Poster Nutbag wrote: | Thanks, Isanah.
Wellbutrin in the morning...Effexor and Trazadone at night. This combo has been working well since August 2007. |
I am in the field of psychology and just recalled trazodone was an anti-depressant. They gave it to me in high school for insomnia issues, along with paxil and something else for depression.
Glad it is working well for you, Nutbag...
Hope yours are working for you, VC!  We miss ya and don't want ya in the gutter!
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| Poster Nutbag
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:27 pm |
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| Obscuregawdess wrote: |
I am in the field of psychology and just recalled trazodone was an anti-depressant. They gave it to me in high school for insomnia issues, along with paxil and something else for depression.
Glad it is working well for you, Nutbag...
Hope yours are working for you, VC! We miss ya and don't want ya in the gutter! |
Yes, it's an old one, and it does aid in sleep. The only bad side effect is the 20 pounds that came with it, and won't go away!
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| Isanah
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:28 pm |
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| Poster Nutbag wrote: | Thanks, Isanah.
Wellbutrin in the morning...Effexor and Trazadone at night. This combo has been working well since August 2007. |
My combo also works well too. I have some real wild dreams on occasion from the Trazadone I am also prescribed. Then I developed Transverse Myelitis last year, and now I have added three more drugs for residual burning sensations on my waist and feet. When I had the Transverse Myelitis, it started with right foot drop. This scared me death since I was having great difficulty walking. They started with a MS diagnosis, then ruled it out for now. I'm embarrassed about all the medications I take. I was the kind of person that barely took Tylenol all my life.
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| tulsad
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:29 pm |
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| Poster Nutbag wrote: | DEPRESSION....
It's an illness, NOT a weakness!!
Take care VC...you've already made it through the hardest part. |
Most people don't realize that clinical depression is a PHYSICAL illness that manifests with emotional symptoms. There is so much confusion between situational and bio-chemical depression - it's very frustrating. I know that a number of years ago, there was considerable thought given to reclassifying clinical as a physical illness; apparently that has been dropped - it's too bad, it would help so many people.
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| Obscuregawdess
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:30 pm |
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| Isanah wrote: |
Same here, though I have been stable for years now. I still fight the label though. |
How long does it take?  Lol... to get to the point of stability, I meant.
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| Poster Nutbag
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:30 pm |
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| Isanah wrote: |
My combo also works well too. I have some real wild dreams on occasion from the Trazadone I am also prescribed. Then I developed Transverse Myelitis last year, and now I have added three more drugs for residual burning sensations on my waist and feet. When I had the Transverse Myelitis, it started with right foot drop. This scared me death since I was having great difficulty walking. They started with a MS diagnosis, then ruled it out for now. I'm embarrassed about all the medications I take. I was the kind of person that barely took Tylenol all my life. |
Me too, but now I have a morning med strip and an evening med strip. And I fill them every Sunday night. It's just a way of life now, and not one that I'm embarrased about.
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| Obscuregawdess
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:31 pm |
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| Poster Nutbag wrote: |
Yes, it's an old one, and it does aid in sleep. The only bad side effect is the 20 pounds that came with it, and won't go away! |
I guess I am fortunate that I took it while I still had a high metabolism then, huh? 
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| Obscuregawdess
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:33 pm |
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| Poster Nutbag wrote: |
Me too, but now I have a morning med strip and an evening med strip. And I fill them every Sunday night. It's just a way of life now, and not one that I'm embarrased about. |
Good for you!!!!!! 
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| tulsad
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:35 pm |
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| Poster Nutbag wrote: |
Me too, but now I have a morning med strip and an evening med strip. And I fill them every Sunday night. It's just a way of life now, and not one that I'm embarrased about. |
omg, I hope not, PNB! A tremendous number of people are affected by depression at some point in their lives. Ignorance is no longer an excuse for refusing to make any attempt to understand depression; people who won't aren't worth shit. BTW - have you ever looked at the list of famous/powerful/genius/world-changing people who have dealt with depression? Wow! Only the brightest and best?
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| Isanah
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:02 pm |
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| Obscuregawdess wrote: |
How long does it take? Lol... to get to the point of stability, I meant. |
I've been stable for about 10 years. That doesn't mean that I haven't had slips of behavior, but nothing like I use to. I also had my husband's support. He has shared my pains, sort of like "growing up" after not having that kind of haven in my childhood. I used to throw a lot blame on others, and now I've accepted that I can only control my own. My husband was a very reassuring presence in my life. He had a Ozzie and Harriet childhood, he hated conflict.
Right now in my life, my MIL chose to attempt to shame me for my critical nature at times during our visits with her. Criticism, no matter how benign, is not accepted by this family. My MIL proceeded to break into tears, that my criticism of her son "hurt her so much". I refused to continue the conversation, and also told her she was responsible for her own feelings. That it is she that has found my personality unacceptable. Whose judging who with this pious woman's sermon. Especially at such a time like this, the recent death of my husband. We were together 28 years, he must have liked something about me!
My sons and I had brought all the pictures collected for the wake of my husband to show her, and my MIL barely looked at them. I expected a time where we reminisced about Gary, our family. Instead she spoke of all the heart disease in the family. Yeah, that made me feel great since my husband is said to have had a sudden heart attack. Knowing that perhaps if we were more diligent we may have prolonged his life. Maybe it is partly the fault of dealing with my husband's ailing older brother, and his father's declining health that we failed to grasp onto our own health problems. The first two years of our relationship, my husband and I must have gone to about six funerals.
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| Isanah
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Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:07 pm |
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| Poster Nutbag wrote: |
Me too, but now I have a morning med strip and an evening med strip. And I fill them every Sunday night. It's just a way of life now, and not one that I'm embarrased about. |
My brother recently brought a month strip case for me. Too bad my three meds didn't come in on time! They are supposed to send them overnight now that I spent a hour trying to find out wth they were talking about. They tried to tell me my insurance wouldn't yet fill the prescription. I called BS, and she finally acknowledged the mistake.
VC, can we move this discussion off the NH forum?
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| yankee-in-france
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:50 am |
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Isanah and OG, have you considered joining the Depression forum? If you are interested, please PM Kay for access.
Yes, I think that some of the posts should definitely be moved to that forum, but if I do and you do not have access, you will not be able to continue the discussion.
Let me discuss this with admins.
YIF
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| tulsad
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:55 am |
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How about moving the comments to Difficult Topics for now? They'll be in a moderated forum and can later be moved into the Depression Forum if people decide to join.
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| jacqueline
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Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:52 am |
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VC, I just wanted to add my wishes that each day is getting a little easier for you.
Take care.
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