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Posted 11/4/2011 6:26 PM (GMT 0)
I've been teetering along the edge of not-well for a couple of weeks now, due to stress at work (mostly), relationship stress.

I've taken to doping myself up o klonopin so I can sleep.  I had a break at work this morning, so I came home, took a low dose of klonopin and a 2 hour nap.

Go back to work and my afternoon appointment rescheduled.  %$#@

I am feeling:

overwhelmed

lost

without direction

tired but not sleepy

not interested in usual favorite TV shows

edgy

impatient

angry

hyperfocus, but very distracted (doesn't make sense)

I'm looking for coping skills/activities.  Just going moment by moment right now.  Is someone online to chat?

Posted 11/4/2011 8:44 PM (GMT 0)
You know what to do, Tortoise,

An aspirin helps, but mainly you need to flood yourself with water for

several hours.  The toxi build-up of meds has got you.  Even having

a hot bath supplies water to your system, as well.  Keep STRONGLY HYDRATED until the feelings leave you.



I.G.

Post Edited (It's Genetic) : 11/4/2011 2:47:29 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 11/4/2011 11:40 PM (GMT 0)
I ended up driving for 2 hours to sign up for winter bellydance classes and buy some bellydance costume pieces.  I got to reconnect with some ladies I love.  I start class next week.  My new skirt (love!!!) inspired me to dance / exercise for about a 1/2 hour when I got home.  Then a hot bath.

We're watching TV as a family and avoiding supper. 

My eye is still twitching, I'm not out of the woods yet.

Posted 11/4/2011 11:48 PM (GMT 0)
I heard somewhere that eye twitching can be related to lack of sleep.
Posted 11/4/2011 11:51 PM (GMT 0)
Sleeping lots - it's a stress thing for me. I'm sleeping well at night and taking naps too. Trying to rest and be calm.
Posted 11/5/2011 1:08 AM (GMT 0)
Have you ever taken a bath with about 1 cup of Epsom Salts. I helps drawl out impurities.
Glad your feeling better.
Posted 11/5/2011 5:54 AM (GMT 0)

CamanoGirl said...
Have you ever taken a bath with about 1 cup of Epsom Salts. I helps drawl out impurities.
Glad your feeling better.

Good advise! cool
Posted 11/5/2011 4:00 PM (GMT 0)
Doing better today. Still twitchy but calmer. I'm doing 1-thing-at-a-time cleaning this morning before my fiance gets home from work. Starting to see some improvement so hopefully he will chill out instead of his usual clean-everything weekend in which he expects me to participate fully whether or not I can.

I hope my mood doesn't take a nose-dive when he gets home. I'm just-barely OK.
Posted 11/5/2011 9:12 PM (GMT 0)
I've read on another forum that if you get a big bucket (big enough for
both feet into it; fill it with very hot water (as hot as your feet can tolerate) add 1/8 cup of SEA SALT and soak one's feet in it for 15 minutes, that helps to remove toxins from the body also.

It helps; I've tried it; it really works.

I.G.

Post Edited (It's Genetic) : 11/5/2011 5:20:21 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 11/5/2011 10:33 PM (GMT 0)

  Hey tortoise, whats shaken bacon??? LOL LOL LOL

   Im going to suggest something different. Acceptance. Thats it pure and simple. Your life, like everyother person in the world, has rythems and cycles. It sounds to me like you are in a down cycle. I get those also, i understand that this is just part of being human. I relax, i dont accomplish alot, i rest, i get sad. But i just accept that this is life right now, and that just as i am down now, i will soon be on my way back up. Yin and Yang. The circle of life.

   Keep positive, we are all going to have down days. Think of your dog, they accept, they endure, and they move on. SOmetimes we are our own worse enemies. We think we should allways be up, happy, perfect.  Accepting that i am human, i know that i cant be all those things at all times.

   I hope you feel better.

  Bill

Posted 11/5/2011 11:56 PM (GMT 0)
I'm anxious because I am so close to being unwell - like "going off the deep end". I'm still functioning, but using a lot of coping techniques. Being more worried about it.
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