i just do no know????

karen. thank you.

Stillme
Yes, I was wondering where you were...sorry it's been bad...

I hope you start feeling better soon...you and all of my hw friends are in my prayers tonight

Maggie
Let us know how you are doing this week, we miss you

cranking the tunes tonight. am tired. jamie

Hi jamie and hopefully stillme

How are youdoing today? Did you get some sleep? I'm sleeping hard since I got pain meds, but very bizarre dreams, epic almosr that go on all nite..strange

Hope you are ok my friend (and Buttons too)

Love
maggie

Katie is taking meds but grades are plummeting...she had 2 As, 2 Bs and 1 C last semester...this term ended up terrible so far...she does have a boy she is "talking" to, maybe she is distracted but...

Her close friend texted her last nite that she didn'twant to live anymore etc...Katie called the mom at work and mom went home to find dtr passed out from some pills, so off they went to ER for stomach pumping...children nowadays are growing up too fast....My heart breaks for her pain, she is already on meds, but obviously she needs much more help than she's getting...Katie is very upset, naturally

anyway, a teen's life is very full of drama and very little homework, esp Katie's...I have to crack down a little, academics are very important in this house.

Oh well, hope you get some sleep, good sleep and sweet dreams

Maggie

Hey, you pack alot in your words, tho...and you get downright wordy when you need to-lol

Happy zzzzs, I hope
Maggie

Oh, changing meds is like starting over, stillme...I just hate changing up. I have been on Welbutrin 300xl for 6 years. Until recently, it has been a very good anti-d for me so hang in there

I know...everything makes me cry when I change meds, either out of frustration anger or sadness...and it's ok to not post all the time...sometimes I just don't have the energy to write OR think

Cut yourself some slack, you are re-doing yr meds which is like not being on meds for a little while...pamper yourself a little bit, do something nice...I splurged on 2 books yesterday...I can't afford it but they make me happy and distract me from dwelling on stuff I cannot control.

Katie's friend is ok, pumped stomach, but don't know what happens now. Her mother is a self-medicating bipolar and the friend has been in foster care twice with an absentee father...poor thing, we try to include her in our family stuff, but that only goes so far, she still has to go home...

Anyway, stillme, I hear ya...I'm here all day..hope meds start kicking in and work better for you

Take care
Maggie

Yes, sick child excuses you from housework-lol. Poor baby...hope he feels better soon. Just do one thing, like you said...I used to make these lists which I could never complete even when I was healthy. Now, I try to be realisticand take small bites of work...so chill, believe me, the dirt will all still be there tomorrow(unfortunately)

Hope your son's fever breaks today.

maggie

Sleeping any better Jamiee?

Hi Jamiee
Glad to hear you got a good nights sleep. It is hard to function on little sleep.

Ive been fighting a bad bought of depression myself. For awhile I thought it was my anxiety that I was fighting but I was mislabeling the depression as anxiety until it all backfired this past week.. I didn't want to move or get out of bed or even wake up the next morning for that matter. After I found myself crying for hours in the fetal position in the corner I realized I had to do something.. luckily my therapist called to schedule my appt that was supposed to be for tomorrow for this monday instead which I was happy for because it was sunday that I was crying so bad. It was bad enough that I reverted in my mind back to infancy age and while I was in the fetal position crying ended up borrowing my friend's son's pacifier in an attempt to calm down. It sounds crazy and a lil screwed up now that Im saying it allowed but it worked at the time

It was an interesting session with my therapist on Monday.. as well as one of the hardest yet. Im glad Im able to start to face some of this stuff but its as equally hard to face it at the same time
I think the weather has to do with a lot of people getting down... Dunno about you.. but its been yucky cold & rainy here for a few days.. Need the sunshine back!!!!

The weather has been cold and rainy here and effects me both physically and mentally. We need sunshine too. Rain tomorrow, then snow thursday. But suppose to be nicer next week. We just have to make it that far...

It does sound like you had a productive session. Happy for you...

Hugs, Karen

YAY!!! on getting sleep Jamie. Hope it continues.

Karen, it was warm and sunny here today, so I guess our way will share some of that weather with you over yonder in a few days!

Maggie, thinking of you. Sweet, loving, kind you.

LNichole, I can almost feel the pain from what you described. Deep tears. Glad you are finding help and hope and peace. Keep up the good work.

love and blessings, embers