Frustrated

Lynnwood:

1. Anti-depressants don’t work
2. Primary care Dr retired, haven't found a new one. One I thought I'd found refused (yes, refused!!) to do a gyn exam/pap smear... said my age 63.5 precludes it. Like cancer risk suddenly goes away? How stupid. Anyway, not a resource I can use to help point to new resources.

3. Like meds, talk therapy never helped
4. Now my health is going downhill. Gained weight & lost fitness caring for my Dad last year.

5. Weight gain means cholesterol and blood pressure issues.
6. Lupus still seems to be in remission

7. but I think my fibromyalgia is becoming more active
8. Still trying to walk -- 6 days of 2 miles a day like to have killed me (well, the 'feels like' temp was over 100 most of that week).

9. Physical therapist says 1 mile every 2 days. Seems like it will take FOR-EV-ER to get anywhere at that rate.
10. Just feeling the need to reach out somehow to someone today.

11. Sorry this seems scattered, that's how I feel today.
12. Hope y'all are doing fine!

Sorry to hear of all of this. They couldn’t find an anti-depressant for my wife, either.

What type of stuff do you read?

I watch true-crime TV shows at night and try to solve the mysteries.

I use to walk about 3/4ths of a mile a day but now most days I can just barely make it to the mailbox.

If I go to the grocery store I can walk for 2 hours. I can’t explain that other than my fellow shoppers.
Being around people at the grocery store seems to help my spirits.

I haven’t mopped my kitchen in 2 years.

I haven’t taken a bath in about a week and I have no plans to.

One, if I got down in the tub I couldn’t get back up because of my back.

Another problem is the warm water feels so good I don’t want to get back up.
I do but my muscles don’t.

I have one of those chairs in the tub but I rarely use it.

I have dry skin and I’m supposed to wash my face once a day but I don’t feel like it.

That’s how I feel today.

HI MATE, I FIND DOING WALKING LAPS IN THE POOL HELPS. IT FRESHES ME AND HELPS WITH MY BODY AND HEAD. I USE THE SPA AND SAUNA AS WELL, AT THE POOL.

SENDING MANY HEALING THOUGHTS MY FRIEND. HT

Well, the 'alcohol' solution isn't appealing in the least - never enjoyed that activity. Nor have I enjoyed being around those who did!

Maybe I can walk laps in the pool, but it's an outside pool and my Lupus doesn't tolerate the sun, so it'd have to be after dark... doesn't get dark till about 9:15 pm here this time of year.

Have tried various meditation techniques over the last 40 years... I'm actually pretty calm and can easily go to sleep, so not clear on how that could help with health issues.

Thanks to all who responded, sometimes these things just get better for having been put out into the universe, ya' know?

Be well!

I would second the meditation suggestion. There are various forms thereof, one or more of which might work for you.

Something I came across long ago is the Silva Method. This has some cult-like aspects, but also elements I believe work well. In particular, its meditation approach involves trying to get into the brain's "alpha state," which is a place between the conscious and subconscious and allows you to tap into the power of the latter. It might sound hokey, but I think anyone interested in meditation should give it a chance (there's a physiological basis behind it).