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Posted 10/18/2011 11:16 PM (GMT 0)
How does everyone get through the deep depression, the hopelessness, the uncontrollable crying? Believe it or not I'm already on antidepressants.
Posted 10/18/2011 11:21 PM (GMT 0)
I personally use school - that's why I refuse to drop out.

The most important thing you can do, regardless of emotions, surround yourself with people who love you unconditionally!
Posted 10/19/2011 12:26 AM (GMT 0)
It is difficult. Try and find something you love to do. I started crocheting and reading again and took myself out of situations where I did not feel comfortable. Still had to go to work of course but would not force myself to go to the food store, or socialize when I did not feel up to it. I have also used music and deep breathing to get me through some of the rough times. I'm not gonna lie though. I used to worry if things would ever get better or how I would possibly live the rest of my life like I was and lo and behold I am happy and smiling again. You will get there. Try and I mean really try and find the positive things in your life and run with them. Don't be afraid to voice your concerns here and seek solace in others who are going through what you are going through. It is a tremendous relief to know there are people who care other than those you don't want to burden such as family or friends. I hope tomorrow is a better day for you
Posted 10/19/2011 2:50 AM (GMT 0)
I've always been about as hopeless and negative as they come, but in moments of clarity I can see that I will get through this. The trick is to find ways to make your life enjoyable even with so much gone wrong. I try to think about the past, and how quickly things can change. I worry a lot about what will happen once I have to start my life over, but then I remember all the times in the past when I've adjusted to very different circumstances and come out just fine.

It sounds silly, but finding ways to laugh about the situation you're in can really be a lifesaver.

Also...acceptance has been a big thing for me. Accepting that my life is the way t is now and not wishing it were some other way have really helped. It's hard though. Sometimes it helps to focus on the plus side to being sick...there really is one as crazy as that sounds. I've learned so much from being sick. I'm still learning.

And if nothing else, you've got support here from us.
Posted 10/19/2011 7:51 AM (GMT 0)
Definitely laughter, focusing on what I will do when I am well, being grateful there is a treatment for this.

Hot baths and noble deeds! (someone famous said this, can't remember who).

I have a good cry (in private), until I'm pretty much fed up with being pathetic and then pull myself together. I say, "You can do this!" over and over until I actually believe it.

And I immerse myself totally in some mindless TV show. Hope that doesn't do any permanent damage!

And I keep reminding myself that this is just a product of the toxins in my brain, it's part of the healing process and it will pass. It really will.

Feel better
Posted 10/19/2011 11:12 AM (GMT 0)
Everyone on here has pretty much said it all. I was the exact same way.....I decided to get a hobby so I took up jewelry making and it really took my mind off of it. Then each day when I started feeling better the depression started to lessen. I am feeling pretty good most of the time now but I do still have my crying fits.

I am definitely with borderlyme...acceptance is a big one. Once you start accepting that things arent the same...it gets easier.

Hang in there!! Things will get better!!
Posted 10/19/2011 4:23 PM (GMT 0)
Pets have been known to provide a kind of support that a person just can't match. I don't know how it works, but it has - fortunately - worked very well for me. I would have never made it through sooo very many years of being too ill to even hold a part-time job without my critters! I really need them all! They don't listen to words - they "feel" the situation.

Humor in another thing that has made it possible for me to get this far -mostly self deprecating humor (humor based on a negative of the speaker -- LOL I had to look that one up!!) - but it works for me! Hubby and I can have a good laugh at my issue with dropping most everything I touch right now and it helps me from getting so frustrated about it all I want to do is cry! Lots of people don't understand that it is a coping mechanism for me, but that's okay too!

My Mom sent me a card once that had these words - and I loved it!!
"Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves for we shall never cease to be amused!!" I have it hanging near my computer!!

The point is, we all need to find way to cope with being this ill - and we really are quite ill!!! Clinical trials have been done that show LD patients can be in as much pain as post-op patients and fatigue as severe as MS patients.
Posted 10/19/2011 4:35 PM (GMT 0)
Pets help because they love you unconditionally and depending on what you have they make for good cuddle buddies when you just want to curl up in bed or on the couch.
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