Thanks so much for your encouragement and I am glad to hear from you. I am going to try a run today - yesterday and the day before was the gym. I would be thrilled to lose 15 pounds at this point. I...
Getting BY I will get your email as I did want to keep in touch. The effexor is really good for me in terms of the anxiety and depression, but I just find I have gained weight. I have taken on some...
thanks Eric - actually I lost alot of weight back in 2003 by exercising and kept it off until 2007 - since then I have been at various states of heavy. since the middle of May I stopped exercising...
Getting BY It is me JOC.... Well I really am getting by. It has been awhile... I have been busy with work and I am still taking the effexor - it absolutely has helped me with my depression and...
enwayen thanks for the advice - actually I was going to the gym regularly and have not gone in the past month, but I did today and I feel better....I also have a membership. Do you exercise?...
I have not been on here for awhile.... I have been gaining weight and it is bugging me - I checked out a diet clinic and paid the fee (hearty har), but I don't think it is going to work for me - it...
Hello Gilcom, Floppington and Getting BY I have been off, but my new computer is excellent. Everything is finally working..... How is everyone... I am doing ok and sleeping, but now I am eating alot...
I am taking 90 mg of Effexor and it does help with my depression and anxiety, but I notice that it changes my cycle - is it normal for these drugs to interfere with hormones etc.??? JOC - hope I am...
How is everyone doing? I am ok - getting by as they say LOL...
Floppington and Getting BY, Hello - sometimes it seems like people attract grief or are afraid to be happy - is that what you both mean? Maybe I suffer from that chronic problem too. No - Getting By...
Getting BY, They are Japanese mushrooms - big and round. I am so fed up with this thing - really slow and sporadic - internet that is... I would like to chat - maybe we should sometime. I had a busy...
Flop, I hope you don't mind the short form!!! I am glad to hear from you tonight.... I have just binged on fast food.... I had a long day at work and spent some time on the road driving around and...
Floppington, How was your meeting? I just wanted to check in while my internet is up as it has been sporadic... I have taken some clonanzepam so not cured yet. Seeing my doctor soon - .... I had a...
Gillcom, How is life in Scotland... We are expecting another snowstorm in Canada. Did u have a nice holiday? I am glad it is over - I was really down now on pills still down but better.... JOC...
Getting BY, Crapcake should read crapake and I swear I spelled it that way and it came out different... Thx, JOC...
Getting BY, That is so interesting.... Where is your home again? I like crapake mushrooms quite abit. They are very healthy and go well with a nice salad. Yeah I need new glasses - I am sick of mine....
Hi Getting by, Well I am not feeling that great today. I had a bad day yesterday and barely slept last night. It comes and goes.... Mushroom hunting - what do u do with them? I was not able to...
Dear Flop, I am sorry to hear that you are feeling so blue... It was how I was feeling before Xmas. I kept crying and coming home to bed - I did not feel like eating. I am glad that you are going to...
Karen, Have you started any new threads - please let me know? Well I know what you mean about online dating - it is like that with online anything - I am going to always be careful> i find it hard...
Flop, How are you feeling? Today I felt depressed - this is the first whole week back and I am not used to working so much... Really don't want to go on more Effexor - but I will if I have to. I have...
Well Hello Everyone - Flop, Gillian, Getting BY I have not had internet since January 2 as I upgraded my service and the problem has been resolved tonight.. My what anxiety I have had... How is...
Gillian, Happy New Year - I hope you had a nice new years with your family. How are you feeling? I am tired. If you wanna talk anytime.... JOC...
Hi Flop, I was meaning to write you back, but the computer I was using kept powering off and I was not at home. Happy New Year. I used to live in Ottawa and I really like the city. I enjoyed the...
Hi Karen, I am ok. I went to my Mum's for New Years Eve and it is abit of a drive and this morning there was a snowstorm so we had to navigate the storm home.... Talk about anxiety. I am feeling...
Karen, Hugs and a Happy New Year to you....... JOC...
Hi Flop,...
Melissa, I just read your thread and I thought I would respond. Tea and cookies sound nice, but am too far away. I wonder how u are doing? I joined on Xmas Eve in the midst of a crisis and have been...
Hi Getting BY and Everybody, I know New Years is coming up and it seems like the year has flown by---- I am in the midst of another depression - last year I was feeling better - the cycle... Your...
Hi Gillian, I know what you mean - I joined December 24th as I was feeling so depressed about the holidays and I have really enjoyed this forum. So far I have been following this thread as I am...
Getting By, Do you take your dogs for long walks in the woods? I love walking dogs - I know people who has cocker spaniels. They are so cute. I would really like a dog, but I cannot have one where I...
Hello, Well I could not sleep at all last night and I started to feel anxious about writing so much on the forum - have I said to much type thing??? Anyway I felt rotten so I took clonanzepam and...
Flop, I am sorry to hear that you are so sad - hope we make you feel better. I was crying alot at work before I took my leave - it was embarrassing as I would start to cry while talking to customers...
Karen, Dinner smells great - I am coming over LOL.... I was a vegitarian for 3 years, but have gone back to eating meat. I was also really thin, but have gained back the weight. I am still fit. I...
/community/emoticons/smurf.gif Karen, Thanks for writing so promptly. I am just doing my laundry and listening to my Ipod while I keep an eye on the computer. I live in the GTA - The Greater Toronto...
Getting By, Your hobby sounds really interesting. I have alot of jewellery that is hand made from Canadian artists as I am in Canada. I got some black pearl earrings and bracelet for Christmas that I...
Fibomyalgia is very painful ---- Most people cannot work - some people have advised me that I cannot either - the trouble is that I cannot afford not to - I applied for disability, but was assessed...
Hey Everybody How was your day? I hope it went well. Mine was busy and I am so tired. I was supposed to go to the gym, but I just came home - guess it will be on Sat and Sun this week.... I felt...
Hi Getting By I was tired and napped for several hours today.... I have to work in the morning so I am glad. I hope you feel well. Write when u can. Joc...
Floppington Really - Actually when I was last on the Effexor I did feel irritable sometimes, but then people were making me angry and doing things - it was at work and sometimes people try my...
Floppington I understand what you are going through. I graduated from uni with a BA in 94 so I am older and for a long time I resisted the drugs as I wanted to be thin and hated the idea of being...
Getting BY, Know exactly what u mean.... However it helps your mind. Write anytime... JOC...
[color=purple>Mogli, [color=#800080>I] anxiety - I suffer from social anxiety and often cancel out on people which makes them mad and never want to see me again - lost alot of friends that way. The...
Getting By, How are you? Someone suggested Topamax to me once. What is it prescribed for and how does it feel....??? Love to know more, Joc...
4 weeks and the anxiety is gone - I did not gain weight for awhile and actually lost some last time. Apparently it is not supposed to make you gain, but I will take your advice if I notice it and...
Mogs I used to take a mood stabilizer, but it was turning me into a zombie and my doctor recommended I go off it and stay on the zoloft. I went off the zoloft and was drug free for one whole year and...
Thanks for responding actually at first I lose weight, but then overtime as it builds in the blood stream I find that I start to crave sweets and then I gain..... I go to the gym religiously - but...
Hi I suffer from depression and am back on the pills as of almost two weeks ago. Last year I was on the pills and I felt great and went off them in April as I started to gain weight. Now I am back on...