Hi - just wanted to say HI and let you know I am thinking about you. I have had financial issues too and completely understand how consuming that is. Hope your husband sees the light about his hobby...
OMG sister, I am so totally sorry your dealing with that. I can totally identify.... I paid my mortgage, but just today I sent 17 lettters out telling my creditors and others that I was unable to pay...
Hi everyone.... Im just sort of checking in and updating. You all have been so nice to me I dont want to lose the connection. I think Im doing a little better.... I have some energy back, am sleeping...
My user name is the initial of my first and middle name, and then my last name.... and it seemed so appropriate "asking" .... exactly what I am doing.... I like it....
Hang in there sister.... know that you are not alone, and that even if you cant see the light at the end of the tunnel, its still there. I hope you feel better, I am thinking about you. peace...
I play cards or games with my 8 year old, watch "I Love Lucy" (Im a Lucy Junkie, its pretty much all I watch) listen to music - soothing music, new age, classical, light-70's) and for some reason...
Great topic Maz... MIne is Fall/Autumn. because it means the hot summer is over (summers where I live are very hot), the breeze becomes cool, the colors or fall are beautiful....it means its easier...
Thanks Lanie... Okay, I'll be good. It has always been REALLY hard for me to eat properly. I do understand the severity of the disease, but life overwhelms me and it becomes a "thing" that I dont...
Hi Lanie.... I am not sure what my sugar reading are when this happens, I am truly disorientated, and do not think to check my sugar... I just think, "oh wow, whats wrong....???...Maybe I need to eat...
Hi! I usually post in the depression forum, but I am also a type 2, diagnosed about 8 years ago. I hope my question isnt repedative, but I need to know if what Im experiencing is common, or if I may...
Hi Aurora.... I am sorry that happened to you.... something similar happened to me early this year when I had my mail stolen. Like we need one more issue to deal with, huh? But good for you for...
I feel like I havent rested or slept, when I have. Everything is annoying me, edgy /community/emoticons/smhair.gif moody, dried up and just ugh. I guess its more symptoms of depression, I just dont...
Congrats on your acceptance, and even more congrats on getting good news in general! It does so much for our spirits, eh?...
...........agreed Larry, Money is not all there is to life. But it seems to be one of those "in my face" issues that is just always there.... the issues being lack, unpaid utilities, things like car...
Hi Erik, good to meet you... Im sure you will be a great mod. I understand lack of time and energy, there just never seems to be enough of either... Ive been working on just letting stuff go... If I...
/community/emoticons/smilewinkgrin.gif My music pill is classical, new age, symphonic.... piano, violin.... calming, soothing... if the stars are aligned just right, it can completely take me away....
feeling about the same, its halfway through the weekend, I feel like I am really "trying" to function. today is park and movie day. Im finding spending time with the kids is extremely helpful, played...
No, I dont get a break like that... it just slowly lifts, and on rare occasion the depression will just lift suddenly, well over a period of 3 days then Im fine....
I plan to take my kids to a park this weekend, I dont know to do what, just hang out.... none of us are real sportsy, but my kids like to roll down the incline's of the soccer fields, they get all...
Hi cloudy - My depression works the same way! Ive never had any medical help with it, so I dont know if Im typical, from what I read I am... the depression just seems to come from nowhere, or...
Hi Jamiee, I have teeth issues too, have to use a county dentist 2.5 hours away and its hard to keep an appt. My funding has expired, so have to deal with that ick too... ... so anyway I feel ya and...
....so, a tiny bit better still today. I kind of woke up with a bad atitude though, but maybe its not bad. I feel like F-it, I am tired of worrying so hard.... what are the priorities with the...
Well put Jamie.... Im all for slowing it down!...
Hi Aurora.... I feel ya, I had my own episode in a grocerie store the other day.... what is it about grocerie stores? I just wanted to identify.... hang in there.... and I'd go back to the store if...
thanks stkitt.... yes some great support.... your right about talking to her.... its just what I was thinking early this morning..... I have some ideas about helping the money thing, but she would...
My cat didnt appreciate our recent move, so now he hides under the bed alot of the time.... but he is a big, cuddly sweet cat that always makes me feel better, when of course he is in the mood.......
Thanks Aurora..... I am in a mess with the mortgage, its brand new.... this house is something we managed to do because we were able to save a little money and due the the downtrodden housing market,...
Thanks Raniah.... I am the childrens father, my wife is a whole other story... I wish I knew how to find my old posts too, they were about her and relationship issues and it would tune my story...
thanks akram.... your right, I know numbing isnt a solution... I just get so sick of all that is swirling in my head that I have to turn it off, Ive tried to diffuse it with affirmation, positive...
Hey.... I posted here a little a few years ago... same issues, just really depressed.... I was doing so well for so long, and its back and I dont understand, could be financial issues and much...
Hi! I have these symptoms, it has been diagnoised as arthritis and nerve damage (dont know the medical terms). the pain comes in different ways, from a dull throb to sharp stabs. Nights are the worst...
Lyn - I sent you some emails, did you get them? I am afraid I am having email issues from work.... lemmee know........
HI Beau - I just read your thread..... I cant even imagine, I am really sorry that all happened to you None is this is your fault... you were badly abused as a child and I think you are doing far...
Hi Everone - Its Monday, the weekend was tedious but I survived. It all seems like its in my face on the weekends, I really appreciate the refuge of work, my quiet office, my computer.... the weekend...
Thank You Teresa - you are right, we really have to cling to those comfort zones and take whatever action we can to feel better, at least a little bit better - I know what mine are, and I no longer...
You know I have thought a million times about seperating from her, but everytime I ponder this I become sick at the idea of seperating myself from my children. They are all I know of what love is,...
Hi 27 Roses I am so sorry you are having this experience. I am also new here but I want you to know you have found a wonderful place to hang out, get information and support. I have been here only...
/community/emoticons/redface.gif Okay so I just get a call from my wife (remember we dont have insurance) "I just got back from the dentist, I need $3,000. worth of dental surgery and other...
Hi Goddess and everyone.... actually, I am having a better day in regards to my wife, this morning went well - the day has been drama free so far, I have not been home though - this is one of the...
Thank you Goddess!! There is a little history behind the pain, I have severe osteoarthritis - I have already had one hip replaced- the years or so before the surgery, I was a wreck, hobbled around on...
You might try to just let it rest... not make a final decision, and in the meantime, try to meet some new people, nurture another friendship or just see how solitude feels (solitude, not isolation)...
Thank you everyone... (lyn I will email you from work, private email) ... emotional abuse is right, I kinda knew that... you know these issues have not gone without confrontation before, I HAVE...
St. John's Work did not work for me, and SAMe is expensive, I keep saying I will try it when I can afford it but that hasnt happened yet. I would like to try Rhodiola Rosea like Sunnivara suggested,...
I am having a dreadful day .... too much to do, my arthritis pain is high but dont really feel like taking a big whopping pain pill, but may have to break down and do it anyway my wife is so...
Hi - I am new here and I have thought the same thing, but like others have said, I know I dont post unless I feel what I have to say would really help... but at the same time I know how much it helps...
Hi.... I hated elavil.... it was given to me as a nighttime pain med, because it was also an AD, but I took it for a few nights and while it helped me sleep, it also made me a zombie to the point of...
Hey back.... , yea thats bad to negelct the animals, Im not really a dog person, but I hate to see any living thing suffer, JMHO, but I would report the situation like you said.... Im kinda new here,...
Hi - I am new here too.... and I probably dont have much to offer you except please know that you are not alone, I understand much of what you are going through, about feeling different and not...
Oh wow, thanks everyone.... my financial situation is pretty bleak, I work 2 jobs actually, the medical care I have access to is LA county and thats where I go, on a payment plan, to seek pain...
Hi.... I am new here.... i have been reading around and find it comforting to not be so alone with how I feel. I do not have medical ins. so am not officially diagnosed with depression, but i know...