I won't come back on anymore. This was the only place I could come. I am so, so sad right now and sick and need help. I love you all. Julie o'...
I'm sadly surprised, Kitt, you used to like me and respond to me, and you're so different now, just like everybody else in my life. I hate this life! I hate it! So as not to argue as I am unable to...
Mr. FL, I did some research awhile back (just a little 'cause I'm not a studier) about the "Amygdala" part o the brain which is the "fight-or-flight" (fear) part of the brain which is normally...
Donna, What a beautiful memory of your beloved mother's last moment's - I was quite moved reading this story of deep love. Wow! Thank you so much for sharing that. Totally! Julie O'...
This is (I'm so sorry) a copy of what I posted on another forum here without any support except by Jaime. I am really needing some help, support and care, especially during this week because I'm...
Sounds like your doggy (I LOVE German Shepards!) may have a blockage possibly which is making whatever she tries to eat come back up. Has she not been drinking as well? If not, do the dehydration...
Hey Becky, My one cat with chronic gingivitis has to go to the vet once/year for cleanings - he always loses at least one tooth. Ends up when I went to the Vet Opthamologist (back when I had money),...
Hi Jamie, Being true to myself is what gets me in trouble, I just can't "not" be authentic and honest. The recent story is too much to bring up as it's a big trigger. (By the way, I deleted the post...
Ah! Vestabula, That brings up another memory, big one, of my fiance/boyfriend dying in my arms (at home) from melanoma. He died at 50 pounds, really hung in there, geez and wow! He could barely wave...
Mr. FL: Guinea Pig and Goldfish count as pets! lol Wait! Take that back, they are ALL family! :o) By the way, I have read and still have Many Lives, Many Masters an kept it because I do want to read...
Thanks Karen, I quasi-posted at a site I used to belong to that is specific to my type of PTSD, but they changed the site so much, I doubt anyone will even see my post as they don't allow you anymore...
Can't write what I'm feeling, just that I can't seem to write here except to respond to people. Julie...
Paulos, My mom who had 2 neck surgeries has been on Vicodin for yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeears and she always tends to run out early and begs for more about 4 or 5 days before they're due and also cries in...
Howdy Chrishis1! Welcome to this forum. Just wanted to add that "depression" comes in many forms - not all of which require medication, i.e., environmental which is what it sounds like yours is...
Hey Willowrose, It's definitely one less worry! So happy to hear for your love of cats, they are my breath. Mr. FL, do you happen to have any pets? I ask because I'm curious of what kind of bond you...
I realize this is a totally different take than has been mentioned and hope it's okay that I enter into the existing conversation. Ever since I planned to suicide, lowest, darkest abyss I'd ever been...
Sorry to hear you're having such a hard time . . . Julie O'...
Hi Ben! I've heard about that, too - sticking to a regular sleep-time schedule. Great addition to this thread!! Thanks! (I need to remember that, too!!) Julie O'...
April! YAY!!!!! Congratulations!! Any progress is great progress!!! Maybe now with practice of breathing it will work faster and faster over the next little while! Thanks for letting us know - I'm so...
Lullabye . . . and good-night . . . la la laaaaaaaaaaaaaa laaaaaaaaaa la laaaaaaa la /community/emoticons/redface.gif zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Hey April, Geez, I just realized this is your thread - how is your pain level now? I'll be thinking of you an send some of my cat, Chief Joseph's purrs your way that will take everything out of your...
Hi Becky, I also have anoter cat (Jules-Verne) who sleeps in the crook of my legs and another, Marilia at the side of me and Graciela who sleeps on the other side of Jules-Verne and my Radial...
Bar, SO happy to hear that you got a well-deserved, and good night's rest!! Awesome!! I have Amygdala issues - I'm thinking it's disconnected completely from my hypothalmus. April, if they didn't...
Yeah, if you're low on funds, definitely. The whole term "white noise" I believe came from the fan which is one of the sounds on the sound machine. The cheapie one I'm referring to is somehwere...
Hi April, Hope I'm getting to you in time. If you go to Drugstore .com, they have lots of stuff there, but if you look up "Homedics Sound" or "Homedics Radio" you will see a bunch come up. I...
I hope the relaxing does help. My Pop would be proud (from Heaven!) :o) That would be beautiful for him to receive acknowledgement that something he said helped someone. I just took my meds. Being...
Geez, that's got to be totally rough!! I take Klonapin and Trazodone to sleep and throw in a big, fat Evening Primrose (I had to stop taking them during the day because I was sleeping all day)....
Thanks so much for understanding, Karen! I definitely do not mean any emotional harm to anyone - it's just that I've become so absolutely hypervigilent after so much that's happened throughout my...
No Karen, Not offended at all - I know people have their own way of speaking and thank you for explaining you use this a lot, it helps me to feel safe. I've just had bad experiences with the words as...
Thanks so much, Navy, It never bothers me about others having nicknames - I was in a lawsuit and on a site that helped me extremely, but I NEEDED to remain anonymous as they found every other site...
With Severe Depression, PTSD, Anxiety and Panic, following are words that really, really trigger me and, I'm guessing, might trigger some others' too: - Dear - Dearest - My Love - Sweetheart -...
Hi Just.Me, I like your name because in itself represents your need for autonomy, following your own dreams and goals. I didn't take what you wrote as feeling sorry for yourself at all - people come...
Oops, the "NO SUBJECT" one was supposed to go here - sorry. My mind ain't what it used to be!" Julie O'...
Okay, first of all, I have this new cheap keyboard that doesn't type all the letters all the time, so I'm sorry about that in advance, infinity. I haven't been on in awhile; I got either here...
Hey there, It sounds like a lot of the problem is with your family and if it's been that way (the separateness and not talking, not communicating with each other for your entire life or a lot of it,...
Hey, That's awesome you had such a close relationship with your grandma - a very special thing indeed!! Your plan with the nurse sounds PERFECT! Simply perfect! I used to bring my weekly writings to...
I can really relate to you and to Jamiee and agree that it's really strong of you to notice what's going on. POSSIBLE SUGGESTION: Print out what you just wrote and take it to the nurse so you don't...
Trazadone for me, too, for about 7 years now. 100mg/night. I also take 2mg. Klonapin (which is addictive, but I haven't had a problem with that and don't take all I am supposed to take during the day...
Beautiful visualizations in your poetry! Just want to pass this one on to you that I wrote the last time I was severely depressed (as I've become again). It's about completely forgetting pain in...
Caring about you, Jamiee! Get some goooood rest and let it all go for awhile . . . /community/emoticons/smurf.gif Warmly, Julie O'...
My pop told me "You just do the best YOU can do, and that's the best you can do!" And then I came up with my own thing, like for things I'm scared to do (Dental Appts., exams, etc.) As long as you're...
Hey there, I haven't been on in awhile. PLEASE call some of your girlfriends and go out for your birthday. If he wants to stay home, that's his choice - first and foremost, you are responsible for...
Hi again, Kitt! Interestingly I had a lot of those symptoms after I did herniate my disc, (Except the incontinence), but they slowly subsided and are just intermittent now. Wow about your friend -...
Hey Joseph, Sorry no one answered you yet (they hadn't answered me on this particular IBS forum either about something really embarassing, so I went to my anxiety forum and got real answers to...
Hi Kitt!!! Over the last year I've gone through serious night sweats for a time, intermittent hot flashes and mood swings - now my period was 3 weeks late this last month and a week late the month...
Thanks so much for responding, Nanners! I haven't had insurance (or a job) in so long I've put off going to doctors (other than Psychiatrist for PTSD/Anxiety/Depression) so I can keep those meds...
I wrote about this in the IBS forum, but I think it's a bad time and no one is there - I'm so freaked about this and not sure what the diagnoses would be or what to wear or do. Since I used to come...
Hey Raniah, Yeah, actually one of my cats (God rest her soul, she passed away from cancer a few years after the hospitalization from an inoperable cancer that was connected to her vena-cava), well...
LOL (about your dog being l ike a cat)! Actually, I heard that line from an old office manager who had Yorkies, she wrote me and said "Dog's rule, cat's drool" and I thought, "Ha! You HAVE to be...
Hey Jaimee, That's interesting knowing that it does actually kick in (even though it's 6 month's later). I just saw the immediate after-effects on the 2 people I had met at the hospital and there...