Things that might make my depression worse:
1. moderately serious physical illness...check
2. withdrawal from an addictive med...check
3. sleep deprivation...check
4. anxiety...check
That's a lot crashing down on you at one time. At least one of those should be letting up soon. Could lead to a reverse snowball effect. Pretty good attitude on the "T" thing. Your thoughts are well ordered...very good writing. I'm thinking you can take quite a bit more...but I hope you don't have to
Restless leg syndrome really sucks doesn't it? I would think that would cause problems getting good restful sleep. I think I have a form of it. Only happens when I lie down and try to sleep. Not a convenient time
Do you ever kick? My cats sleep on my bed sometimes. They have learned not to sleep near my feet. Fortunately they learned w/o any serious mishaps
I think that as you recover from the infections you will have more resources available for the emotional struggle. Didn't you used to post some good stuff in the creative corner forum? I haven't been there in a while...maybe I'll check that out.
Take care and hang in there. I don't normally do this but...