I really don't know what's going on, so I have NO CLUE what board I should post this under!
My Dad died about two months ago. Since then I've been really tired and really irritable. I don't sleep well but I want to sleep all the time. My period was really late (it did finally show up). I feel like I can't control my body temperature. I have a LOT of trouble concentrating. I'm really cranky and I get mad really easily. There's nothing I really want to do.
It's not like BAD depression. More like the edge of depression, if you know what I mean. Not hopeless, not despair. More like an itchy sweater - nothing's right and I can't get comfortable and it's wearing me out a little at a time.
I don't have a therapist now because we can't afford one. I make too much money to qualify for any kind of assistance, but I just don't have enough to spare to pay $50 a week. I could see my pdoc - if I had $330 lying around. I can have some success with self-help stuff, but I'm not sure which way to go after this. I mean, this could be mental, or it could be that my body's starting to slowly change as I age. If this is hormones, then I don't think any amount of psych work is going to have any effect. But my GP has told me before that there aren't any tests for menopause until you get further along than I would be. And I'm only 42, so that leads me back to whether it's mental.
I just don't know. How would you go about figuring out what's wrong and what would you do to get feeling better?
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They don't ever lock ya up for thinking crazy - they only get ya for actin' crazy!
And just 'cause I'm paranoid doesn't mean they aren't really out to get me...
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