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Originally Posted by BethRags
I'm in a bad way. Terribly anxious and depressed. Nothing seems to offer any peace or relaxation. The time change has slammed me badly. These hours and hours of pale-blue and yellow afternoons are killing me. I feel death all around and it's terrifying.
I'm going to call my pdoc's nurse in the morning and ask her to ask my pdoc to please, please allow me to raise the Gabapentin and maybe Zoloft doses. I'm nearly positive she won't. I'm at a point at which I will just raise the dose myself if she refuses and deal with it when I have my appointment with her on April 5th. I can't be blown off by her.
Another thought I have is to email my therapist, who I'll see on Monday, and ask her to email the pdoc for me. I'm fighting myself too hard and I'm feeling desperate.
Thanks for listening. Hugs.
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Hey Bethrags do you have blackout curtains? I’m more likely to get hypo on these sunny days but I realize for some it’s the opposite. Aside from med changes can you do some other techniques?
First do you have a self care box? So for me when I’m up and buying everything I put a portion of the new fun things into a box to save for when I’m down. When I am down I open the box and force myself to play with whatever is inside….it could be a nice scented soap, bath salts, a book, in my case it’s a dinosaur art book, a permission slip to buy ten new songs…whatever. If you don’t have a self care box make one next time you’re up.
The other technique is called pick three. Instead of one thing you find fun you need to pick three and do them all at once. It’s probably hard to think of something fun right now so you need to think back to things you used to find fun. For me it might be photography, music and a trip to a zoo or garden.
Finally try sunglasses at night. 4-6 hours before bed put on a pair of sunglasses so you get normal light for a while….make sure they block blue light.
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