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#826
Dec 06, 2024, 04:13 PM
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Wow your nails look so pretty Crazy Hitch! So festive I love them
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#828
Dec 06, 2024, 05:10 PM
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Ooh @Crazy Hitch your nails are soo beautiful! Very festive!
and sending hugs to everyone who would appreciate them  --- I don't get my pdoc. I haven't seen her (read: haven't taken a blood pressure, and yes I tend to the low side) in over a month, but am now on propranolol as of today? Couldn't have given me anything good? (there is nothing good)
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#829
Dec 06, 2024, 05:15 PM
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#830
Dec 06, 2024, 05:33 PM
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My anxiety is pretty good today and my stomach is fine. I've only taken 2 valiums. I have watched the antacids and I read they can cause mental health changes.
Last night these coughing fits kept waking me up. But I feel fine today and I haven't had any heartburn or nausea. I tried looking for pajama pants this morning but I couldn't find any. I did finish my Christmas shopping though. I got the last 3 gift cards I needed. So today was pretty good.
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#831
Dec 06, 2024, 08:11 PM
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Are you all ok? Posting has slowed wayyyyyyyyyyyyy down the last 2 days or so. Only 15 posts in 2 days. That's unlike us. @Moose72 are you ok? Everyone else are you ok?
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#832
Dec 06, 2024, 08:39 PM
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I was more comfortable today than i've been recently. In the afternoon i told myself, "Everything is fine," over and over, and that was comforting. In the evening i got back to mindfulness meditation and enjoyed it.
I guess i'll always be conflicted about my weight and eating. I've know two really well-adjusted women over the years and they both said the only thing they worry about is their weight. And they were both thin! How sad is that? I guess it's a torment many of us share. I could have a Ph.D. if i put the effort i put into losing weight into education! It would be so much better if i focused on the ways in which my life is going well. There's so much to be grateful for! Guess i'll pray for the serenity to accept the things i cannot change and try and cope with mindfulness meditation. Look at the play i got in Scrabble: |
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#833
Dec 06, 2024, 08:58 PM
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Ha ha, mood! Good one.
Yes I was wondering if everyone was ok too! Moose’s last post was that she was at the ER. I hope she’s ok. For myself there’s not much to post. I took down my recycling and people were playing ten thousand and I joined them. Then the mail came and I got the earrings I ordered. I dusted the living room. Mood was stable but sort of down. I’m watching rudolf the red nosed reindeer. A blissful slow day. Tomorrow it warms up to mid 40’s so I have to go out and put the tags on the car while it’s above zero. I think I’ll go have a spiked egg nog to watch the scary part of rudolf. 😁
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#834
Dec 06, 2024, 09:39 PM
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@Nammu I'm glad you felt well enough to play cards (?) with your friends. It sounds like you made a not great day the best you could.
We went out to Cracker Barrel for supper and both got steak tips which were not good. I did not waste my calories on it. I always get the same thing there. That will teach me. I've been putting together an Amazon order to try to mostly finish Christmas shopping. I have no clue what to do for my 11 year old niece. The 14 year old is easier and that's a surprise although she's still tricky. I miss when they were little and I had too many ideas for them. I have no idea if the 14 year old will like what I'm getting her but at least I have ideas. The 11 year old is also a bit harder because she's shy about asking for things. The 14 year old doesn't ask for much but fills gaps if needed. I'm glad I still have a little time.
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#835
Dec 06, 2024, 10:06 PM
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#836
Dec 06, 2024, 10:07 PM
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@JaneOnceMore they are the best!
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#837
Dec 06, 2024, 10:13 PM
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Rainbow, I don't know how I'm doing, still messed up from therapy. I had to go out a lot this week so that ****s me up. I don't have to go out until later next week. I had a dermatology appointment today and it's wait and see. Nothing concerning though.
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#838
Dec 06, 2024, 10:48 PM
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Soooo…
I got an A in all my classes! I also got a $1100 scholarship for spring semester!
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#839
Dec 06, 2024, 10:59 PM
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Congratulations @HALLIEBETH87 !!! On both counts! One more semester to go now! Have you started doodling Halliebeth, MSW yet? Or was that just me when I was in grad school and needed something to motivate me to not drop out?
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#840
Dec 06, 2024, 11:28 PM
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Not much happening here. Just a bunch of spice no one wants to hear about. Lol. I love wellbutrin. ❤️ I was actually, seriously, considering asking my psychiatrist if I could switch to it full-time, but nah. I'll stay on sertraline. I'm on a lot of meds right now, but it's not like I'm a zombie or anything. I still have all my emotions (minus intense rage, which is totally fine!). I'm just... happy and content feeling. And REALLY enjoying myself in the bedroom!
Had my weekly therapy appointment this morning. Went well. Not much to report. My husband and I had a date night last night which was fun. We just kind of hung out, talked, had some spice time... My septum piercing is already not hurting as much. It's healing quite well so far, which makes me happy because I really like it, AND I have a bunch of jewelry for it coming in the mail. Ordered a giant throw pillow off my favorite gothic clothing, etc. website yesterday. It's a black skeleton kitty. It'll be nice to have pillow on our futon! But, really, not much happening here. I tried being creative tonight, but it didn't really work. 😞 Still recovering from my last episode sadly. I'll be creative again though. Just a matter of time. 😊
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#841
Dec 06, 2024, 11:41 PM
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I got a lot of stuff to make various desserts over the holidays. I got a huge 38 oz bag of red and green holiday M&Ms. I usually use those for making homemade holiday blondies. I also got stuff to make homemade pumpkin pie and homemade rice crispy treats. And a box mix for cheesecake and some bags of chocolate chip cookie mix. Some homemade, some boxed made stuff. It's all fun to bake. I'm big on holiday baking. Baking in general is very calming and stress relieving but it feels extra special around the holiday season. Yayyyyyy!! Can't wait to turn on some Christmas music and bake
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#842
Dec 06, 2024, 11:48 PM
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I have a violin lesson tomorrow evening. I'm pulling an all nighter tonight, not the smartest idea but I really don't want to go to sleep, I skipped my night meds tonight
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#843
Dec 06, 2024, 11:49 PM
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I'm so proud of myself. I was just going to give my sister a gift card for Christmas, mostly because I don't want to bug her right now while she's struggling with a severely depressed husband and a shoulder injury. But I finally realized that as an OT I know exactly some things that will help her with her shoulder now and even more so after her surgrery. So she's getting stuff. My BIL is getting a gift card because I don't want to put pressure on him to come up with what he wants when he feels so bad.
So I'm getting closer to done. Christmas shopping has been worrying me this year. I really hope I get done soon. Then I have to wrap. Which I will try to get my mom to help with as much as possible because my hand tremors from meds make for some ugly packages. Everyone is used to this and nobody cares but I remember how nicely I used to be able to wrap. Tomorrow my mom is going to help me decorate my tree and put out nativity scenes. I'm hoping not too much furniture has to be moved. I don't have a lot of space to work with so there are really only 2 options. Sunday we're going to the town chorus performance.
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#844
Dec 07, 2024, 12:05 AM
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@Victoria'smom I think I'm behind a bit. Are you moving still? Do you know when? And did you get into the psychosis clinic? Is that where they are doing the abilify injections?
I'm sorry you've had to go out so much this week. I've really been enjoying quiet after my trip to the city for my tests and dr appointments. I'm glad it will be a year before I have another multi-day visit (at least it should be). Being in public can certainly be draining.
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#845
Dec 07, 2024, 12:07 AM
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@MuddyBoots did you talk to them about the propanolol? Not a good choice with low BP. My pdoc wanted to try prazosin a while back but my BP wouldn't allow it. I wish I could try it.
Is there any chance of getting in to see your pdoc sooner?
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#846
Dec 07, 2024, 12:25 AM
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@raspberrytorte I'm glad things are going well for you. Wellbutrin was a horrible med for me. I never got past the starter dose bc it made me so nauseous I lost 20 lbs (that I didn't have to lose back then) in the first few weeks. I badly wanted it to work because it didn't cause weight gain (looking back after years on APs it's laughable that I was upset about 5 lbs I gained on mirtazapine) but it didn't.
I'm also glad scary pdoc hasn't been so awful. The septum piercings look so painful. Doesn't it pull on it to blow your nose? I'd constantly be catching on something.
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#847
Dec 07, 2024, 01:00 AM
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I guess its the antacids and Pepcid causing the anxiety. I need to watch that. I took a couple alka seltzer tablets at 6 and I woke up at 9 feeling really anxious, and before I was totally fine.
I'm really intersted in this whole CEO healthcare thing. I wonder where the guy is. Someone wrote online "my empathy is out of network." I placed a grocery order for tommorow and I said no substituons so hopefully I don't get bombarded with texts at 6:30 asking if I want this instead of that. I swear these people don't look hard enough sometimes either.
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#848
Dec 07, 2024, 03:23 AM
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Ha! I knew I felt too good earlier. I forgot my 8:30 meds. I just took them at 2:45 and they are maybe starting to work. I don't usually miss those. I miss my 11:00 ones sometimes but never 8:30. I think I'm just still off schedule from being away for 3 nights and all the stress this week.
I did prove my theory though. Typically I take meds with a bowl of oatmeal. About 90 minutes later I get hungry and stay hungry for hours. I've assumed that this is from the meds kicking in. Tonight I didn't get hungry and I had a small dinner. So I am not just a ravenous nighttime grazer; I'm a medicated (I think clozapine is at fault) nighttime grazer. I should be getting hugnry soon if the theory works although who knows in the middle of the night.
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#849
Dec 07, 2024, 08:07 AM
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#850
Dec 07, 2024, 09:29 AM
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Yesterday my pnurse and pharmacist were practically begging me to go back on Vraylar and gabapentin but after my throat closed up while drinking milk and my lips and tongue swelling no thanks! They swear it’s can’t be the psych meds because I’d been on them two months. They tried to say it’s my cats new food but I always wash my hand thoroughly after I feed her. And the allergist can’t see me till February but the are going to call my pnurse about the medication challenge they want to do in February. I’ll let them fight it out. My pnurse wanted to do their own medication challenge in their office with a nurse but I don’t think that’s safe.
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