[convalescence]

Hi.

I suffer from IBS, GERD, GAD, scoliosis, bipolar II, & psychotic depression.

I USED to be a highly functioning person. Now I can barely leave the house. I'm hoping that in the future I will no longer be housebound. It's lonely here. I just lay in bed and suffer in this moment.

Anybody else live with lingering hope for a brighter tomorrow?

[healingme4me]

[Furious]

Your situation sound eerily familiar to mine. I too have scoliosis (severe juvenile type corrected by surgery), Crohn's, GERD, high blood pressure, pre-diabetes, major depression, anxiety.

I used to be a social person in my 20s. Now (age 39) I want nothing to do with most people. Most weekends I don't leave my property and I rather like it that way. I work a regular 9-5 during the week and it takes everything I have to hold it down.

I feel for you. And yes I still hope for tomorrow.

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((((convalescence))))

I hear you. I suffer from GERD and severe IBS, too. I've also suffered from social phobia since my early teens and it has really been exacerbated by my IBS.. I lost my job due to IBS over a year ago and have since been almost completely housebound. It's so stressful wondering whether I'll ever feel better and if I'll ever be able to work and have a life again..

I haven't found any effective ways of dealing with IBS yet, so I'm now focusing on learning to go out despite the disorder. I'm putting myself into social situations with a close friend either there with me or a phone call away.. It has helped me gain some confidence although there's still a long, long way to go.. Never give up hope, though..

[convalescence]

Furious, I'm sorry to hear this. People don't know how easy they have it sometimes, when it takes people like us all of our energy just to do "normal" things.

d.o.a,, I'm sorry to hear about you losing your job due to IBS. That's something I am terrified of. I'm tired of feeling uncomfortable in my diagnoses. I finally started telling my friends "Sorry, but I can't do this because of X." It is stressful not knowing if you can ever reclaim what was once yours.

I hope you both find the relief that you might need.

[fallsfall]

Hi Convalesce,

There is hope for a brighter tomorrow. Not everyone can get their life back, but some of us can. I was on SSDI for 10 years for depression. I worked really hard with an amazing therapist. I changed careers with help from the Ticket to Work program, and I've been working for the past 7 years. Don't give up. Your hopes and dreams are what will help you succeed.

Hi Convalesce, I do not suffer from what you have. But I was a very physical person, very out going. I have degenerative spine, chronic pain, I have migraines, heart problems, suffered with cancer now in remission, strokes, mini strokes, and brain seizures. I have been under duress and now I feel the cancer coming back. I now suffer palsy. I can no longer hike, ride a bicycle, walk, ride in a car for long periods of time. I find walking a chore some days because I feel I will collapse under my weight. We all suffer. Mine was I was my work ethic and it destroyed me physically. Now I have to accept being permanently disabled, living one day at a time surrounded by seniors in senior housing. I lost so much. My old friends do not understand I have not the energy I once had nor the income to continue in those circles. You have to reinvent yourself and it can be difficult. Look at the blessings you have in your life, no matter how small. And find a way to encourage others with similiar experiences. It helps me. I also suffer from anxiety and depression.

[HelloKitty1090]

Originally Posted by convalescence

Hi.

I suffer from IBS, GERD, GAD, scoliosis, bipolar II, & psychotic depression.

I USED to be a highly functioning person. Now I can barely leave the house. I'm hoping that in the future I will no longer be housebound. It's lonely here. I just lay in bed and suffer in this moment.

Anybody else live with lingering hope for a brighter tomorrow?

Yep...same life no hope sick and now cancer i am in bed so much i barely know what day it is... I am lonely as well very very lonely can totally relate so sorry for your situation

*sighs*. never mind getting my life back, i want 1 to begin with

so many problems, so little solution..