Couch 228--The Wellness Couch

LonesomeTonight · Jun 08, 2021 at 07:42 AM

Hugs, QM. I mean, she is trained to notice things like that, so it makes sense that she would. I understand why it could bother you, though. Did she switch or increase your medications?

Quietmind 2 · Jun 08, 2021 at 08:28 AM

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Hugs, QM. I mean, she is trained to notice things like that, so it makes sense that she would. I understand why it could bother you, though. Did she switch or increase your medications?

Yup, my Vortioxetine (Multimodal Serotonergic antidepressant) has been increased from 5mg to 10mg.

Review in 3 weeks where I'll also get my Depo-Provera shot.

LonesomeTonight · Jun 08, 2021 at 09:02 AM

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Yup, my Vortioxetine (Multimodal Serotonergic antidepressant) has been increased from 5mg to 10mg.

Review in 3 weeks where I'll also get my Depo-Provera shot.

Hope it helps you! Looks like that's Trintellix in the US (one that I actually haven't tried...maybe I should ask pdoc about it).

Quietmind 2 · Jun 08, 2021 at 09:12 AM

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Hope it helps you! Looks like that's Trintellix in the US (one that I actually haven't tried...maybe I should ask pdoc about it).

Check this out: Vortioxetine, a novel antidepressant with multimodal activity: Review of preclinical and clinical data - ScienceDirect

I'm also on 75 mg Amitriptyline. Not everyone needs adjunctive pharmacotherapy but it can be helpful.

stopdog · Jun 08, 2021 at 11:04 AM

I taped an entire season of a show I thought was lesbian themed and started to watch it today. I was wrong -very, very wrong. The subject matter could not be less lesbian themed if it had tried

LonesomeTonight · Jun 08, 2021 at 11:28 AM

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I taped an entire season of a show I thought was lesbian themed and started to watch it today. I was wrong -very, very wrong. The subject matter could not be less lesbian themed if it had tried

Well, now I'm curious as to both what made you think it was lesbian-themed and what made it clear that it isn't (well, I guess heterosexual intimacy could answer that last one).

NP_Complete · Jun 08, 2021 at 11:50 AM

Bomb/comb/tomb

No wonder learning English can be confusing.

atisketatasket · Jun 08, 2021 at 12:23 PM

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Bomb/comb/tomb

No wonder learning English can be confusing.

I know exactly how you got that idea because the same thought occurred to me.

LostOnTheTrail · Jun 08, 2021 at 12:28 PM

Meanwhile I had to read it aloud to appreciate the nuance. That's my degree, and I teach...go figure.

Our language is strange.

stopdog · Jun 08, 2021 at 01:01 PM

That is what happens when you are invaded every so often by a lot of others.

atisketatasket · Jun 08, 2021 at 01:17 PM

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Meanwhile I had to read it aloud to appreciate the nuance.

You don’t “hear” the words in your head when you read? I do, but maybe that’s just me.

For those interested, both bomb and tomb are Greek in origin, just one was spelled with the short o and the other with the diphthong oo (ou in the actual spelling). Comb is Germanic/Olde English.

NP_Complete · Jun 08, 2021 at 01:22 PM

I hear them in my head too, so not just you. Thanks for the etymology lesson. I was curious about that but too lethargic to google it today.

SlumberKitty · Jun 08, 2021 at 01:27 PM

Hurting today. Like emotional hurt. It pretty much stinks. I don't know what it is about either. I don't know if my depression has reared it's ugly head or if it is something else going on with me. I just know that I hurt inside and I want it to stop hurting.

My Mom, ever the practical one, was so not much help last night. She was like, read a book. Color. Do a word search. I was like, leave me alone. I just want to watch TV. But nicer than that because had I said that my Mom would have knocked me over the head.

Everyone seems to be like, oh you're doing so good. blah blah blah. Then why do I feel so bad?

Lemoncake · Jun 08, 2021 at 02:21 PM

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Hurting today. Like emotional hurt. It pretty much stinks. I don't know what it is about either. I don't know if my depression has reared it's ugly head or if it is something else going on with me. I just know that I hurt inside and I want it to stop hurting.

My Mom, ever the practical one, was so not much help last night. She was like, read a book. Color. Do a word search. I was like, leave me alone. I just want to watch TV. But nicer than that because had I said that my Mom would have knocked me over the head.
Everyone seems to be like, oh you're doing so good. blah blah blah. Then why do I feel so bad?

You've been through a lot kit with the loss of E. It makes sense you're still in a lot of pain right now.

"The first step towards healing is not to bury the pain,
but to feel it at its fullest depth."

Dr Niles Crane

SlumberKitty · Jun 08, 2021 at 02:26 PM

Thanks Lemoncake

LonesomeTonight · Jun 08, 2021 at 02:36 PM

I really want the cicadas to just go away now...anyone who doesn't live in the Brood X cicada zone, consider yourselves lucky... I mean, OK, the concept is fascinating (living underground 17 years), and they're neat at first, but then it's like "shut up and stop flying into my windshield and making it intolerable to eat/spend long periods of time outside." The decibels of them "singing" (mating call) together has been recorded as similar to a jet engine flying overhead or a lawnmower. And it's pretty constant during the day. Just mate already and be done with it! /crankyLT

SlumberKitty · Jun 08, 2021 at 03:52 PM

Talking to my case manager tonight. I did two of the three goals we set. I hope she isn't upset that I didn't do the other one.

LostOnTheTrail · Jun 08, 2021 at 04:01 PM

In the words of the song, Kit - 'two out of three ain't bad'.

I am in my own state of T induced limbo - I reached out on Saturday by text message, which is a mode of communication I don't usually use with R, and part of me is loudly wondering whether I've 'done the right thing'.

SlumberKitty · Jun 08, 2021 at 04:05 PM

Hi Lost. I always second guessed myself when I reached out, except with former T who openly encouraged contact. You must have needed the connection. HUGS Kit

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LonesomeTonight Always in This Twilight Member Since Feb 2015 Location: US Posts: 20,966 (SuperPoster!) 9 75.3k hugs given	Jun 08, 2021 at 07:42 AM #581 Hugs, QM. I mean, she is trained to notice things like that, so it makes sense that she would. I understand why it could bother you, though. Did she switch or increase your medications?

NP_Complete Grand Magnate Member Since Feb 2017 Location: the upside down Posts: 3,835 7 6,374 hugs given	Jun 08, 2021 at 11:50 AM #587 Bomb/comb/tomb No wonder learning English can be confusing.

stopdog underdog is here Member Since Sep 2011 Location: blank Posts: 34,828 (SuperPoster!) 12 1 hugs given	Jun 08, 2021 at 01:01 PM #590 That is what happens when you are invaded every so often by a lot of others. __________________ Please NO @ Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

NP_Complete Grand Magnate Member Since Feb 2017 Location: the upside down Posts: 3,835 7 6,374 hugs given	Jun 08, 2021 at 01:22 PM #592 I hear them in my head too, so not just you. Thanks for the etymology lesson. I was curious about that but too lethargic to google it today.

SlumberKitty Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jul 2018 Location: CA Posts: 27,329 (SuperPoster!) 5 117.7k hugs given	Jun 08, 2021 at 02:26 PM #595 Thanks Lemoncake __________________ Dum Spiro Spero IC XC NIKA

SlumberKitty Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jul 2018 Location: CA Posts: 27,329 (SuperPoster!) 5 117.7k hugs given	Jun 08, 2021 at 03:52 PM #597 Talking to my case manager tonight. I did two of the three goals we set. I hope she isn't upset that I didn't do the other one. __________________ Dum Spiro Spero IC XC NIKA

SlumberKitty Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jul 2018 Location: CA Posts: 27,329 (SuperPoster!) 5 117.7k hugs given	Jun 08, 2021 at 04:05 PM #599 Hi Lost. I always second guessed myself when I reached out, except with former T who openly encouraged contact. You must have needed the connection. HUGS Kit __________________ Dum Spiro Spero IC XC NIKA

WarmFuzzySocks Magnet Member Since Jun 2017 Location: in the garden Posts: 2,325 7 15.6k hugs given	Jun 08, 2021 at 08:47 PM #600 Though Through Rough Cough Bough Exchange students: Me: __________________ Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by accidents of time, or place, or circumstance, are brought into closer connection with you. (St. Augustine)