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Posted by Giget on June 13, 2003, at 9:35:26
Goddess I am rambling.... Sorry everyone!
About a month ago, I found this website, and what a difference it has made.
I have been diagonised with SAD, Depression, Clinical Depression, Bi-polar and for now Clinical Depression for a HSP... So many doctors give me different diagonsis, and they believe the last doctor misstook my problems for something else.
I have been on Prozac for years, Zeprexia which caused me to gain 80 pounds in 3 months, Efforxor which I had every side effect, and now Wellbrutin.
I have been depressed most of my life, but it has gotten so bad lately. Luckily I found a wonderful theripist on what would have been my last day here, and he helped pull me out. We think that the depression is part surcumstancal and clinical.
In the past year:
1. Graduated college
2. Live alone in a new apt, with my 2 cats
3. Started my career job
4. Broke off a 5 year relationship with my ex, which caused me great pain, they were my world
5. Work with my ex everyday
6. Gained 80 pounds from medication
7. Dad diagonised with colon cancer
8. Dad surgery
9. Doctors found endrometrosis in me and had surgery to remove it
10. Doctors found pre cancerous cervial cells in me and had biospy. Will continue to watch for changes in themI guess I have never written down all the junk going on... No wonder I am completly depressed. I was forced to take mental leave from work, because I was lacking. Past sucidal thought and actions on them, self medication with alch.
I have been getting better with the help of the theripst, but I feel like I am relapsing recently. This is my first week back at work in 3 weeks, spent some time with me ex, who used me and does not see anything wrong with it, so it has been stressful. I just isolate alot and that is not healthly.
I have worked so hard to make it to this point in my life, with sucess in life, work, spiritual. I can not believe it is all falling apart.
This is not a cry for help, or for pity. This is my life and I have to deal with it... I have been dealing with this illness since I was younge.
My I am rambling, but I just wanted to let you know what I have gone through, what type of person I am so you can maybe understand my posts. I just sorta jumped into posting without telling you anything about myself....
Thanks for listening!
Posted by Dinah on June 13, 2003, at 9:38:45
In reply to Maybe I should introduce myself......., posted by Giget on June 13, 2003, at 9:35:26
Welcome Giget, and thanks for sharing with us. You really do have a lot to cope with right now. :(
I hope you find this place as helpful as I have.
Dinah
Posted by kalyb on June 13, 2003, at 10:04:12
In reply to Maybe I should introduce myself......., posted by Giget on June 13, 2003, at 9:35:26
Hi gidget,
thanks for introducing yourself... I don't think it's mandatory on here :)
That's a lot you've had to experience.... well, I heard someone on TV say this yesterday: "There's no scale to grief, you feel what you feel" and that I think also applies to emotional pain. I can empathise with what you've been through - some of them are not experiences I've had, but I know how they would affect me.
Well done for making through it, and keeping on going. Although sometimes we appear to be weak to outsiders who don't know what it's like to process the pain we feel, we are in fact the strongest ones, working harder than anyone else and still managing to keep going.
Glad you found this place - it's helped me, and I don't know what I would do without the support of the lovely people here :)
Hope to hear from you again soon,
Kalyb xx
Posted by whiterabbit on June 13, 2003, at 12:03:53
In reply to Maybe I should introduce myself......., posted by Giget on June 13, 2003, at 9:35:26
Graduated from college! Started your career job!
Those are TREMENDOUS accomplishments and I hope you're proud of them...you should see what I'VE been up to in the last 2 years. Police, paramedics, mental hospitals - okay let's not go into that.Shakespeare said (I love this quote, I'm always whipping it out) that our troubles come not one by one, but in battalions. And Lord if that isn't the truth. I don't know why life insists on throwing everything at you at once, it just works that way for maybe some spiritual or cosmic reason we aren't aware of. No I'm not drinking, it's not noon yet.
You might want to get a tape by Wayne Dyer, he has some interesting and calming theories on why things work the way they do. I was fortunate enough to run into a televised lecture of his on TV one day when I really, really needed it... was alternately sulking and crying and panicking over my impending divorce, just a wreck. But after listening for awhile I thought, this Wayne Dyer really has a clue. I was able to calm down and be quiet inside - maybe not peaceful, but quiet is good.
Anyway, the most important thing is that you ARE
getting professional help, you ARE trying to figure out what's going on in your mind, you ARE
doing more than quietly self-destructing like SOMEBODY I know did for a VERY long time without asking for help - her name starts with a G.Welcome to the board, there are wonderful supportive people here.
-Gracie
Posted by Giget on June 13, 2003, at 12:23:49
In reply to Re: Maybe I should introduce myself......., posted by whiterabbit on June 13, 2003, at 12:03:53
Thanks for all the responces. I am very thankful for the gifts I have, and what I have achived.
Depression is not an easy illiness to fight, and over the years it will ware on you.Luckily I have not had enounters with Police or parametics...
This site has helped me through this week of work and in the past.
Thanks Everyone!
> Graduated from college! Started your career job!
> Those are TREMENDOUS accomplishments and I hope you're proud of them...you should see what I'VE been up to in the last 2 years. Police, paramedics, mental hospitals - okay let's not go into that.
>
> Shakespeare said (I love this quote, I'm always whipping it out) that our troubles come not one by one, but in battalions. And Lord if that isn't the truth. I don't know why life insists on throwing everything at you at once, it just works that way for maybe some spiritual or cosmic reason we aren't aware of. No I'm not drinking, it's not noon yet.
>
> You might want to get a tape by Wayne Dyer, he has some interesting and calming theories on why things work the way they do. I was fortunate enough to run into a televised lecture of his on TV one day when I really, really needed it... was alternately sulking and crying and panicking over my impending divorce, just a wreck. But after listening for awhile I thought, this Wayne Dyer really has a clue. I was able to calm down and be quiet inside - maybe not peaceful, but quiet is good.
>
> Anyway, the most important thing is that you ARE
> getting professional help, you ARE trying to figure out what's going on in your mind, you ARE
> doing more than quietly self-destructing like SOMEBODY I know did for a VERY long time without asking for help - her name starts with a G.
>
> Welcome to the board, there are wonderful supportive people here.
> -Gracie
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