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i am trying to start a new thread so i hope this works. trying to get some advice. I am taking 20 mg prozac and have been on it for about 3 weeks. still feeling really anxious and stuff. how long do some of these meds take to work. i originally posted this question but i am new to the chat room scene.
hi paddy! we had some bad storms here again. of course our basement flooded so we are cleaning that up. it's so upsetting. the computer is down here in the basement. so much for a finished rec room w/ carpet! no more..i'm done. -But i am sorry to hear that you are feeling so awful. you scared me with the blood pressure. you are right though. that is pretty high. but i want to mention something too you. my pharmasist told me that if your kidneys are sluggish you can end up accumulating too much of any 1 medication in your body. i really just wonder if some of this medication you are on is too much. it would be hard to determine which 1 though w/ out a lot of trial and error. you would think that the blood pressure medication would be working. i bet that 1 of your other meds is cancelling it out. or maybe you need a different type. the feeling you are describing sounds like overmedication somewhere. i'm not a doctor so of course i could be wrong but your body may not be fighting the medication..it could just be rejecting it. your body may be telling you it's poison. well..i'm gonna check out for now. the smell down here is bugging me. it's still not dry yet. ughhh. it's always something.
you take care and let me know what the doctors tell you. too bad you can't get a plane ticket here to Cleveland. we have 1 of the best hospitals in the world. 'The Cleveland Clinic.' 1 of the few things we can brag about here. haha. check them out on the internet if you get a chance.
you take care and let me know what the doctors tell you. too bad you can't get a plane ticket here to Cleveland. we have 1 of the best hospitals in the world. 'The Cleveland Clinic.' 1 of the few things we can brag about here. haha. check them out on the internet if you get a chance.
Hi ya lory; How are you? I'm ok, not too bad at the moment. I wish I could get off some meds, but the consultant has increased my blood pressure pills because my BP is still too high. He has sent me a letter to go back to my GP and have him increase it again if it it still too high. I keep getting what I can only describe as an adrenaline rush. It's in my chest and throat. I get pains in my head and feel dizzy and faint. While was having an attack last night I took my blood pressure and it was 202/97!!. The Consultant at the hospital said it is like my body is fighting against the medication and that the meds are causing these symptoms. So what can I do? I'm screwed if I don't take them and screwed if I do... I was looking on the internet for information about all this stuff on kidney disease , blood pressure and edema and it all seems to be linked. I read if you can't get your BP under control you can be at risk of a heart attack or stroke. that really does make me anxious. I don't know whats going on but I wish it would all go away.
If it dosn't settle in a couple of days i'll try again with the doctor. You take care.
If it dosn't settle in a couple of days i'll try again with the doctor. You take care.
hi there paddy. sorry i haven't written in a while. i haven't forgot about you! just feeling icky. i am lowering the dose of prozac again because i think the 10 is still too much. either that or it isn't working. if i don't write you in a few don't be mad because I won't forget about you. just having a hard time right now. i hope in a couple weeks i'll notice a difference. with my luck probably not. hope everything is going ok w/ you. glad you are feeling better. throw some of that my way..would ya?! haha. take care! oh..and my modem on my computer died so we didn't have a computer for a while. i think the lighning got it with the bad storm we had last week.
Hiya Lory; Glad to hear from you. how are you doing today? I'm not too bad. Well saying that I did a really hard session of EMDR yesterday. It was intense but I figured these thoughts need to come out or I aint gonna get better. I was talking about my fear of hospitals and ambulances and the fear I had of dying when I was really ill and in such intense pain. It is still so fresh in my mind even after 3 years and I know it is stopping me from moving on. After the session my therapist said she had never had a patient who had been betrayed so badly, put so much trust into another person and work so hard. She thinks I am making good progress and can see her every fortnight now. I'm glad because it really wipes me out mentally and i've been tired out today. I think she means the the pain I was in both physical and mentally. I was in pain for 2 years constant and intense and then when it died down the PTSD started.
I went to my GP today to have my kidney function test results. He said my results were good and I don't need to go back for 6 months. My blood presure was still too high though and I have to go back in a month. Yes it definatetly helps if I take my meds earlier. I wake up at a much more reasonable hour. Take care P
I went to my GP today to have my kidney function test results. He said my results were good and I don't need to go back for 6 months. My blood presure was still too high though and I have to go back in a month. Yes it definatetly helps if I take my meds earlier. I wake up at a much more reasonable hour. Take care P
hi there! sorry i haven't written in a while. just trying to gather my thoughts with everything that has been going on. but i am with you in that i think it will take me a little longer to recover as well. i hope not but it's looking that way. kinda stinks but i guess we just have to keep plodding along right!? it's really difficult sometimes. you just want to get better and it gets really frustrating. i have times where i feel better than others. one day i'm happy about 1 day returning to the job market and then another day where i'm like 'is is ever gonna happen' it can be hard to not feel that way. i hope you are doing ok? i hope you are not in too much physical pain. or did you mean the mental anguish? i can really relate because this is not something we asked to happen to us. that's for sure! i go back to the doctor on 6/8. i pushed up the date because i just didn't feel like dealing with it. do you do that? i'm bad. haha. this prozac has been just a joy to deal with too. takes so long to work and of course i had to lower the dose which takes the same amount of time.
it's such a pain. what have your doctors been saying? is it more physical or mental? did changing the time you take the elavil help with your exhaustion during the day?
it's such a pain. what have your doctors been saying? is it more physical or mental? did changing the time you take the elavil help with your exhaustion during the day?
Hi ya Lory; I'm just wondering how you are. I hope you are feeling a bit better. I'm still plodding on you know, taking each day as it comes. I was told by my therapist that she has never treared anybody with so much ingrained pain associated with trauma and it's going to take longer than she though to put me back together again. I don't know how to feel about that really . I'm just doing the best i can. Take care.
Hi lory; I'm not too bad at the moment, in fact dare I say it, i've felt better this week. I don't know, but I think I may have cleared alot of rubbish out of my head last week with the therapist when I did the EMDR and I haven't any appointments with doctors this week.
I'm sorry that you are feeling awful and you have had to finish work.....That must be really hard to deal with. I wasn't in my job for too long as I wasn't fit for work with the kidney thing but the time I was there was great for a while.... It just got too much to cope with and I sweated even the small stuff so it was a case of I had to pack it in because I just couldn't cope. Please be gentle with yourself, it wasn't anything that you could control and you need some time to recover. Just go with it, I know how hard it can be but you will come through it. Take each day as it comes and ask for support from your family and friends. Don't be afraid of the counselling, It will start to make a difference and just know that you can talk to me when you need to. I know how you are feeling. Take care and let me know how you are. P
I'm sorry that you are feeling awful and you have had to finish work.....That must be really hard to deal with. I wasn't in my job for too long as I wasn't fit for work with the kidney thing but the time I was there was great for a while.... It just got too much to cope with and I sweated even the small stuff so it was a case of I had to pack it in because I just couldn't cope. Please be gentle with yourself, it wasn't anything that you could control and you need some time to recover. Just go with it, I know how hard it can be but you will come through it. Take each day as it comes and ask for support from your family and friends. Don't be afraid of the counselling, It will start to make a difference and just know that you can talk to me when you need to. I know how you are feeling. Take care and let me know how you are. P
Hi again. Well..guess what...I am no longer employed. I feel just really awful. Now I have to worry about money and everything else. My husband says not too but I can't help it. How did you feel after you stopped working? I hope I can get over this? Did you work for a long time previously? This is worse than a mid-life crisis.
Hi Paddy! How are things going? I'm ok. Just bummed last few days that my recovery is going sooooo slow. I'm just not patient. -But It definatley doesn't surprise me that some of your medicine is causing you some side effects. i am glad they are taking a second look at it. If you could minimize some of that I bet you'd feel a lot better. But it's always hard to determine whether the medicine is too much or not enough. Definately write down how you feel after you increase some of those meds. Maybe raising them will do the trick as well. It's such a pain isn't it? Do you have any prescription drug handbooks? I live by mine,especially for the side effects. I look on the internet but it's nice to have a book handy when you don't feel like going on the computer.
I have to agree w/ you about the hospital. It's a bad memory for me too. Especially when it's the doctors that caused most of my problems. -My counselor told me that she thinks most of my problem is medication related. And I only gave her a few pieces of info and she immediatley told me that. I was like wow,,finally someone that admits it. Of course my doctor doesn't quite admit that.
I have to agree w/ you about the hospital. It's a bad memory for me too. Especially when it's the doctors that caused most of my problems. -My counselor told me that she thinks most of my problem is medication related. And I only gave her a few pieces of info and she immediatley told me that. I was like wow,,finally someone that admits it. Of course my doctor doesn't quite admit that.
Hiya lori; Hope your feeling better. I've had a busy day today. This morning I went to see my therapist. I'd written some notes because I could'nt be bothered to tell her about my week. I told her i've still been feeling anxious, you know that horrible feeling in my chest and like a feeling of dread. I told her about feeling drained and not feeling on top of things. She listened and told me that I should take the amitriptiline at 10'o clock instead of 12.30, because it's probably still working in the morning and thats why i'm always tired. We talked about my anxiety of going to the hospital and had I thought about what I want to say to the consultant and I said yes I kind of know what to say.
We did some really intense EMDR and it was really hard. I had to recall what I was thinking about and they were really bad memories of which I had to focus on until I got physically upset. She did her finger waving thing and the bad memories kind of faded away. We did it for an hour and at the end of it I felt much better. She thinks i'm making progress, I hope she's right cos it doesn't feel like that to me sometimes.
This afternoon I went to see the consultant at the hospital. I feel very uncomfortable in hospital. I know alot of the staffs faces and it just reminds me of when I was sick. My blood pressure was high again and I went in to see him and told him my edema was no better. He told me it has nothing to do with my kidney cos that is functioning ok. It's just the way i'm made. So he's increased my bp tablets and told me that it's very hard to control my blood pressure and I have to see my GP in a month to have them increased again and see him in 8 weeks. He's putting up my furosemide next time in so he can make sure I don't get bad side effects for which I would have to go straight back to see him.
I looked at what the side effects are, and guess what, they are; ankle swelling, headache, tiredness, dizziness, stomach upset and others so that could explain why i'm getting all these things happening. I'll see how I go and write down my symptoms.
Well thats my day and now I feel so drained so i'm gonna watch TV and chill. Let me know how you have been getting on and take care. Talk to you soon.
We did some really intense EMDR and it was really hard. I had to recall what I was thinking about and they were really bad memories of which I had to focus on until I got physically upset. She did her finger waving thing and the bad memories kind of faded away. We did it for an hour and at the end of it I felt much better. She thinks i'm making progress, I hope she's right cos it doesn't feel like that to me sometimes.
This afternoon I went to see the consultant at the hospital. I feel very uncomfortable in hospital. I know alot of the staffs faces and it just reminds me of when I was sick. My blood pressure was high again and I went in to see him and told him my edema was no better. He told me it has nothing to do with my kidney cos that is functioning ok. It's just the way i'm made. So he's increased my bp tablets and told me that it's very hard to control my blood pressure and I have to see my GP in a month to have them increased again and see him in 8 weeks. He's putting up my furosemide next time in so he can make sure I don't get bad side effects for which I would have to go straight back to see him.
I looked at what the side effects are, and guess what, they are; ankle swelling, headache, tiredness, dizziness, stomach upset and others so that could explain why i'm getting all these things happening. I'll see how I go and write down my symptoms.
Well thats my day and now I feel so drained so i'm gonna watch TV and chill. Let me know how you have been getting on and take care. Talk to you soon.
oops ! ok... I was wrong about the breathing... it's: inhale,stomach out,exhale stomach in.
Hi there! How are you? You sound like you are doing much better. A mini vacation by the seaside sounds wonderful. But you're right about the weather. Certainly don't want to go if it is crummy. So...your husband is a workaholic too! my husband just switched jobs this past february so he actually has better hours. 50 hrs a week instead of 80 hrs a week that he used to do managing a drug store. I don't know how they do it.
Well..as far I have been feeling. I'm down today because yesterday I thought I was feeling better and going in the right direction. Saw the therapist today and she said of course there will be good days and bad days and she thinks my problem right now is the med change and all that stuff. I'm just so sensitive to meds. But she seemed like she really understood and that I have to give the meds more time. She gave me some breathing excercises to do. Exhale w/ stomach out,inhale w/ stomach in. Haha. It does help a little bit. I really need to search my soul for some patience though. I just don't think I have any.
And,no you don't sound like a wreck at all. It's just part of the recovery process. You'll have days as well that are good and some that are not so good.
I had my kidney function tested about 3 weeks ago and he said everything was fine. Of course I'm afraid to believe him ya know. I am supposed to keep in touch w/ my urologist but I haven't seen him in a while. -But I wonder if you will need to switch out that blood pressure medicine. That certainly would be an easy fix! I bet they do especially when you tell them you have been noticing the edema. I would write everything down that you are experiencing and tell the doctor. I just found out from talking to my doctor a while ago that when I took the ativan the couple times,I was not supposed to be getting the effect that I was getting. I didn't think to tell the doctor because I thought it was normal. What was happening was it was making me sleepy 'after' it wore off. Never thought a thing of it. So,even if you think your symptoms are corny or may be in your head....just make sure you bring them all up. It's really hard to describe sometimes how you feel to someone.
Since I was feeling better yesterday I was also thinking about how I would like to take a vacation again to Myrtle Beach,South Carolina. Someplace by the ocean,,,,eating lots of seafood. crablegs,mussells,fish. ahhh.
Well,take care and I'll talk to you soon.
Well..as far I have been feeling. I'm down today because yesterday I thought I was feeling better and going in the right direction. Saw the therapist today and she said of course there will be good days and bad days and she thinks my problem right now is the med change and all that stuff. I'm just so sensitive to meds. But she seemed like she really understood and that I have to give the meds more time. She gave me some breathing excercises to do. Exhale w/ stomach out,inhale w/ stomach in. Haha. It does help a little bit. I really need to search my soul for some patience though. I just don't think I have any.
And,no you don't sound like a wreck at all. It's just part of the recovery process. You'll have days as well that are good and some that are not so good.
I had my kidney function tested about 3 weeks ago and he said everything was fine. Of course I'm afraid to believe him ya know. I am supposed to keep in touch w/ my urologist but I haven't seen him in a while. -But I wonder if you will need to switch out that blood pressure medicine. That certainly would be an easy fix! I bet they do especially when you tell them you have been noticing the edema. I would write everything down that you are experiencing and tell the doctor. I just found out from talking to my doctor a while ago that when I took the ativan the couple times,I was not supposed to be getting the effect that I was getting. I didn't think to tell the doctor because I thought it was normal. What was happening was it was making me sleepy 'after' it wore off. Never thought a thing of it. So,even if you think your symptoms are corny or may be in your head....just make sure you bring them all up. It's really hard to describe sometimes how you feel to someone.
Since I was feeling better yesterday I was also thinking about how I would like to take a vacation again to Myrtle Beach,South Carolina. Someplace by the ocean,,,,eating lots of seafood. crablegs,mussells,fish. ahhh.
Well,take care and I'll talk to you soon.
that helps my anxiety. Sorry it posted before I had finished lol; I sound like a wreck I know but I'm loads better than I was and i'll keep you posted.Take care and i'll post you soon.
Hiya Lory; Hope you are feeling a bit brighter today. I'm not too bad. It's been a bank holiday in England today, so everyone stays home except my husband who is a work aholic. We were going to go off for the weekend but its too cold. We had a couple of nice weeks and thats been it, back to winter again It was even hailing today which is quite unusual for this time of year. My father in law lives in a caravan at the seaside so we were going to stay there. It's really beautiful and I love the sea, but we are going to wait until it warms up cos theres nothing worse than rain at the seaside.
You know, about the Amitriptiline, I'm only on 25mg at night. The doctor put me on it because I couldn't get comfy in bed for the neck pain and pins and needles and numbness in my hands. It was really getting me down.
I have put loads of weight on since starting the cipramil. But I think it has alot to do with this darned water retention. It's really bad. I can't get rid of it . The Furosemide is 40mg and it doesn't seem to be working anymore. I can press on my leg and it pits where I press. I'm not kidding, the last time I had it this bad was 15 years ago when i was pregnant. It's making my legs ache really bad and my hands are stiff. I will tell the consultant on Wednesday because my doctor said that it is nothing to do with my kidney but why have I got ot then ? when the kidney is supposed to regulate fluids in the body isn't it? Do you still see a kidney doctor to check on you kidney function? I have to have blood tests every 3 months to keep an eye on mine. My blood pressure has to be monitored as well. I get so bummed out with all this medical stuff I don't trust medical people anymore so I don't think
You know, about the Amitriptiline, I'm only on 25mg at night. The doctor put me on it because I couldn't get comfy in bed for the neck pain and pins and needles and numbness in my hands. It was really getting me down.
I have put loads of weight on since starting the cipramil. But I think it has alot to do with this darned water retention. It's really bad. I can't get rid of it . The Furosemide is 40mg and it doesn't seem to be working anymore. I can press on my leg and it pits where I press. I'm not kidding, the last time I had it this bad was 15 years ago when i was pregnant. It's making my legs ache really bad and my hands are stiff. I will tell the consultant on Wednesday because my doctor said that it is nothing to do with my kidney but why have I got ot then ? when the kidney is supposed to regulate fluids in the body isn't it? Do you still see a kidney doctor to check on you kidney function? I have to have blood tests every 3 months to keep an eye on mine. My blood pressure has to be monitored as well. I get so bummed out with all this medical stuff I don't trust medical people anymore so I don't think
Hello. Glad you feel better today. i feel kinda icky. I think my body is trying to adjust to to lower dosage. Thought I felt better yesterday. I'm kinda bummed today. But yah..I think our bodies are really out of whack. I'm sure things will get back to normal. It'll just take time. Since you are so tired all the time during the day..I would bite off a piece of the amit.. before you go to sleep and see if it makes a difference. Lets say you take 50 mg,try taking 75% of it. As long as you can sleep on a lower dose,it won't make any difference in the grand scheme of things. You take the cipramil which levels out your serotonin so lowering the amit..won't hurt. I just know personally,the amit..was too strong for me,although if I ever get into a good sleep routine..I may play around w/ it.
I too have gained weight from the remeron I take. I have been taking it for a number of years to help me sleep. But a very low dose. Now I take more of course. Stinks. I used to weigh 125 but I am 5 ft 1 and weigh 150. I know the prozac will probably cause me to gain weight. I guess it's better to feel better though. I keep telling myself that. If this makes any sense or helps you...the 1st time I took the amit.. I got on the scale the next morning and weighed 2 more lbs. It was strange. --But my sisters mother in law takes the celexa and she is very heavy. BUT..she feels really good. It's a trade off I guess.
Rainy here again,but our basketball team won last night. Take care and talk to you soon. Let me know how your hospital visit goes.
I too have gained weight from the remeron I take. I have been taking it for a number of years to help me sleep. But a very low dose. Now I take more of course. Stinks. I used to weigh 125 but I am 5 ft 1 and weigh 150. I know the prozac will probably cause me to gain weight. I guess it's better to feel better though. I keep telling myself that. If this makes any sense or helps you...the 1st time I took the amit.. I got on the scale the next morning and weighed 2 more lbs. It was strange. --But my sisters mother in law takes the celexa and she is very heavy. BUT..she feels really good. It's a trade off I guess.
Rainy here again,but our basketball team won last night. Take care and talk to you soon. Let me know how your hospital visit goes.
Hi Lory; Yes it's funny about the feelings of anxiety before I knew I had a damaged kidney.I've never twigged on until now. Thats what made it worse when the doctors didn't believe I was poorly. They kept asking me if I was anxious and I would get mad because I was in so much pain; I thought they didn't believe me. Maybe our adrenal glands are still out of whack.
I've not been too bad today. I just feel so tired all the time. I don't know if it's the drugs or what but I fall asleep every time I sit down. I can't get shut of it . Then I feel groggy and headachy when I wake up and it's hard to keep on top of the housework.
I have a hospital appointment next week with the blood pressure doctor. I hate going to the hospital. It sets off the anxiety big style usually, but I've had EMDR to get rid of the anxiety so it will be a good test.
It's funny you mention about the multivitamins, I've just started taking them and I 've started watching what I eat more to try and get back to how I was before. I''ve put on alot of weight since all this began and I just didn't care, but now I do so I guess I've made some progress. Take care.
I've not been too bad today. I just feel so tired all the time. I don't know if it's the drugs or what but I fall asleep every time I sit down. I can't get shut of it . Then I feel groggy and headachy when I wake up and it's hard to keep on top of the housework.
I have a hospital appointment next week with the blood pressure doctor. I hate going to the hospital. It sets off the anxiety big style usually, but I've had EMDR to get rid of the anxiety so it will be a good test.
It's funny you mention about the multivitamins, I've just started taking them and I 've started watching what I eat more to try and get back to how I was before. I''ve put on alot of weight since all this began and I just didn't care, but now I do so I guess I've made some progress. Take care.
Oh..1 more thing. My sister also said to make sure and take a multi-vitamin every morning w/ breakfast. It helps as a backup. I just started yesterday. Certainly couldn't hurt.
Hi Paddy! it's raining here again but I love watching the new grass grow so I am not complaining. Your question regarding the kidney and anxiety was great because my symptoms definatley started at the same time. I also forgot to mention to you that I did not realize until a month ago that the adrenal glands sit right on top of each kidney. It would certainly explain some things. I strongly think they are related. I think our adrenal glands must have been very taxed when we got sick. My doctor tested my adrenal function a few weeks ago w/ a 24 hr urine test and the tests showed that everything was fine. But of course left me w/ all of this which is a downer. Our bodies must just need more time to heal. But you are right unfortunately about getting off the medication. Sounds like you have some dose withdrawal if you don't take it on time which is common with a lot of these meds. I believe Celexa has a short half life so when you come off the drug you will need to gradually reduce the dose over several months unless you switch to another antidepressant. If you do,make sure you take 1 w/ a long half life to avoid withdrawal symptoms. But you should be ok when the time comes though. How have you been feeling last few days? I slept from like 1:20 til 5:00 last night. Yuk. I guess it's better than none at all. I hope it turns around soon. Just bummed that I had to lower dose of my meds because it was too much. Now I have to wait again,ya know. Hope you are having a good day! Talk to you soon.
Hi Lory, I was wondering if you had any symptoms of anxiety when your kidney was causing you pain. I remember the doctors asking me if I felt anxious all the time I had symptoms.I think thats what they thought was wrong with me.I had a funny kind of feeling. I felt anxious in my chest, probably the palpitations, but my head wasn't thinking anxious thoughts. Now I think about it, I did have anxiety but I read that anxiety can be caused by kidney failure/damage. So maybe this anxiety we have has been caused by our kidneys. What do you think?
I don't like taking all these pills and if i'm just a bit late taking them then my head feels funny so I think i might have fun and games coming off them. yes there are alot of people on these drugs and it's kind of sad that this is the case maybe its a sign of the times.
In what respect did you mean for the Celexa to work? If you mean did it help me sleep then it did at first and then it got bad for me trying to sleep because i had really bad dreams every time I went to sleep and I got scared to go to sleep and would stay up late till the early hours and then fall to sleep with exhaustion. I think the Celexa have worked on my serotonin levels but I was still as low as any person can go so I don't know how effective they have been but it's been better since the dose was increased.
The referral was to see a psychologist on the NHS - there's a 2 year waiting list. c/w said I needed EMDR as it's the recognised treatment for PTSD so I was sent to see therapist by my husband. She is a counsellor, psychotherapist and clinical hypnotherapist so she taylors each patients needs. She 's very good and has helped me alot. The careworker is because of the depression but i'm not her typical patient and she is learning alot from me as well.
Take care and you have a good day too and tell your husband he has a good taste in music!!!
I don't like taking all these pills and if i'm just a bit late taking them then my head feels funny so I think i might have fun and games coming off them. yes there are alot of people on these drugs and it's kind of sad that this is the case maybe its a sign of the times.
In what respect did you mean for the Celexa to work? If you mean did it help me sleep then it did at first and then it got bad for me trying to sleep because i had really bad dreams every time I went to sleep and I got scared to go to sleep and would stay up late till the early hours and then fall to sleep with exhaustion. I think the Celexa have worked on my serotonin levels but I was still as low as any person can go so I don't know how effective they have been but it's been better since the dose was increased.
The referral was to see a psychologist on the NHS - there's a 2 year waiting list. c/w said I needed EMDR as it's the recognised treatment for PTSD so I was sent to see therapist by my husband. She is a counsellor, psychotherapist and clinical hypnotherapist so she taylors each patients needs. She 's very good and has helped me alot. The careworker is because of the depression but i'm not her typical patient and she is learning alot from me as well.
Take care and you have a good day too and tell your husband he has a good taste in music!!!
Hello. Well..it went from 50 degrees and rainy here to sunny and 80. But it won't last so it's ok. Too early here for such nice weather. It's great that you have a therapist you can talk to and who understands you. That is great! And yes..no one understands. Not even my mother,although she tries so she gets an 'a' for effort. But I understand how you feel. You got into this by no choice of your own and it is frustrating because it is not your fault or mine. I was talking to my sister and she said soooo many people take psyche meds you wouldn't believe. She said it's just hard for people to share and talk about. There is certainly a stigma attached to it. Something that people just don't understand. I think it also helps to be spritual. That is on my to do list. To try and go to church more often. It certainly can't hurt. -But I ended up sleeping from like 11:45 to 4:00. last night. I know it's not good enough but It's a start. Did you find that the celexa helped you at all?
And wow! a 2 yr waiting list for an EMDR referral? I'm a little confused by that though. Was the wait time just from the procedure? You don't have long wait times for other procedures do you? I only ask because I'm sure you've seen in the news that our country passed major health care reform which I think is much needed here. But,the opposition thinks that health care will be rationed and we will have long wait times. I think it is very exaggerated myself. Boy..you had a care worker come out and see you at the house. That only happens here if you are elderly. Sad.
And yes..I loved the pictures of Yorkshire! It looks so beautiful with all the castles and the rolling hills. The only castles we have in Ohio are the ones on the playground! haha. -My husband also has every..and I mean EVERY Beatles cd ever made. They are his favorite band still to this day. Well, I hope you had a good day today. Chin up, ok! We'll get through this.
Talk to you soon.
And wow! a 2 yr waiting list for an EMDR referral? I'm a little confused by that though. Was the wait time just from the procedure? You don't have long wait times for other procedures do you? I only ask because I'm sure you've seen in the news that our country passed major health care reform which I think is much needed here. But,the opposition thinks that health care will be rationed and we will have long wait times. I think it is very exaggerated myself. Boy..you had a care worker come out and see you at the house. That only happens here if you are elderly. Sad.
And yes..I loved the pictures of Yorkshire! It looks so beautiful with all the castles and the rolling hills. The only castles we have in Ohio are the ones on the playground! haha. -My husband also has every..and I mean EVERY Beatles cd ever made. They are his favorite band still to this day. Well, I hope you had a good day today. Chin up, ok! We'll get through this.
Talk to you soon.
Hiya, Hope you slept better last night. I don't know if i'm losing my marbles but I completely forgot to go to the dentist on Wednesday and didn't remember until this morning ( Friday). That is so unusual for me, i always remember appointments. So I had to ring up and apologise; I felt a right idiot lol; oh well.
About the chemically unbalanced thing, that has been mentioned to me by my therapist. She told me that all my systems had been 'unplugged' by the pain and trauma and she had to help me plug them in again. i don't know how she does it but it's like she can read my mind and when I start to tell her how i'm feeling she describes exactly what I am going to say and I just find myself agreeing with her. That has helped me alot. I found it really hard telling people how I felt because 1. I didn't want to upset them 2.They didn't understand 3. They wanted me to carry on as if everything was back to normal. 4 I wanted to get back to normal too.
The Therapist first worked on building me up. I was a complete wreck when I first started seeing her, which was only this February gone.
She started with hypnosis to relax me and build up my self esteem. I was so used to being told bad things that it took a couple of months for me to stabilize so that she could start the EMDR. Once I started this process it continues all the time so my mind is processing all the bad stuff into the correct memory place, instead of being at the front of my mind attached with emotion it is reprocessed so that it doesn't have the emotional attachment it had so hopefully I can remember what happened without getting anxious and depressed.
That's the trouble with doctors, they do see it all the time and they get hard to it. I found that the only person who can help me is myself. The treatment I am having is really expensive and if I had waited for a referral it would be a 2 year wait. I can't imagine what I would have been like if I'd have waited another 2 years. Probably a homeless hermit.
I haven't seen the doctor about the med change. The careworker said that they could change them but I don't want to mess with my meds anymore I want to get off them one day. I don't usually get bad until they start talking doctors and lawsuits and then away I go!!!!
Do you like the look of Yorkshire then? Home of the Bronte sisters i.e Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre.
Take care and try and get some sleep.!!
About the chemically unbalanced thing, that has been mentioned to me by my therapist. She told me that all my systems had been 'unplugged' by the pain and trauma and she had to help me plug them in again. i don't know how she does it but it's like she can read my mind and when I start to tell her how i'm feeling she describes exactly what I am going to say and I just find myself agreeing with her. That has helped me alot. I found it really hard telling people how I felt because 1. I didn't want to upset them 2.They didn't understand 3. They wanted me to carry on as if everything was back to normal. 4 I wanted to get back to normal too.
The Therapist first worked on building me up. I was a complete wreck when I first started seeing her, which was only this February gone.
She started with hypnosis to relax me and build up my self esteem. I was so used to being told bad things that it took a couple of months for me to stabilize so that she could start the EMDR. Once I started this process it continues all the time so my mind is processing all the bad stuff into the correct memory place, instead of being at the front of my mind attached with emotion it is reprocessed so that it doesn't have the emotional attachment it had so hopefully I can remember what happened without getting anxious and depressed.
That's the trouble with doctors, they do see it all the time and they get hard to it. I found that the only person who can help me is myself. The treatment I am having is really expensive and if I had waited for a referral it would be a 2 year wait. I can't imagine what I would have been like if I'd have waited another 2 years. Probably a homeless hermit.
I haven't seen the doctor about the med change. The careworker said that they could change them but I don't want to mess with my meds anymore I want to get off them one day. I don't usually get bad until they start talking doctors and lawsuits and then away I go!!!!
Do you like the look of Yorkshire then? Home of the Bronte sisters i.e Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre.
Take care and try and get some sleep.!!
Hello! Went to see the doctor today. My husband left work and took me. She is going to try and get me approved for 3 more weeks off of work. I sure hope I'm well enough by then and I hope I don't get fired in the process. I work there only 3 days a week anyway but I have been there for 18 yrs. Went part time after my daughter was born. I should just stop worrying about it. -But I definatley know what you mean by baffled. i told the doctor today that I didn't understand why this happened. She said sometimes our bodies can just become chemically unbalanced. That's an understatement right? I told her anyone can get thru the depression..it's the anxiety part that's very uncomfortable. She said i just got a double whammy and that she sees it everyday. i agree about the counseling though. Sometimes it makes things worse. My doctor is making me go next week. Blah. -So..Does the EMDR help you at all? It sounds very interesting. You probably have to go several times for it to start being effective it sounds like? Did you ask the doctor at all about possibly a med change? Sometimes I chart how I feel everyday to see if there is a pattern. It helps when it comes to meds so you can decipher between the side effects and the actual illness. -And no..I haven't been sleeping which is a big part of my problem right now. It's awful. I get 'maybe' 4 hours a night. My doc said that once I am sleeping better things will improve. Just frustrating. This may give you something to laugh about: I was online looking at pictures of Yorkshire and since came to the conclusion that you may NOT want to look at pictures of Cleveland,Ohio. haha. -At least our Cavs won the 1st round of playoffs. Have a good one!
Hi Lory; I went to see my therapist today. I wasn't really in the mood because I know i'm still feeling a bit down and it just brings it all back to the surface again. I try to put on a brave face but she sees straight through it and asked me 'what's wrong? You seem flat today' . I told her how I have been since last week and I could feel it all stirring up again. It brings out all the emotional turmoil, which is what I find so tiring. Having to analyse every thought and feeling is very hard. We talked a good hour and came up with an action plan of sorts, but i'm not convinced i'm ready for action plans yet i'll try and see where I go with it. She did EMDR with me and put this probe on me which measured how anxious I was and she said it was off the scale. She told me to think of that safe comfortable place and I thought of home. It took me a good while to calm, I found it alot harder than it normally does and eventually I managed. Afterwards we talked about how I think its progressing and she thinks I will recover one day soon, Hope shes right. All this stuff completely baffles me.
You not sleeping too good? That is horrible in itself and it makes me feel 10 times worse .Do you have bad dreams? My careworker calls them anxiety dreams and I had really bad ones that kept me from sleeping until just recently when my therapist gave me a Cd to listen to. It's like a self hypnosis recording of her voice and it has helped me get to sleep alot better, I play it before I go to sleep. Try and get one it might help you too cos theres nothing worse than sleep deprivation.
Take care.
You not sleeping too good? That is horrible in itself and it makes me feel 10 times worse .Do you have bad dreams? My careworker calls them anxiety dreams and I had really bad ones that kept me from sleeping until just recently when my therapist gave me a Cd to listen to. It's like a self hypnosis recording of her voice and it has helped me get to sleep alot better, I play it before I go to sleep. Try and get one it might help you too cos theres nothing worse than sleep deprivation.
Take care.
Hi Paddy! I'm ok too. Knock on wood but I think I may get an extension on work. Not sure but if i don't it's ok. But I know definately how you feel. I'm a little jealous I must say that you have been sleeping. Lord knows I haven't been able to. stinks! My doctor told me as well that once I start sleeping my body will start to relax more and more. I'm betting I'll be in the same place you are and not wanting to get out of bed. It sounds weird but I hope that happens 1 day soon. But I know it must be frustrating feeling like you need to sleep all the time. I would just go with it though. If your body wants to sleep and you are still able to sleep at night I would take those naps. It may help your body recover better. Do you think any of the meds are making you tired? I know the amitripliline makes me too sleepy in the day so I stopped taking it.Try Remeron for a few days and see if that makes a difference. You never know. If not,I definatley agree w/ your careworker that your body right now may just be starting to recover. As far as my kidney...I'm 'assuming' it has recovered. Or at least that's what they said in the hospital. My kidney was swollen for a while but supposedly that is gone. I had pain in my ureter and kidney for like 7 months. I didn't need a stent but I heard they are very uncomfortable. My sisters say that any type of surgery can take a year or more to fully recover. Not that we want to hear that but at least we know we are normal. My sister felt horrible for a year after she had a c-section with her first child. She slept a lot I remember. . -Although I keep saying that everything always affects me more than anyone else. Geese..I had my wisdom teeth out when I was in high school and had complications from that! I should've known back then. huh. I also have reflux like you do. When I was in the hospital...they did a colonoscopy and told me at that time my reflux was bad. But I already knew I had reflux anyway. Maybe I shouldn't eat chocolate donuts before bed! But I can tell my body is trying to adjust to the lower dose of prozac. Spoke w/ my doctor last night on the phone. She was actually being nice! Normally, she acts like she doesn't want to speak w/ me or that I am annoying her. I should be used to that as most doctors are like that. It would be nice to find someone real caring and understanding. I have a great dentist but that doesn't count much for us does it. Well,it's a nice day today too. It's still wet after the rain we got but it is sunny so that's good. And don't get too depressed. I think you will end up feeling a lot better than you are now. Take care.
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