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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/3/2008 1:03:02 PM
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No meds I've been on have made a difference to my colour. I go for a colour pretty close to my natural colour though so if I don't keep up with it, it doesn't make much difference.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/5/2008 11:20:44 AM
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I am a new person to this site but have read froim you and will pray for you and trust that my God will surly answer our prayers fast.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/5/2008 1:17:35 PM
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Hi odinaka and welcome to the boards!!
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No meds I've been on have made a difference to my colour. I go for a colour pretty close to my natural colour though so if I don't keep up with it, it doesn't make much difference.
I used to not have problems with a lot of things that I have problems with now- i.e. the sun. I used to occasionally get a rash, now I can't go out in it until after 5 pm or I get a major rash that lasts for days and days. I'm OK if I wear a sunscreen with a pretty high SPF.
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Monday afternoon I took my dd to the grocery store with a neighbor. I had one of the worst panic attacks I've ever had. On a scale of 1-10, I'd rate it about 55!
THIS POST may have something to do with it.
I forgot to add in that post that my mom is coming for a visit from the 13th through the 15th of June. We love each other, but we still have a long way to go in our relationship.
It was too late for me to call my pdoc, so I called her the next day. She temporarily increased the meds that I'm supposed to be being weaned off of. I have an appt. with her on the 20th. She said to call her if I have more problems and she said to be prepared to discuss the pros and cons of hospitalization if there hasn't been improvement. My therapist is due back to work on June 16th and I have an appt. with her on the 17th.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/6/2008 9:32:31 AM
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Geez, even though it's at least mostly good stuff, that's a LOT of stuff at once Roberta. I was getting stressed reading it.
Oh, I'm finally back to seeing my psychologist. Official assessment between him and my pdoc is that I'm almost certainly not bipolar but that I've got bad PTSD and DH is keeping it seriously annoyed. Despite that, I'm easily competent enough to manage my own finances. So my homework includes going to the SSA and requesting a change of payee before my next appointment. He'd also like me to (if I can manage the phone time - which is rather difficult) call some of the local DV places - since excessive control with sporadic DV is how my husband is keeping my PTSD triggered. Otherwise, part of our next appointment will be spent with me making the phone calls from his office. Plus my "is it seizures or movement disorders or ..." twitchy whatever has gotten so bad OTHERS ca see them coming - must remember to call my neuro about that. Anybody got a dull moment to spare? I could use a few.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/6/2008 11:50:44 AM
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womaninChrist - I'm still praying for you. Can you go to a neighbors or something and make phone calls? Or get a phone card and make calls from a pay phone?
Kath- Thanks for fixing my link.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/10/2008 4:29:36 PM
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womaninChrist- how are you doing?
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/10/2008 11:05:16 PM
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On top of everything else, I've managed major back pain. The doc I saw at my GP's clinic thinks it's a mix of reaction to reglan, bad desk chair, my husband keeping the apartment too cold (he'd keep it even colder if given his druthers), my reynaud's behaving weirdly and possibly stress too. So as if everything else wasn't enough, I stopped the reglan (mostly due to a return of pretty much daily migaines - but this pain didn't help), which caused a return/flare of GI troubles, and I have to do some exercises, argue with my husband about the apartment temp, take nightly benedryl and still try to get things done. And all without an anxiety med.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/13/2008 11:29:45 PM
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Since I've talked about it so much, figured I'd let ya'll know...I FINALLY made it to the SSA today. I got all my stuff done to request to be my own payee, even got the form for my doc and took it to her office. At least I've finally done something besides complain. :)
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/15/2008 8:16:53 AM
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Womaninchrist ~ I'm glad that you got some things sorted out. It's a good feeling isn't it.
My update.
I saw my very wonderful psychologist last week for our final appointment. It was a review appointment (as opposed to doing 'work') to see how things were and whether I needed/wanted to do any more work on things in my life that were causing concern.
I spoke with her about a couple of issues. One of which was my nurse. I'd decided, for various reasons, that I could no longer continue with him as my nurse and while it upset me, I felt my decision was the right one.
I spoke to her about something else, which I'd spoken with my GP about and she (psychologist) agreed (as had my doctor) that I would benefit from further work. It will not, however, be with her as she is leaving the department (something she told me at the beginning of the appointment) so it won't be immediately. While I know this is affecting my life, I do feel the need to have a break from therapy for a while so I don't mind having to wait for a period of time.
I am very sorry my psychologist is leaving. She's had an incredible effect on my life, and my outlook and I'll be grateful to her for that always. The ending was at a very good time for me though, because it was at the end of something that we'd worked on and many issues had been resolved. It would have been wonderful to have continued to working with her, but then it would have been wonderful to have known her and worked with her 20 years ago and to have her in my life for the remainder of my life. That's totally unrealistic. I am very happy about the way our sessions have ended.
I wrote to the person responsible for providing nursing care and told her of my decision about my nurse. I told her that I was not requesting another nurse I did feel that some support at this time would be helpful (because my therapy had ended for a while and because I was wanting to come of meds under my consultant's directions at some point and felt that both my consultant and I would be happier if I had the support of a nurse to who could see me more frequently if necessary). She responded quickly and said she would be able to sort something out for me in the next couple of weeks (that's a very bad paraphrase though!).
I also wrote to, and received a response from, one of my old nurses. I raised a couple of issues with him about his treatment when I saw him and he clarified the issues for me, with an apology. One issue did actually confirm something though and made me more at peace with my decision to stop seeing my most recent nurse.
My thyroid is out again  . A GP from my surgery phoned me last week and suggested options and we decided to increase given the way I was feeling at the moment (if I do anything, takes me 3 days to recover!). She wasn't my usual GP (who's on leave at the moment) but was pretty nice. She did tell me that towards the end of 2006 my levels were 33 something ~ I had always thought they were 13 something . Normal levels are between 0.5 and 5.5 (though some say 4.5). Not suprised the lab thought I'd stopped taking my medication!
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/15/2008 11:49:54 AM
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Getting just that one thing started has done a lot for my anxiety. Not sure how long it'll last, but I'm enjoying it while it lasts.
Agapetos, while it's always a bit sad to lose a good provider (esp. a mental health one - which can be esp. hard to find) sounds like it's going well. And wow that explains a lot about your thyroid...hopefully the changes work.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/15/2008 1:56:03 PM
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Well, things did go rather well for me yesterday at my son's graduation party. I did break down and have a glass of red wine. Not proud of that at all.
My sister and I did have a blow-up last night. We ended it as friends, but it was pretty loud.
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I've been swelling a lot! My skin actually feels at times like it's being stretched. I'm not sure if it's the heat, my diet or what. I've been trying to keep my feet up, avoid the salts and stay away from the heat.
I finally get to see my therapist again on Tuesday. I see my pdoc on Thursday.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/15/2008 3:31:26 PM
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Roberta, any med changes that might cause the swelling? Either way, be sure to tell your docs, it can be indicative of some health problems.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/16/2008 11:52:34 AM
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I'm not sure if it's the heat, my diet or what. I've been trying to keep my feet up, avoid the salts and stay away from the heat. Are you drinking plenty of water? Caffiene is a duretic so watch your intake. If you don't like ordinary water then add some slices of lemon, lime or oranges to a jug and keep it in the fridge.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/16/2008 4:18:07 PM
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I guess it's about time to show my "face" here. I've been lurking for a couple of weeks, just to see what's happening here. I expected to see more people and a busier thread. I figure that since I see a psychiatrist once a week and take three different anti-depressants, I should fit in. 
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/16/2008 8:09:34 PM
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Hi Maggie! Welcome to the thread. Sometimes we're busy, sometimes we're just not. Looks like you've caught one of our lulls.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/17/2008 2:23:41 AM
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Hi Magdeleine!
aga and wic- I drink tons of water and I void caffeine anyway because of the effect it has on my panic attacks.
I was supposed to see my therapist tomorrow. Her office called today and said that she is still out on medical leave..... that's 6 or 7 weeks now. I asked to reschedule for next week. They said they weren't doing that because they didn't know if she'd be back and told me to call next week and reschedule for the following week. I go see my pdoc on the 20th. I'm going to ask her if she thinks I should be referred to a different therapist or just wait until this one comes back. I don't really want to start over again with someone new but it's getting harder and harder to not be in some type of therapy.
I e-mailed some friends yesterday and asked for them to pray for me. I'm having a much harder time with all of this than I've been letting on, especially to people I know IRL.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/17/2008 10:41:15 AM
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Roberta, asking about a different therapist would be reasonable at this point. At least I think so. Seems like by now they ought to have someone covering for her or a more firm estimate of her expected return. This has been an awfully long time to leave her clients going week to week with no therapy because she's not back yet but might be next week. I get that even therapists have personal lives and can have medical stuff, but what they do and how important it can be to their clients really demands better planning and ideally someone to cover while their gone. What she's got her office doing is edging on unprofessional and perhaps an ethics problem because of the risk to which it may be exposing her clients to go so long without any treatment. Anyway, that's why I'd be asking about other therapists.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/17/2008 2:30:36 PM
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Thanks for the welcome, Diva.
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I drink tons of water and I void caffeine anyway because of the effect it has on my panic attacks.
When my doctor found out I was avoiding caffeine, he got after me and told me to start drinking it again. Apparently those who consume caffeine are less likely to commit suicide than those who don't. Wierd. There were other health benefits he mentioned but I can't remember them.
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I can't imagine you not fitting in anywhere Maggie
Awww, Stovie, you're sweet.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/17/2008 7:51:36 PM
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I talked to a pastor a little while ago. I'm really torn about the issue of keeping this therapist or not. He said that I needed to find a new therapist. He made some valid points, one being that it would be a minimum of two weeks before I saw her again.
I told him that I really didn't want to "start all over again" with someone else. He said that by the time I see her again, it would be at least 8 weeks since our last visit. He said that unless she has a super memory, she's not going to remember much more than the notes she took. So, in many ways, it would be like starting all over again anyway.
Maybe he's right. I don't know.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/17/2008 8:09:59 PM
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He said that unless she has a super memory, she's not going to remember much more than the notes she took. So, in many ways, it would be like starting all over again anyway.
That does make sense. I guess it depends on how comfortable you are with her if she's worth waiting for.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/17/2008 9:16:16 PM
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ORIGINAL: Kath
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He said that unless she has a super memory, she's not going to remember much more than the notes she took. So, in many ways, it would be like starting all over again anyway.
That does make sense. I guess it depends on how comfortable you are with her if she's worth waiting for.
She's awesome! However, due to some other issues, I don't think waiting for her is such a good idea anymore.
If I had a definite time that she was coming back, that might be different. Not knowing when or if she's coming back is a problem for me at this point in my life.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/18/2008 2:05:25 PM
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I decided (with some help from friends offline) that I really do need to get a new therapist. My therapist works for the county. I called her office and they have no one available. So they gave me a bunch of numbers. I called and left messages. So, now I'm waiting for return phone calls to see if I can get in to see someone soon. I see my pdoc on the 20th, so it's OK if I have to wait until next week.
There is a pastor who offered to counsel me for free. He is licensed. However, he is leaving tomorrow for a three week missions trip and he is a he. I don't mean to sound sexist, but I really would rather a woman. He understood that fully. I did ask him if I could see him about Spiritual matters since many secular therapists don't have a lot of Biblical knowledge. He thought that was a good idea and we've agreed to meet when he gets back.
Now, if I can just stop holding my breath waiting for the phone to ring.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 6/18/2008 7:41:52 PM
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Well, I got a call back about an hour ago. Another place does have an opening with a female therapist on Tuesday, so they fit me in there. I'm thankful to get it, but now I'm dealing with the feelings of guilt of dumping my other therapist. I know it doesn't make any sense. I keep trying to convince myself that this is something that I had to do, but I'm not doing a very good job of it.
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