How is everyone ? Check in, please

[steve2470]

I'm about an 8 overall. Just got back from Europe 13 days ago, weather is good, no dramas, and my new medication Parnate seems to agree with my biochemistry so far. The Selegiline just made me way too damn irritable, sigh.

How are you ?

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Considering tomorrow's my birthday and next month, it will be four years since my father died,

I'd say I'm OK.

With regard to the latter, I suffer mild PTSD from having been raised in an emotionally abusive family. Even in death, Dad let me have it: he disinherited me and my siblings and left $35,000 to the neighbor across the street. I tell myself every day that it's over, but some days, it's a struggle.

[steve2470]

2. .......

[mopinko]

3. i'm doing well.

last spring was a debacle, w my arm in a sling. everything that could go wrong, did.
this year all is well, things are growing, and i will be ready for the growing season.

copd has been kicking my butt all winter. i need to quit smoking. working on it, but...

[nadine_mn]

4. Maybe a 5 ...first few months of the year have been tough

Lost my aunt, then a week later my cousin. Family drama kicking up a storm, withdrawing from Wellbutrin, stress re my husband's job, like a lot of major stressors hitting back to back.

But I feel like maybe things are improving...

Husband went from contract to perm employee and we now have decent health insurance (after a year of crappy insurance that did not cover mental health visits)

Because of insurance, back to seeing my therapist regularly

Also scheduled doctor appointments for next month to address health issues (yay self care)

Just purchased tickets for a movie night in a couple of weeks which doesn't sound like much but will force me to leave the house (which I struggle to do), socialize because it is a part of Facebook group of fans of a podcast meetup type thing, and is a much needed date night for me and very supportive husband.


So a bunch of little things are adding up to counter a very bad few months.

[steve2470]

7. hope things keep getting better! nt

[steve2470]

8. ................

[irisblue]

9. We're glad you're here.

[get the red out]

13. I am glad you are still with us

I hope your health gets lots better!

[PennyK]

6. Good in general

I get anxious at times...that's the worst I got. I consider myself pretty lucky.

[irisblue]

10. Fair

Depression sleeping

[get the red out]

12. Maybe a 6

Working through another medication change after putting my foot down with my Dr a few weeks ago and telling her Prozac wasn't the answer for me. I just about feel like I have lost some things I love to do in the world because of my anxiety, but I really felt revved up on Prozac and am glad I talked her into switching me to Zoloft. Hopefully I will start getting decent sleep again at some point. It does seem a little better sleep-wise. I have only been averaging about 3 hours/night since the Prozac kicked in late last fall. INSANE!

[PennyK]

14. Zoloft has helped me

I did go through a long adjustment period, though, so don't be surprised if you experience anxiety until you get up to speed.

[get the red out]

15. I am hoping

that it will continue to get better. Prozac left me numb and anxious, for me that was a bad combination. I really had to go to war to get the Dr to go along with changing me though.

[hunter]

16. I'm having some sleep issues which is frightening.

For now I'm attributing these to non-mental health problems and I'm feeling like I'm coping rationally with them.

I really don't want to deal with another fade of psych meds. That merry-go-round truly sucks. I don't want to land in the locked psych ward ever again. They're nice people and all but they take your favorite shoes and give you those non-skid hospital socks. Maybe not coincidently my favorite shoes since have no laces. (--humor-- because the alternatives are worse.)

Seven on a scale of one to ten is good. But I can't ever forget that the very first thing that flies out the window for me when I'm drifting toward someplace awful is my ability to judge my own mental state. Any self reporting of 0-3 or 9-10 are almost certainly those of an unreliable witness.

to all.