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April 28, 2006, 3:59 pm PDT
 Quote From: beth93 SEA,
THANK YOU FOR CARING!! I feel so much alone in dealing with depression.
Kenneth, a senior citizen who I help, told me that I was overreacting to a church member's death. She was suffering from cancer. Her death was hard since I saw her a month ago. Kenneth told me that the death was a week ago and to move onward. He said you just have your good days and your bad days....
People tell me that my self anger is related to depression. I only know that I take my self-anger and times I am upset with myself with difficulty. I tend to scratch or cut myself with safety pins. I know this is not the way to deal with what I am facing. I do not feel any pain when I take what I am feeling out on myself physically. ACtually sometimes it feels good when all the feelings are gone afterward. NObody truly gets hurt.
I was taking the Depakote for seizure-like activity. I take the Prozac for depression. I will talk to my primary doctor about increasing my Prozac dosage to 80 mg. Unfortunately, my primary doctor told me that he does not recommend any of the psychriatrists in Corpus Christi. He told me that such doctors have only overmedicated other patients in the past. He also tells me the psychotherapists are not too good here also.
I do not have a support group. Even my church family is not supportive, because they do not desire to educate themselves about my medical conditions. I journal what I am feeling on Phil's web site and eventually staple the hard copy to my spiral journal. My best support is actually Melody, my Brittany Spaniel. She listens to me no matter what and loves me.
Thank you for caring! You cannot know how much it means to know someone cares!!!
God Bless you!
Beth Well, Kenneth is Kenneth and you are you....right... Kenneth likely means well and just wants you to smile again sooner rather than later. As a senior citizen he especially knows each minute counts and when gone...gone...and looking back won't change things. The average time to grieve the loss of someone close to us is six months; some longer and others less time yet if someone is special you always remember person now and again. What do you remember most about woman at church who passed? Feel free to talk about her here. This is a support board. What have you been up to today?
I noticed you like to walk like I do... Your bio sounds very upbeat... What type of light gardening do you like? Your primary doctor and Dr. Phil and most good doctors hope a person will not be over-prescribed yet are totally for any necessary medication. You cold ask you primary care if he has heard of below and what he thinks of recovery-inc.com. The only group that meets in Corpus Christi might be in an area you wouldn't want to venture to at night as I do not know the Corpus Christi area that well other than I LOVE North Parde Island Holiday Inn and Alice, Texas about 45 miles from Corpus Christi on Hwy 44 I think...not sure now. My mother lived in Alice, Texas, where everyone smiled all the time and roses bloomed all year and Poinsettias grew into bushes about five feet tall or more like in Phoenix, Arizona, my mother said. Mother had a beautiful place in Alice, Texas, with palm trees next to her balcony and a banana tree that grew up to just above her balcony in places. Hummingbirds often stopped by, seemingly, to watch mother read the paper and work crossword puzzles and regular puzzles. Prayers prayed your way for you to be Blessed Abundantly, Beth. SEA www.recovery-inc.com www.recovery-inc.com/meetings.html Corpus Christi Tuesday 7:30 P.M. St. Thomas More, 2045 18th Street Contact:(361) 853-8644 Lamarr G. or 171@recovery-inc.org www.clinicaltrials.gov |
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