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July 24, 2005, 10:41 am PDT

Miss you my support and friends

 

This has been a very difficult time for me .....  very difficult....  I just want the world to stop spinning long enough for me to get the heck off.  Don't worry, I am not going to do anything harsh.  I just can't stop crying.   I am soooooo tired of feeling and being nothing more than a looser.  I suffer from chronic back pain, depression and that might be getting in the way.  I just want to stop crying and I want my life back.  I feel like a failure to my husband and an embarassment to my son.  In my heart, I feel he loves me...but, I hate myself.   I don't want to be this looser anymore.  I once was a success....now....I am nothing!!  Sorry for the negative self pity crud.  Was never ever ment to be that way.  Thanks to you all.

I really missed all of you and the support that was always there.  You guys are the best!!!  That is from the bottom of my heart. 

From:   Nekocats.....now......Nekocats2

 
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July 24, 2005, 10:51 am PDT

I understand!!!

What I hate is the fact that other people who have not experienced any kind of mental health problems do not understand people like me whodo not handle every day stress. I get so stressed out that I will cry all day think about suicide as a way out from feeling so stressed. I become nonfunctional. That is why I have had so many jobs and landed in the hospital. And I get the attitude from some people that I can control my bipolar. Well I can take medication, which I do, but when my life starts to get off balance that is just like throwing fuel on a fire and not expect it to to flame up! It upsets me that everyday stress affects me this way, but how do you keep it from happening. Med's help to a certain point, but what to due when the meds don't help? Ya they say exercise, but when you feel so depressed you cant get out of bed, how are you suppose to put workout clothes on and go for a walk or whatever. And when I have gone for a walk to get my mind off things I think more about them walking. What is there to do when you walk but think! Then I have to pretend I'm find around people because they wont understand. Then my husband who is a long haul trucker and only home 4 days a month;I cannot tell him all the time how I feel because it scares him and makes him feel crappy because he cant be here with me. So I'm alone in my depression, since there is no support groups in this crappy town I live in. So I'm trying the best I can do but sometimes it is not good enough.

I know how it is to "try" and get out and exercise.  But when the depression reaches it's ultimate high....that just doesn't work.  I force myself to do things.  I have been suicidal in the past....well....many times....several times....well never mind what I was going to say....just say....I was medically dead.  Heck, some reason God keeps saying no.  I just want to stop crying.  I too have a difficult time telling my husband just how horrible I feel, not because he wouldn't understand, but because I don't want him to be afraid to go to work and leave me alone. 

You said that you do not have any support groups in your "crappy town" you live in....so if I can be of support....YES!!! I would and will always do my best to help if I can.  I do know the pain!  Remember, I am here if you would like to start a support group.

 

Formally Nekocats....now.....Nekocats2    (new site change)

 

Who do I look for?  Wish you the best...I don't mean to sound cheesy...but I do mean that!  Lonliness is a horrible place to be.   I write to you throughout my tears so forgive my typos. 

 
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July 25, 2005, 4:56 pm PDT

Thank you for your support

I want to let you all know how much I appreciate the support you have given me.  I am still struggling so much I can't  put it into words.  I am sick and tired of crying and being depressed.  Honestly, I am giving much thought to going back on anti-depressants.  I went off of them a couple months ago due to it causing my blood pressure to rise and I am just sooooo tired of being on meds.   I hate the way I feel with this constant depression.  I hate living!!!!  I had this type of horrible depression many years ago which resulted in me attempting suicide.  I won't go down that dark hole again.  I could not do that to my husband or my family.  No matter how much I hate myself and my life, I don't have the right to cause them pain.  So, I will continue to plug along and deal with the pain.  I guess when God says it is time to leave this earth, then it will be time.  I just want the pain to stop! 

Hey...time to shut up!  Again, thank you to all of you for the support you give.  I never even came close to getting this growing up. 

 
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July 25, 2005, 5:23 pm PDT

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oh my God i hate this computer. I just want to take the damn thing and throw it through the window.

You and I sound like we have alot in common. I feel your pain i really do. Those thoughts that you have...well I have them too. Wish they would get out of my head. I wish i could be normal. I am sorry that you feel this way, but just know that I am here with you and for you as much as i can be.

Thank you for your understanding.  I too wish that I could get these horrible thoughts out of my head also.  I am glad that we have the opportunity to communicate the way we can.  If I was sounding dumb....forgive me...I could not get my thoughts straight.   Also, I am still trying to learn the new board.  I had just figured out the old one.  Heck, I've never been computer smart anyway. 

 

I hope that I can be here for you also.....I believe we can.   I have encountered many people on this site who has be helpful.  I still  worry about people I have "chatted" with.  Has anyone heard from glenn57?   He was struggling a lot before the site went down.  I just hope he is ok.

 
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July 25, 2005, 5:28 pm PDT

Thank you!!

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Keep fighting the fight...don't give up. And you're right...ending your life would be a selfish act and you know you don't want that! (And I'll be so mad at you! LOL!)

You need to talk to your psychiatrist about your problem with the meds. There has to be something that wouldn't interfere with your blood pressure. I probably don't have to tell you this but don't start taking them on your own without consulting your doctor and definitely don't start them and abruptly stop taking them. I know that if I forget to take my Zoloft for a few days, I get sooooo...where there's no other way to say it but I get nuts! I'm irrational, moody, and not much fun to be around. Whenever I get in a bad mood, hubby always ask if I've been taking my meds...LOL! I finally had to tell him that sometimes I'm just in a bad mood! LOL!

Keep in touch!

I see my therapist tomorrow.  Good timing I must say.....lol.....I am just tired of acting like I am fine and ok.  I just don't have the energy anymore to put on the happy face.  I just get by...days go by and what totally bites is that there are many days that will go by that I don't even remember.  Not good at all.    I must say....you did make me smile with your first sentence that you would also be mad at me.  (smile)

By the way.....love your user name......

 
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July 25, 2005, 5:56 pm PDT

Way toooo good!

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Psychwife is a nickname of mine...and it fits in many ways. For one, I can be quite the psycho sometimes, LOL...but mostly it orginated like this.

I am married to a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and for some reason my friends are always asking ME for advice. I don't even have any sort of medical background unless you consider sleeping beside a man for 25 years a form of medical school! I was an English major, for goodness sake. But I didn't mind the friends asking advice since that's what friends do for each other. But a few years ago, it seemed like total strangers were telling me their life story...like the lady from the phone company who told me the entire story of the war she and her siblings were having over their parents' estate while I was just trying to get them to fix my phone! But the ultimate was the repairman I had called to fix an ice machine...for some reason he told me that he was finally happily married to his second wife and that he had found a great church to go to. He told me this out of the blue. Then he proceeded to tell me that he used to have a drug problem and that he was also once a male prostitute (this was your typical repairman...tool belt hung below the belly, thie visual was just too much!) But if that wasn't enough...he then tells me that his first wife left him for another woman, the pastor's wife and he added, "That's quite an insult for a former male prostitute!" I shared this story with my friends and "Psychwife" was born!

By the way, the ice machine broke down again but you can be sure that I didn't call the repairman back! LOL

At least the repairman.....former prostitute...his wife didn't leave him for another woman.  Now that would really as we can say...bruise his ego.  hehehehhe 

Maybe next time....just start making sounds of static....I can't hear you...zzzzzzz....I cann.zzzzz....what???.....then......hang up.....(smile)

 
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July 25, 2005, 6:09 pm PDT

Thanks for the information

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I am a 43 year old who until recently was very concerned with where my health and sanity were headed.About four or five years ago I started having strange symptoms. I began getting brain fog. This progressed into what I believed was early stages of possibly Alzheimers - I was having a hard time remembering things - especially basic vocabulary retrieval. I would try to speak and for some reason sometimes the words would come out differently than what I thought I was going to say. This was very embarrassing. Also, I began to get anxiety - especially when I needed to interface with others. But, the worst symptom that I began to experience was extreme depression - but only for about three days out of the month.I would wake up one morning and ask myself what is the point of being here - life sucks. I would be very sad and have tremendous melancholy. I would be driving down the street and think "I should just drive into the pole." But, when I would have these thoughts - fortunately- I would rationally talk myself out of doing anything stupid. This went on for awhile until I began to notice that it happened like clockwork about a week before my period. I went to see the OBGYN who put me on Serafem (Prozac) and birth control pills. After a week on the Serafem I realized that I could not possibly take this stuff. It made me forget huge chunks of time. I stayed on the birth control pills which seemed to help a little bit until I started having migraines with Aura. The OBGYN said that at my age with Migraine with Aura I should stop taking the Pill - huge risk of stroke. Having said all of this..... I happened to be reading a magazine and found out about a doctor, Dr. Hotze,who was treating people with my symptoms with bio-identical hormones. When I went to his website I also found out that it was possible that I had hypothyroid also. At the same time, I found Suzanne Somers book "The Sexy Years." She experienced the same symptoms that I had and found relief with bio-identical hormones. I decided to make a call to Dr. Hotze, who coincidentally works in my city. Long story short - Dr. Hotze put me on bio-identical progesterone 14 days a month, a small dose of testosterone, and also some Armor Thyroid because I was low thyroid. OH MY GOSH!!!! I no longer have my depressive episodes. My brain function is back and I also have the energy that I had when I was about ten years younger. Now I am not saying that this is for everyone. I know that there are many reasons for depression. Mine just happened to be hormone deficiency related. If you think that this may be you also, you can search google and start doing some research. I can tell you that this has significantly improved my life.

I am near your age.  I just turned 46 five days ago.  I too, just forget things.  I have to put everything down in a day planner and look at it.  My husband also says that about one week prior to my cycle, I get "really bad".  I now put in my day planner (of course) a note to myself as a reminder when it is a week prior to my cycle.  I get bad.  But recently, the depression is horrible.  I can't even fill out a stupid work application.  I feel like such a stupid idiot so much of the time.  I had this idea that I could make jewelry....using beads.  Well, I got the supplies and I don't have the confidence to do it now.  I tried....well, some....Gosh, I don't know.  I am just so very tired emotionally from all of this.  If you don't mind saying, what is the medication that has helped you?  You may have told me already but, my thoughts don't always work the way I want. 

Something else you said that at times you have wanted to just drive your car into a pole.  I have thought about driving mine over a cliff.   I won't.  Even though I hate myself and my life, my husband says he loves me and I could not hurt him that way. 

 
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July 25, 2005, 6:12 pm PDT

Thanks for the information

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Hi there welcome home .Yes i saw a post from glenn and he was happy to be back too.Abig change from his post huh?ANyway he seemed to be glad to be back and i saw he wrote his oppinions didn't change but was glad to be back.So was i i thought i would have a withdrawl .LOL. anyhow take care and caht soon .cathy whats up with that darn spell check mine is not still up as you can read i purposely left it.LOL same as profile mine is still not working oh well we're back .later .cathyhorse

Good to hear you heard from gleen.  Funny thing....it is like we are all like a family.   I like the horse picture.  I am going to try and figure out how to do one for me.  I just don't know how.  I know or at least I have some ideas of what I want to do, I just have to figure out how to do it.
 
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July 25, 2005, 6:17 pm PDT

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I have finally gotten to where I am starting therapy, I am so glad and nervous.

We had a birthday party for my daughter that just turned 7 on Saturday, I was a nervous wreck. My husband saw me crying and told me to put on a happy face because we had family coming.

Needless to say that didn't go over very well,I assured him I would put on my happy face like I always do. I do it for him too, so he doesn't know how bad it gets for me. I just hope that this works out well and I don't have to spend alot of time searching for the "right" counselor. They specialize in child sex abuse so I feel confident in that.

I am glad the boards are back and hope all of you have a great night!!

I hope that you do find the right therapist for you.  I am also a "surviver" "victim" of child sexual abuse.  It totally bites.  Find the right therapist for you.  Also, group therapy works great also.  I wish you all the best!!!! 
 
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July 25, 2005, 7:21 pm PDT

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Hi there i got the post.thanks the horse i have on my photo album on photo bucket .com .I have all my pics up load there.I f you want i can try to walk you through it.DO you have pics stored on your computer ?I f you go and open your browser and click on pic, right click ,click on copy and then come back to post your message .Make sure you copy a pic first because before we use to go to like me photo bucket .com click on th url's and post in the body of your message ,can't do that anymore use url's or html's just click on pic come back to boards all i do is click the arrow on the top left corner next to back it will show back to message board and you might see re beside that anyhow click it should bring you to the message board write your post and then just click the paste button and your pic should show up.I have to change my horse one its hard on the eyes.well good luck and post if you have problems .later cathyhorse

My apology for the delay in responding back to you.   My "brain" is just not wanting to corporate with me.  Hope you understand.  I do want to take a rain check on the help if that is ok.   I went outside and watered my plants I planted to try and clear my head.  Even though we only rent, I bought these shrubs from WalMart and planted them.  They are coming in very nice.  Even my roses.  Funny how plants growing can make you feel better.

 

I do....want to take you up on your offer though.  I have a picture I want to use.  I love the horse!    Is that yours?  My stepdaughter loves horses.  She is our little cowgirl.  Well.   (smile)  she is now married to a cowboy!.  Even better.

 

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