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Wow, Glousck, you totally hit the nail on the head and laid it out so perfectly, too!
Every one of your suggestions is a step toward being healthy. I trip over steps and then try and start again.
I think I'm going to print out your post, like RM mentioned, as a reminder.
Currently, I have no routine and go to bed with no plans for the next day. I wake up with that horrible anxious feeling in my stomach every morning.
Thank you for the reminder!! Gonna have to try and bring back some order to my life.
Grateful to you,
BH
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I have found that eating healthy is extremely important but nothing has completely cured me.
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(03-11-2018, 03:32 PM)Glousck Wrote: ... below are things I've found to be exceptionally helpful...
....Take it one day at a time and give yourself a pat on the back for the little things. Be kind to yourself, folks....
Excellent post Glousck! I appreciate that very much. I think I've struggled with depression for years from some very traumatic and life altering events. I work for myself AND I work from home so let me tell you that's not a good combination for creating a good routine. My work can be so sporadic at times, where one week I've got barely any and the next two weeks I'm working 12-14 hour days.
I've been to therapy, seen my GP, tried a couple depression meds that never fully worked out for me. But I'm at the point where I want to go to a psych because of some lifelong things that I'm just now starting to pay attention to. I hope they can help me work through some of the toughest things.
This is going to be a good week though. I'm committed to going to the gym, as well as going to bed at a more reasonable hour. I just signed on a new office space that will get me out of the house and around some really good people. Spring is about here! And hey, this is my 50th post so, yeah!
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(03-26-2018, 06:31 PM)Zobra Wrote: (03-11-2018, 03:32 PM)Glousck Wrote: ... below are things I've found to be exceptionally helpful...
....Take it one day at a time and give yourself a pat on the back for the little things. Be kind to yourself, folks....
Excellent post Glousck! I appreciate that very much. I think I've struggled with depression for years from some very traumatic and life altering events. I work for myself AND I work from home so let me tell you that's not a good combination for creating a good routine. My work can be so sporadic at times, where one week I've got barely any and the next two weeks I'm working 12-14 hour days.
I've been to therapy, seen my GP, tried a couple depression meds that never fully worked out for me. But I'm at the point where I want to go to a psych because of some lifelong things that I'm just now starting to pay attention to. I hope they can help me work through some of the toughest things.
This is going to be a good week though. I'm committed to going to the gym, as well as going to bed at a more reasonable hour. I just signed on a new office space that will get me out of the house and around some really good people. Spring is about here! And hey, this is my 50th post so, yeah!
Howdy Zobra,
Congratulations on your 50th! I know how good that feels. Please consider gene-testing if you intend to try any more AD's. It saves a lot of trial and error. They swab your cheek and mix your dna sample with different AD's to see how those AD's metabolize. I am told that it reduces the time it takes to get on the right AD by 50%. Most insurance pays for it and it is being done more and more at the GP's office. Regards, RM
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That's a fantastic idea, thank you! It's amazing how things change so quickly over time. I'd never even heard of medical telephone/video visits until the other day but now I see my new insurance covers some of those types of things. I'll definitely look into the gene testing. In fact, I already have my DNA on 23andMe so I wonder if that would make it even easier.
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(03-27-2018, 10:04 PM)Zobra Wrote: That's a fantastic idea, thank you! It's amazing how things change so quickly over time. I'd never even heard of medical telephone/video visits until the other day but now I see my new insurance covers some of those types of things. I'll definitely look into the gene testing. In fact, I already have my DNA on 23andMe so I wonder if that would make it even easier.
My pleasure, Z. I would imagine that they are going to want a new sample, even though you have already had your dna tested. I wish this was available to the public 20 years ago. I am also happy that you might be able to make use of tele-medicine. More and more insurance companies are coming on board. When I first put up that thread, I didn't think that there would be much response. But there are some members now posting to say that they might be able to make use of the "tele" format. I think that gene testing and also tele-medicine were ideas that were a long time coming and I am really happy that they have each arrived. I envision a massive amount of people being helped by each in the coming years.
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Wow thanks for all the kind posts guys, you all put a huge huge HUGE smile on my face  big hugs going out to everyone today suffering with anxiety. You are not & never will be alone.
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I have not got the time to spend some time giving advice to some of you, that i think m words can help uou with.
I just wanting people to know,I started this thread, when i was feeling very very low and stressed.
I wan to share how things inproved for me.
Things like SELF CARE are very important esp if you are a younf femail, I went to dressing in a mix of designer and high street for casual to just wearing seat pants and a hoody and NO make up, I also neglected my sin care routine, and things like showering and brushin hair and trrth.
Ladies if you have no plans for the day please take time for a relaxing bath, spreading body lotion on, and if you are only going food shoping, pease add a bit of lipstick and dress nice, ir reallu does makea difference. matching cute underear also males a differene even tho onlu you know aout it.
To the Gents, try and shower each day put om clean clothes, brush your teeth amd face the world even if it so for food shopping
ROTINE
Ths is very very important and I will explain mpew when I respond again to this thread soom.
In shortm the best thing that helped me is to recognise when you are feeling down. take lots of showers, have a nice set of clothes ready INCLUDING nigh clothes. Also eat well and exercise.
I will explain more about how I went form not washing teeth, getting out of bet etc, to how I kmw feel which is a LOT better without meds or a therapist.
keep posting those of you that feel down. will ne on this later I am off to get reads to a celebration held in homour, I would have laughed or screamed YOU don't know how Bad I feel"
will be back soon those that feel down, pease have a nice path and put some comfy but cute bed cothes on, after washing hair, brushing teeth etc,
Any questions please ask
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I am very late to this thread but when I read Yellowdog's early quote "I don't feel depressed I just feel unmotivated and lazy and then angry at myself for being lazy.", I knew that was me! Glousck's recommendations were extremely helpful. Thanks to all that have contributed.
Though I'm not working and recently retired, the routine of working is what made life easier for me. My particular job was nothing but following a routine for 8-10hrs a day. The preparation before work and after was also a routine. My therapist aka wife and I finally figured out that I need to treat my retirement more like my former job. Not actually working, but being more structured but not strict or being a slave to it. Scheduling chores and activities on paper has really helped. I also realized how weak I've become as my former job was pretty physical. Implementing some form of exercise is being worked into my schedule now. Lastly getting enough quality sleep needs to become a priority. Having your pets wake you up multiple times to go and bark at some birds is not conducive to a good nights sleep, though we love them dearly
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All very good points MoJim.
Structure in a persons time I think is way overlooked. And a very good thing to have, like you say not to be a slave in ur case but it will help just like you say.
Let me tell you about a person I know.
They retired . Dont remember if or how early but I do think early.
So the company needed some extra help on a big project and he came back for it along with other to help get it done .
A large capital project.
So he confided with us one day that he did not need the money .....BUT he needed the structure in his life.
We could understand because one time a friend called him at lunch break and asked how he was doing in retirement.
He head just got to his GF’s house to paint her garage door stopping on the way to get a 12 pack of beer he was drinking at noon.
So he needed structure in his life, he said. Not the money of the job and working made him have some structure.
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