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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 7/27/2008 8:19:12 PM
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desert_rose
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I'll be praying for you, Roberta.
I survived the MRI, though I won't get the results till I see the neurologist next month (and I don't handle waiting and not knowing all that well - that's always been one of my weak spots). I'm sick - again - or should that be still. Actually been running "real" fevers this time too (even hit 101). And at approximately 8 weeks and pretty much every dish we own dirty, I FINALLY got help with dishes without asking - though it came with a bit of a "speech" about "working through" when I feel sick, weak, depressed, etc.. Will try calling my doc again tomorrow and will also work on finding a new doc - though a new doc will mean finding a new pdoc again. Yuck. Not sure if I'm more depressed or just pain frustrated with everything
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 7/27/2008 8:27:45 PM
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and I don't handle waiting and not knowing all that well - that's always been one of my weak spots I think most people have that problem.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 7/27/2008 8:47:42 PM
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I'll be praying for you, Roberta.
I survived the MRI, though I won't get the results till I see the neurologist next month (and I don't handle waiting and not knowing all that well - that's always been one of my weak spots). I'm sick - again - or should that be still. Actually been running "real" fevers this time too (even hit 101). And at approximately 8 weeks and pretty much every dish we own dirty, I FINALLY got help with dishes without asking - though it came with a bit of a "speech" about "working through" when I feel sick, weak, depressed, etc.. Will try calling my doc again tomorrow and will also work on finding a new doc - though a new doc will mean finding a new pdoc again. Yuck. Not sure if I'm more depressed or just pain frustrated with everything
I went in with my sister while she had an MRI done this morning. She has to wait until a week from tomorrow to get the results. I was surprised that they scheduled her for a Sunday morning.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 7/27/2008 9:16:43 PM
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It's weird when they'll schedule MRIs isn't it? Mine was at 7:30 yesterday (and that was one of the nicer times offered). A week to week and a half is about what they told me was the normal turn around for reading them too.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 7/28/2008 4:44:53 PM
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I'm having a fairly good day today. I talked with my regular doctor and my temporary therapist about some issues. Had some stitches removed from an incident. Going to eat some good food today and try to enjoy the day. I've been getting back into my own personal bible study the Design for Discipleship series by NavPress. I have been down in the slumps for quite awhile, but surrounding myself with Christian radio, bible study, Christian movies and prayer seems to help me more than not.
Another positive thing is that my old friend here in town called me and asked me to go to a bible study with him and his wife, so I am considering it. I won't get into the bad stuff that I have been going through atm. Today is a good day.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 7/28/2008 11:44:10 PM
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Hi Limulus - glad you're having a good day!
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 7/31/2008 4:07:45 AM
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Hi folks! I got about three weeks behind in my reading and just caught up here. I've had a week of not sleeping well at night and tonight is another such night. The reason has been different on different nights--a few times it was from endometriosis pain, one night it was from a stress headache and tonight I think it's that I had too much tea today, even though I had none after about 3:00 today. So it's nearly 3:00 a.m., I'm dead tired, can hardly keep my eyes open but my whole body is restless and fidgety in bed despite sleeping pills. Sigh.
I've been improving, mental health-wise, I'm thinking. I forced myself to go to a baby shower last week and really enjoyed it. The weekend before that I forced myself to go to a church camp-out even though the anticipation of it put me in stress several days before and into a meltdown just before leaving.
Somehow my mind has made a paradigm shift about housework. It's been years since I've been motivated to do much of anything--or had the energy to do it--but during my gallbladder surgery recovery time, I discovered that if I got really exhausted during the day, I slept well in the evening. So I've started pushing myself to do housework so I'll get tired enough to sleep (obviously not helping the sleep this past week). I don't know why I used to think I needed to avoid exhaustion. Now that I've been pushing myself precisely to GET exhausted, I'm finding a lot of motivation to clean. When I started this, sometimes all I could do was 10 or 15 minutes before having to collapse, out of breath, and rest. Today I was scrubbing stuff in the kitchen (such as the fridge that hasn't had a good cleaning in far too long) and I was actually able to work without a break for over an hour. Wow! That's pretty exciting. And as I continue to get better at this, I'm looking forward to the cleaning and seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe I CAN get the house in order so that all I'll have to do is maintain. That's cheered me up a lot.
And after giving it up for a year because I was unable to concentrate, I'm looking at getting back to my Bible memorization. I used to work on it on my daily walks, making my way through the book of Matthew. Now going to a different church, my goal is to do my walking in the church neighbourhood as a form of prayer walking but it's the most crime-infested part of the city--a city that's been called the murder capital of Canada and has the highest violent crime rate per capita--so I don't want to be walking with my palmtop in hand (my usual way to memorize--I have the Bible on my palmtop and I've got codes that I use to help me remember the words without actually seeing the words). A Bible is too awkward to carry open and so I've been setting up a notebook to use with small text boxes containing the Scripture portion in full and stored in a back pocket of the notebook (I'm thinking I've lost you by now--sorry). I'm getting really excited about getting back to memorizing. It's an awesome way to meditate on God's word, to turn God's word into prayer and get completely immersed in it.
So a lot of good things are happening. Oh! And I think I'm undergoing a paradigm shift in my marriage too--though that is so new that I'm still not sure what is happening and what the implications and results might be.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 7/31/2008 6:20:19 AM
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Maggie, shifts can be kind of weird can't they? I had a few when I was seeing the psychologist.
Like you, I've started turning to doing housework on my poor neglected house. It's not always easy, but there's a sense of achievement once I've cleaned the bathroom or done some dishes or dusted or whatever. It seems as though I'm motivated to do more once I've done something.
I spent Tuesday afternoon sorting some stuff outside the back of my house out and it looks so much better now. It will look better still when I get my last raised bed down (I'll be able to get rid of the packaging and get rid of nearly 2 bales of compost) in the next few weeks. I want to tackle the footpath too, but I'm not stressing about it.
I heard from someone else I was at school with recently via friend reunited. Spookily, she lives around 20 miles away. While she's not in regular contact, she does exchange Christmas cards with someone else who lives around 8 miles away. I'm thinking that now it's free to send/receive msgs through FR more people will join.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 7/31/2008 9:12:09 AM
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I'm thinking the shifts are an important part of the healing process and yes, they're weird. It's cool about you connecting with old schoolmates. I'm sort of in touch with one of my best friends in grade one. I say "sort of" because there are long periods where we don't connect--and then we do and it's like we didn't miss any of the intervening time.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 7/31/2008 11:15:22 AM
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aga- I can't remember if you posted this or not. Did you tell you other friend about your bipolar or not? If you did, how did she respond?
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 7/31/2008 2:33:48 PM
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Another good day. With my doctor and the help of a local grocery store (Hy-vee) is helping me to change my eating habits. Being a bachelor, I was used to mostly tv dinners, fast food etc, which has messed up my body. I've changed to eating organic soy products, soy milk with bran flakes/fiber cereals, egg beaters 0 cholesterol eggs, salsa, eliminated most soda from my diet, I try to drink about a gallon of water a day now flavored with real lemon juice. I have also cut a lot of the meat out and switched to Boca soy burgers and some other soy stuff that tastes like meat. Though I still eat meat, just not as much as I used to. Walmart has their own brand of salsa's now, one that has mangoes in it is excellent over eggs.
I even bought some fresh peaches the other day and I let them ripen for a few days on the counter. I was amazed at how they tasted, since I am not one to really eat vegetables or fruit in several years I am trying to eat more.
I picked up some things that are supposed to help with cholesterol. Flax seed meal that I can sprinkle on my cereal or use to make other things. Fish oil, etc.
I am also trying to eliminate alcohol from my eating habits completely. It slows down my metabolism and does not mix well with my pills, causes dehydration, and other health problems.
Changing my eating habits and lowering my blood pressure I am hoping should also help to improve my depression. I have a goal to learn to make Chinese food since it is my one of my favorite foods and it usually involves vegetables.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 7/31/2008 5:59:20 PM
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aga- I can't remember if you posted this or not. Did you tell you other friend about your bipolar or not? If you did, how did she respond?
I can't recall if I posted or not. I've told them both though. First one simply said she was sorry to hear about it. I haven't heard from the other one yet ~ but it was only last night when I emailed her.
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I have a goal to learn to make Chinese food since it is my one of my favorite foods and it usually involves vegetables. The golden tips for Chinese food ~ make sure the wok it really hot before adding oil to it and make sure that you have everything prepared (measured, diced, sliced, whatever) before you even turn the wok on. It's fast cooking and you won't get the chance to start chopping while you're cooking.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 7/31/2008 6:03:22 PM
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I have a goal to learn to make Chinese food since it is my one of my favorite foods and it usually involves vegetables. The golden tips for Chinese food ~ make sure the wok it really hot before adding oil to it and make sure that you have everything prepared (measured, diced, sliced, whatever) before you even turn the wok on. It's fast cooking and you won't get the chance to start chopping while you're cooking.
Thanks for tips. Now I am hungry, hehe.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 8/1/2008 1:44:45 AM
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The next few weeks are going to be very hard for me.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 8/1/2008 11:50:55 AM
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I'll be glad to take Munchie's share! 
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 8/1/2008 12:13:23 PM
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agapetos
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As Maggie said, it may be stale by the time it gets there but I'll share the recipe ~ it's here.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 8/1/2008 1:33:32 PM
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Stale fresh baked bread is better than no bread at all.
Thanks for sharing.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 8/1/2008 1:33:37 PM
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DenimDiva, I'm sorry to hear that the next few weeks will be difficult for you. You want to share why?
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 8/2/2008 4:00:38 AM
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DenimDiva, I'm sorry to hear that the next few weeks will be difficult for you. You want to share why?
It's in THIS THREAD.
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 8/2/2008 6:15:50 AM
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Thanks for the link. Ouch! But I agree with much that the other posters have said--especially the comment that she might have just be sounding out the idea with her friends without really having concrete intentions or plans. For all you know, she might have even made up the whole story to impress her friends. But, as someone else said, at least you're forwarned. Praying for guidance and for God's protection on your daughter is something you can be doing while you wait for her to approach you on this. {{{{{{DenimDiva}}}}}}
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RE: Mental Health Encouragement. - 8/4/2008 3:49:52 AM
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She told me tonight. When I told her no, she basically said that she didn't want me to be her mom anymore. She's gonna regret that come Friday night when she doesn't get to go with me and use our backstage passes to see Martina McBride.
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