Journal Entry for June 23, 2008
June 23, 2008 12:46pm
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MissLadyBug85
11:08pm, September 1, 2008
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About Me
MissLadyBug85
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About Me
I've been depressed for years, but with the help of medication and support from my friends and family, I'm finally starting to take control of my life. It feels pretty good. I feel better mentally than I have since I was a child. And I'm sure that the other areas in my life that have fallen into disarray since I've sunk into sadness will start straightening up now too. Everything is much more manageable now. And my motivation is finally returning! Yay!
I've been depressed for years, but with the help of medication and support from my friends and family, I'm finally starting to take control of my life. It feels pretty good. I feel better mentally than I have since I was a child. And I'm sure that the other areas in my life that have fallen into disarray since I've sunk into sadness will start straightening up now too. Everything is much more manageable now. And my motivation is finally returning! Yay!
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Interests
painting, music, reading, writing, movies, tv, education, quilting, cooking, cats, drag shows, drinking, friends, photography, fishing, and stuff..
painting, music, reading, writing, movies, tv, education, quilting, cooking, cats, drag shows, drinking,
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March 24, 2008 11:56am
Today I woke up with a terrible toothache, and I didn't feel like even getting up out of bed, let alone actually doing anything. But Mom had to …
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new weight management program
March 17, 2008 4:53pm
Well, I woke up this morning and immediately started the weight loss program that I watched last night on "I Can Make You Thin." I …
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Heres a HUG for you sweetie....Hope your doing well
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Sorry I haven't been around for awhile . With work and alot of other things , I haven't really been on many sites for awhile . I hope you're doing well , and keep up the good work . Stick to your ideas and they will work for you .
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Happy Easter to you!
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Thanks for taking the time to read through some of the autobiographies! My kids will be geeked at their first comments from "an outsider"!! ~Adam
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Thanks, it helped. Hope your day is going well.
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Close Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionI am going to be on medication to help me with this for the rest of my life, but I'm feeling a lot better now. My doctor recently doubled my dosage of Prozac and it worked! Everything seems better now. (Except for my sex drive.. but I guess you win some and you lose some.) My motivation in life is finally returning. Yay!
Treatments
- Prozac Working / Worked
- With my recently upped dosage of this, it's working wonders for me. I'm very happy with it. The only thing that bothers me is my drastically diminshed sex drive.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- I found this to work very well for me, but I no longer have the money to seek therapy..
- Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
- Having my friends and family to talk to has helped a lot lately, and now that I'm on a suitable dosage of medicine, I find it a lot easier to talk to my loved ones about the issues in my life.
- Writing Too Soon to Tell
- A couple of years ago I wrote a lot of sad and angry poetry and that helped a lot then, but I don't see where poetry will help me this time around. I'm hoping that journaling on this site will help. I need some unbiased support from people who understand where my head is..
Close Diets & Weight Maintenance
Every time I go to the doctor he tells me I'm obese and need to lose weight, as if I don't already realize that. I've tried different diets and some have worked for me for awhile, others haven't. My problem is sticking with something because I'm such an emotional eater.. If something bad happens I'll eat to make myself feel better and if that continues to often I give up on dieting for awhile. I also have not been able to incorporate regular exercise into my life.
Treatments
- Atkins Diet Somewhat Helpful
- This worked wonderfully for me until I started craving potatoes and sweets really bad..
- Counting Calories Somewhat Helpful
- This was beginning to work for me, but then my life was disrupted and I gave up on it. I'm trying to get back into a routine with it now.
- Curves Considering
- I went to Curves a couple of times with my aunt and really enjoyed the atmosphere. I've also taken a look at their website, and like the sounds of their program. I'd love to start going regularly, but currently I'm under money restraints that won't allow me to do so.
- Dancing Working / Worked
- This worked wonders for me, but I couldn't get into a good regular routine with it, mainly I think because I was too embarrassed about dancing in front of other people and there weren't any regular times in my life when I would have the house to myself to just cut loose in.
- Eating Healthier Foods Not Working
- I've tried and failed at this multiple times. My problem is that if I'm not counting calories or anything even when I'm eating healthy foods, that I tend to overeat and still not lose any weight... and so if I'm not losing weight anyway, why not eat whatever I want..
- Eat Less Not Working
- I ran into the same sorta problems with this as I did with trying to eat healthier. Only instead of eating too much of good things, I would eat the right amount of bad things.. and then it makes no difference either. For whatever reason I could not neatly mesh healthy eating with portion control.
- Physical Exercise Considering
- I know this is the key to me completely changing my life. But I haven't been motivated to get up and going.. It has a lot to do with my depression, but I have recently done some research and found some exercise programs that I would like to start.. I'm wanting to get started right away, but my depression inhibits me a lot. Hopefully with the support from DS, I'll be able to overcome it and get active.
- Slim-Fast Not Working
- This just never worked for me. It worked wonders for my mom, but didn't come close for me.
Open Healthy Eating
I just started a very healthy low calorie diet and I'm searching for as much motivation as I can find to excel at it..
Treatments
- Physical Exercise Too Soon to Tell
- I'm sure exercising will work wonders, but I've never really exercised and I've only been walking for a few days. I also plan to start dance aerobics soon, and hopefully I'll incorporate some trips to the gym into my routine too.
Open Obesity
I've been fat for as long as I can remember, and I'm trying to permanently change that..
Treatments
- Physical Exercise Too Soon to Tell
- I'm sure this will work wonders, but I've never really exercised before..
