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Fibroneedzflorida 04/20/2017

I just joined today ..my depression is taking over my therapist who only sees me every 3 or 4 months for 10 mins if that to fill scripts but now he won't see me at all because I can't pay the $250 I owe him on back bills my so called "family Dr." wont refill my "mental" drugs as he (the dr) who says it's not his job to refill the those drugs and stated it's "not his fault or his concern" so I have been looking for a therapist that can get me back on some kind of drugs as I have been off the depression,anxiety,meds for 3 weeks I am going thru damm withdrawal and with no meds I'm having anxiety, panic attack the stress is playing a number I throw up everything i try to eat living on gaviscon, Pedialyte so I don't get too dehydrated & popsicles ..i have had fibromyalgia since I was 15 im 51 ..when my doublewide 25×40 3 bed 2 bath under 2 miles from the beach in ft Myers Beach 4 hurricanes hit me 1 after another didnt the damage was too severe till my foot went thru the floor had,pull up the carpet ..to see water damage under each window planks of my floor didnt meets leaving gaps so dirt, rain, hugs of every kind that was outside came inside bugs got into my outlets screwed up my electricity to the point it was unlivabled the insurance wouldn't take me as I'm too close to water you can't be less than 2 miles from the ocean ,gulf etc so I sunk almost my money to fix it something would quit working lost my parents in 2001 siblings that are 15, 17 years older than me won't lift a finger to help me no other family no real friends left I found out a person I met online when I had WiFi we became good friends she actually came to get me & took me to friends house who she was house sitting for in Indiana what was just going to be a temporary pit stop turned into 5 yrs ..i have gotten 150 % worse with shingles, tachycardia (racing heart) high blood pressure cellulitus both calves & feet look like Fred Flintstone feet they were so heavy & hard to the touch all the lasik water pills made my kidneys crazy..had major kidney surgery when I was 10..the Dr told me b4 I left florida that if I don't get back yr round heat & humidity which my fibro responds beautifully I'd be in a wheelchair by age 50 I'm 51 feels like im on borrowed time i need so much to get back to Florida I nev st weighed more than 145 lbs I'm at 180 now what the he'll is going on here I lost most of my teeth from the fibro lessening my gun they fell out eating ice cream and other soft foods I how can I gain weight boot able to eat much between almost no teeth & liquid I used to be sore but I had a alot more good days than bad & living on less than $800 from disability..you can't afford to eat so there's never enuf food to gain weight now I can't keep anything down...i am desperately needing to get back to Florida up the coast around the panhandle I need someone to talk to get advice , suggestions I'm so scared ,confused anxious, restless Where do I go from here? Sorry this post is soo long I tend to be a chattering which is another one of my faults so I have been told... if anyone has taken time to read this God Bless you...& stop by to say hi sweet sleep my new friends stop by & say hi ! sorry too tired to proof read this post pls forgive the typos thanks again for listening

WolfgangMinerva 04/21/2017

I hear your pain. I too am feeling overwhelmed. I'm in Central Florida. I don't have any advice to give to myself let alone anyone else. I have CFS & fibro. Florida is hot, for sure, but it is crappy medically unless you have $$$. And there are 0 social services.
I'm sure you know this. you write me anytime if you want to. People need to vent. This is a safe place to do it. love to you. Lynn

bridgie101 04/21/2017

Seems to me like you need a change in systems. the decisions that you make are working against you and you need to undo them.

Go on a fast. Juice up veges if you wish but go look into fasting as a healing/cleansing process. It can do amazing things for cleaning your system out, like hitting the reset button on your computer.

Also: what are the water pills for? If they're fucking with your kidneys you need to stop taking them. If they're trying to fix the cellulitis there must be another cure. Having said that I thought cellulitis was an infection? My ex husband got cellulitis and needed antibiotics. My sister got it recently and needed a course of antibiotics too. Neither time were they given diuretics. Just antibiotics. But I don't know a heck of a lot about it.

I have a sensitive question for you: do you smoke? I am an ex smoker, very happy to be, and one thing I'm willing to admit now I've stopped, or maybe I am now aware of after having smoked all my adult life and then stopped, is how badly smoking affects the function of your internal organs. Like - really badly. It gives them carbon monoxide poisoning which as you know means your body thinks its getting oxygen when it isn't. That affects your kidneys, your bladder, your liver, your heart and your lungs. About the best thing you can do for yourself is quit smoking if you are smoking, and it will take a year or more for you to really realise just how badly kept down your body was without you having realised it. Also you're going through enough anxiety and panic right now that quitting smoking won't be too bad; the anxiety and panic you get from quitting smoking won't even be noticeable. I quit when I was going through a divorce and had no money, and my panic levels were stratospheric.

Do you have food stamps in the US? I was of the understanding that you could have access to food stamps, but I'm on the other side of the world so don't know too much about it. I'd certainly go and get them if they are available.

Also Catholic Social Services or Salvation Army may be able to be approached for assistance.

Fibroneedzflorida 04/21/2017

After many visits to the e.r I was given the diagnosis of cellutis which was not red or hot heavy swollen legs full of liquid sloshed when I walked...i wouldn't let the give me another injection of lasik too dangerous

bridgie101 04/21/2017

What about pressure stockings, or lying with your feet up? Do you smoke? Because that can cause kidney disfunction and hamper your ability to get rid of fluids.

Sorry to bang on about smoking but it's makes a huge difference to health. :p

Aenean 04/21/2017

I live on north central florida, I understand your issue as my sister who is bipolar is going through the same. Are there any teaching hospitals there? Generally, teaching hospitals have social programs-they may have to change meds around but, it's better than nothing. Honestly, in order to get meds and a therapist, my sister had to commit herself-luckily they didn't accept her, but it was enough to get a referral and meds. But it's a state institution-so it's not the best, but it's okay. I'm very sorry about your situation.

mlr0853 04/21/2017

google 211 and the state you live in...this will give you All social service agencies. Go to the St. Dept of Social Services...if you are receiving only 800 a month on disability, you should qualify for medicade, food stamps, dental, visioncare and everything else... go to a senior center, they can help you for free.

Fibroneedzflorida 04/21/2017

Thanks so much for the helpful advice ..tried all the above no change the pressure stockings aggravated my rt leg I had nerves cut in my rt leg to hopefully lessen the pain to a few set of sympathetic nerves that responded the same after 9 nerve blocks instead of lessening my pain it made it worse after the surgical pain decreased I was left am annoyed from being messed with leg that the nerves control my reflexes was affected I know longer am able to drive I don't have the quik reflexes u need to slam on brakes if need be.. it started with chronic leg pain in my rt leg in high school and after a million Dr's tests & procedures since pain doesnt show up in a blood test or under a microscope or in an xray its so very frustrating they did find the fibromyalgia which they said happens if your body is put through a trauma like a 10 hr bladder & kidney surgery when I was 11 The stress of having to move to Indiana & a town with no buses or taxis everything is more 10 miles away has done a number on me physically & mentally I can't get food stamps as I don't qualify I was told & make too much on SSD to get Medicaid I'd like to see anyone who works in the system live on $778 a mos. I had all these benefits in Florida but Indian you need to be bleeding out your eyeballs b4 they lift a finger to help ...never smoked 1st hand been exposed to a lot of 2nd hand smoke & use an inhaler I'm desperate to get back to Florida & bake all the stress & pain out worked b4....lol

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