Hi, friends, I always seem to be apologizing for my absence. This is a pic of me on my cruise, unfortunately, The weather here is nothing like then. Oh, I miss the temps and sunshine. We’ve had lots of rain and it’s not great for getting the gardrn work done. I’ve been up and down the last couple of weeks. A lot of it is my fault, overdoing things ir kitchen reno plus being sick with the flu and cold. Went to my pdoc on tues. and my usual 15 min appointment ended up being an hour and I cried the whole time. I am so.... tired of this merry go round!!! So guess what???? he’s changing my meds again but at least this time he is listening to me and reducing them sort of... he is removing one, the least effective and increasing the lamictal which is suppose to be the latest drug of choice for mood stabilizers. We’ll see!!! Right now I’ll try anything. I even asked him about electric shock therapy and he is not really keen on the idea. He is sending me for an MRI because of my gaps in memory and my inability to do simple tasks at times like spell easy words, simple math, even little nursery rhymes. This is so... depressing for me, I’m not bragging but I am a very intelligent person. I was always at the top of my class. I was a great teacher. I worked hard to always improve myself constantly. Now I’m luck if I can tell you 9x6!! It’s really demeaning.Anyway, enough about that because I know there are a lot of my friends here on DS that are a lot worse of than I am. Too all of you I offer hope and peace.Be well, DebbiePS Not sure when I’ll be back on line but I’ll try not to be away for too long. Debbie
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I AM SORRY YOU HAVENT BEEN FEELING WELL .I UNDERSTAND. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. I HOPE THE CHANGE IN MEDS IS JUST WHAT YOU NEED TO LIFT YOUR SPIRITS MY FRIEND. KEEPING YOU IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.. THESE MEDS DO BAD THINGS TO MY MEMORY ALSO. HUGS AND LOVE.. MARIE
Gorgeous sunset! Glad to hear about your doctor finally listening to you. Hope the new meds work. Take it one day at a time and try not to overdo yourself. If you can only do one thing don\'t get upset because you wanted to do more. Take care!
Beautiful picture, beautiful person. Hope your med switch helps. I am on Lamictal and it has been a life savor for me. I am having a down slide right now, but I have been good for 3 years on it. I think some of the things going on in my life are effecting me right now. I feel better tonight than I have for 4-5 days. Good luck to you and like I said before do not apologize for not always being here, we know where you are and always wish you well. Love Naomi
Hi My friend!!!! What a beautiful picture. You are such a wonderful and outstanding person. We all have our ups and downs. I hope and pray that you change of medicine will help brighten your days.Alex and I are doing ok. we are settled back in our little home for at least another year. I just pray that we can get some of our money back from the scam artisit.Please don\'t be so hard on yourself. remeber to look for the postive things in your day. Big Hugs ~~~~~~~~~Suzanne
That\'s good that your DR is listening to you, I hope the med adjustment works out for you.
I bet you do miss teaching, you gave your all to those students. And yes, you are a very smart woman and I\'m sorry to hear of you suffering like this. I know my fibro fog is bad and I can\'t remember things very well and I feel stupid alot of the time. Some days are worse than others but this the worse part of fibro for me.
I hope you can got out in your garden soon, last year your flowers were so pretty.
Take care my friend, hugs Cathy
Oh dear. Do hang in there. Don\'t rush for the electric shock thing. Try to slow down a bit and hopefully get out in the sunshine. The rain has been a downer. Praying you\'ll feel better soon. Blessings
Mary (Breana)