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Post by sue13 on Aug 17, 2017 18:13:48 GMT
Did I mention I asked pdoc if it was dementia and he reassured me it wasnt...but a few of us ladies in hospital, my age 58 were sharing similar concerns but they were quashed, it is our illnesses..ECT therapy, meds...My pdoc said with all the medical advances, 70 is the new 50 so Keith I think truly you will never get old...you are young spirited...and elderly refers to an attitude to life not an age bracket.
I have 2 friends both 70, one travels all around the world, the other plans his passing so it is a mental state..prhaps we are blessed with this illness, we are bohemian sprits and who wants to be boring x
I dont have ECT but many patients do.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 3:05:19 GMT
Thanks Sue...I'm glad you're back. You see so clearly.
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Post by sue13 on Aug 20, 2017 19:40:24 GMT
Thanks Keith...unfortunately sometimes as you know I lack the insight to keep my bloody mouth shut with what I see but by the same token what you see is what you get and I must admit those in my circle understand this, I guess that is why my circle is so small, but very glad you have a forgiving spirit I feel this new medication regime is helping, I was staying awake all night, most unusual for me but pdoc has given me temazapam as if I get tired he is afraid I will crash and burn. I really need to keep well. But I also need to pace myself. Cheers
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2017 8:11:31 GMT
I wound up using divalproex for many years. It had seemed to help originally. I ended with Seroquel and I know it helped me sleep which was always paramount. Sleep deprivation undermines our spirit quickly...it must be avoided.
I'm seeing the first signs of Autumn...cooler evenings and yellowing leaves on the cherry trees. I need to avoid the melancholy of last winter...it was ugly. My natal chart says that, in my later life, I'll become an artisan. In that vein, I'm preparing a place where I can play. A welder, air compressor, and a bench grinder with a vast array of power tools will let me build just about anything. I need some passion for the deed...hope it shows up soon.
We're in the lower part of the darker green...frost will come around Halloween.
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Post by sue13 on Aug 22, 2017 19:53:00 GMT
Hi Keith...yes I am feeling so much better taking the temazapan, I will need to get a new script, I hear this laughter and it is coming from me and that is something I havent heard in a long time.I have resurrected my sewing room and the hours fly past, I am making a set of cushion covers atm...patchwork to give my tired lounge suite a face lift and I burn some nice essential oils, have my favourite music cranked up and sew in this lovely little room. Spring is nearly here and there are little birds chattering, blossoms are blooming and everything is pretty, it won't be long before everything is brown again but they use underground water to keep the school oval I look out on green so that is nice although when well I even appreciate the differect shades of brown...hope everyone is well and thank you all for your unconditional friendship x
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Post by David on Sept 5, 2017 19:52:44 GMT
Not having noticed you around for a while...
I got to thinking about your current welfare Sue.
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Post by sue13 on Sept 5, 2017 22:31:22 GMT
Hi David, Spring has sprung here but winter hasn't been informed. I am going OK...pdoc says I can not handle stress or I may disassociate again so I have been quietly pottering. I find I am hung over from the temazapam however I do not sleep without it. I see pdoc every week and take little legs to the beach once a week which is good for us both. Eldest daughter is nursing so I get to babysit my granddaughters more often now and run them up to school or kindy, my little car means I can afford to do that and I pick my son up every afternoon from work and we have a good chat on the trip home which is lovely. I am very aware of how finely tuned I am these days, I have been looking at down sizing my house but truly I love the space and I think I really love my house although the yard is a chore, my son in law has been helping but I need to dig and plant it out so it is just a mass of plants and the weeds wont grow. I am looking forward to summer, I am over winter although it is mild to many parts of the world. Thank you for checking in on me, I hope you and the rest of the crew are well. Lynnie pops into face book every now and again, she is still missing her mumma ...
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Post by David on Sept 5, 2017 23:19:17 GMT
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Hi David, Spring has sprung here but winter hasn't been informed. Quote
Oh how I like such remarks Sue
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Post by David on Sept 5, 2017 23:21:56 GMT
I ma pleased you are holding your own at this time ...
long may such a development continue to be so..
especially the fact you continue to be active.
I always fins activity a distraction from looking inward
which does no one any good.
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Post by David on Sept 5, 2017 23:29:21 GMT
I said what I did in my previous post because I found from personal experience navel gazing to be counter productive.
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Post by David on Sept 8, 2017 22:06:00 GMT
Have you anything to share at this point in time Sue?
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Post by sue13 on Sept 10, 2017 21:22:33 GMT
Hi David...yes keeping active is the key but as you would know with depression that is the problem, you lack all motivation and so it is a self defeating cycle, even on 2 types of anti depressants. I have been contacted by a pasta company who want to visit me and make a video...they are bribing me with goodies so today i MUST clean my patio, the rest of the house is Ok. I am looking forward to more blue skies and sunshine however the cost of that will be the countryside will turn into different shades of brown, currently the crops are vibrant green and the canola fields bright yellow and it is just beautiful but of course once dried they will be harvested...but the warmth cheers me up.
I hope you are all keeping well.
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Post by David on Sept 10, 2017 22:56:56 GMT
Good to hear from you and yes I agree with what you have intimated here Sue
and to conclude with your current signature 'one day at a time' David x
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Post by sue13 on Sept 11, 2017 21:01:39 GMT
Patio is cleaned...shopping day today and washing my car as it needs to be serviced tomorrow.
Happy Tuesday everyone.
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Post by David on Sept 20, 2017 0:48:00 GMT
I got to thinking as usually do Sue
as to how you are at any given time
So it must come to no surprise
that I continue where I left off!
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