Good to hear, Steph. I'm glad you reached out here, and to your therapist. Both are okay, always.
Wesley: And how does your kind define love? Demon: Same as all bodies. Same as everywheres. Love is sacrifice.
'The Girl in Question'
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Sparky1 - Sep 06, 2017 12:20:03 pm PDT #1727 of 8213
Librarian Warlord
EpicTangent - Sep 06, 2017 12:21:20 pm PDT #1728 of 8213
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Better living through Chemistry, Yay!
askye - Sep 06, 2017 12:28:59 pm PDT #1729 of 8213
Thrive to spite them
Glad the Ativan is working
Steph L. - Sep 06, 2017 12:32:00 pm PDT #1730 of 8213
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I mean, I don't feel bouncy and perky, or even particularly chill, but the hyperventilating and sobbing is over, and that's good enough for right now.
I definitely need to talk to Awesome Doctor about restarting antidepressants (I posted about this on a FB filter earlier), but my endo/colonoscopy is Monday, and it's a known thing that GI issues can affect mental health because 90%-95% of your serotonin is made in/hangs out in the GI tract. But if your GI tract is jacked up, it stands to reason that it's going to affect your serotonin and therefore your mental health. And my GI tract is hella jacked up.
I'd like to wait until after the endo/colonoscopy to see what treatment I need for my stomach, and how well it works, before I restart antidepressants, because starting 2 things at the same time makes it hard to tell which thing is working.
I mean, at this point, I wouldn't be able to see Awesome Doctor until next week anyway, so I'm just formulating a plan. Hopefully my therapist can help me with that plan so I can get through the next week and see how everything shakes out with my Very Bad No Good Stupid Expensive Stomach and then see about antidepressants.
askye - Sep 06, 2017 12:37:06 pm PDT #1731 of 8213
Thrive to spite them
Sounds like good planning Teppy. I hope that the GI medicine will start helping you right away.
Laura - Sep 06, 2017 12:41:11 pm PDT #1732 of 8213
Our wings are not tired.
That sounds like a good plan. I had read about the GI/serotonin thing before and is absolutely could be tied in to the current issues. Sorry the body is being stupid and complicating your life!
Burrell - Sep 06, 2017 4:09:11 pm PDT #1733 of 8213
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I'm glad you are feeling a bit better, Steph. I hope you get useful answers from the upcoming tests.
And thanks to everyone who was able to be here for Steph in real time. It is so awesome to see how buffistas have each other's back.
Anne W. - Sep 06, 2017 5:10:54 pm PDT #1734 of 8213
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
That sounds like a good plan, Steph. I'm so glad you were able to get hold of your therapist.
beth b - Sep 06, 2017 8:00:19 pm PDT #1735 of 8213
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
with everyone, and I will add that being able to state a plan - is also really good sending the ma~~~
sj - Sep 07, 2017 5:47:03 am PDT #1736 of 8213
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I just randomly ran into one of the other school moms at a coffee shop. We had coffee together and are planning a play date soon. My evil plan to put ltc in school so I could make some mom friends is going quite well.