I have decided the best way for me to keep track of my symptoms & activities is get organized and make myself a homework folder for this program. I have printed off enough Activity trackers and mood tracker monitoring forms to get me through 1 week. I will also be printing up a a couple of session to take with me on my camping trip to the desert for 5 days next week. I am not sure if I will be able to do 1 session a week and be prepared to participate in the group discussion each week. I really feel I am going to need more time to digest and process each session and than put the information into action. Each time I go back and read a session I learn more, it makes more sense to me and I am more able to work the program. My main goal is to work the program at my pace and to get better. I have to make my getting well my first priority and put myself first for once in my life. I really feel good about the progress I have made so far. I'll drop in to the group if I have progressed to the next session. Well I have got to for now and get back to working the program and completeing my folder.
I am sorry to here you have not been feeling well the last couple of days. I didn't have any side effects when I was on the B12 or the omega 3 fish oil but I did have a problem with the statin drug. I was on statin medication for 6 months for my cholesterol and triglycerides my levels came down but my legs got to hurting me so bad and I was so tired that I had a hard time just walking into the grocery store and would have to wait in the car while my partner went in to the store to get our supplies. I had to stop taking the statins and when my blood work was done last my levels had stayed down not perfect but down. I am now trying to control them with diet and exercise haven't had them tested in a while, but I am back going to the store and stuff. You may want to call and talk to your Dr. as soon as you can and let them know how you are feeling and don't forget to mention the headaches. I hope you will be feeling better soon. Let us know how you are doing.
I have been doing my Activity Tracker and mood tracker for about a week now. It seems that my depression is at its worst in the morning with negative thoughts and replaying of events in my mind. It gets better as the day goes on and I am usually more positive by noon. I spent all day yesterday making myself a binder of the complete program that way I will not have to sit on the computer to work the program and can continue to work on it if I am not at home. I do feel good about getting organized. My partner has been very supportive and helped me put this binder together. I am happy that I have him to discuss the program with, he is helping me to stay positive and motivated. I am really interested in learning how to deal with my negative thoughts. I know this not going to be easy learning a whole way of thinking but I am sure it is going to be worth it in the end. This is a whole new world for me and I feel like I am just now learning how to crawl. I am beginning to understand this illness and myself and I have hope for the future. I have to learn how to crawl before I can walk into a better place.
Anyway enough about me. How is everyone else doing with the program this morning?
I am hearing and feeling your pain. I do know what you are going through. It is painful for me to think or talk about my losses
I lost my husband 6 yrs ago now to Ptsd fromVietman and dementia. We were married for 27 yrs and I took care of him by myself for 5yrs years 24hrs a day here at home till he passed away. He was my best friend and my whole life. When he died I felt lost, alone, scared, was not able to do anything. I was used to taking care of him and felt I had nothing to live for.
I had to learn to starting taking care of myself again like,eat,sleep,drink, and shower. I was the only one here now except for God I felt he was with me. I went to grief groups for over a year. I bought myself some books on grief and read. I went for long walks sometimes for 2 hrs at a time. I started taking cancer drugs for liver disease, a gift from the Vietnam war, so that I could live and slowly but surely I started making my way back. I will always be haunted by that war and have some ptsd because of it. I don't know how to help you but to say never give up it takes time. You may want to get yourself a book on the stages of grief to help you understand what you are going through and help you deal with your losses. I am finally here now working this program and trying to learn how to deal with my depression and live a happy and productive life. I have to move forward off of this downward spiral into a upward spiral and learn to live and be happy again. I suggest you do the same.
I am here and listening even if it is painful and I can not always respond.
The one thing that I have learned from my activity tracker is that negative posts and negative people affect my mood a great deal which can take me from being in a very positive place to a very dark place. I really need to find a way to not let this happen or just stay away from negative people. Negativity seems to be contagious. What is your take on this? Does anyone else have this problem? And how do you deal with it? I am going to work on incorporating some pleasant activities into my daily life and see if this helps.
The one thing I have learned from my activity tracker is that negative posts and negative people affect my mood a great deal which can take me from being in a very positive place to a very dark place. Does anyone else have this problem? And how do you deal with it?
Thanks for the sound advice. I'll just skip certain posts if I feel I can not handle it and if I come across a post or someone whose negativity is starting to make me feel negative I'll just step back dust myself off and move on to something more positive, like working on doing some pleasant activities. I'll try to help where I can and realize that I can not help everyone and working the program and getting well has to be my main objective. I guess I really need to start working on my boundaries again. I guess working in the health care field for a long time taking care of people makes that Florance Nightingale come out in me. I am glad that we all have a place to go vent when necessary and be negative. I also feel we need to try and stay positive so that we can beat this depression. Thanks again goofy for listening and helping in a positive way.
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