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I Feel So Rotten :(
Luna said, and I quote
" I don't try to fight the fact that I have a tendancy to periodically get obsessed with things, it's part of my personality. But I do try to make sure the obsessions are good or harmless ones. Amazingly, and thankfully, Prozac 40 mg/day (I started taking this 4 months before I started LC. I was taking 20 mg/day and it was enough. Once I started LC, I starting having breakthrough OCD thoughts. I had been free of them for a few months and dreadedth thought of feeling like that again.......so I doubled my dose. ran out early and went to the DR to get a refill and increase. and my labs (which were fabbbullloooouuuss.) so I live on that everyday. but nearly every day is great, and all are better than they were a year ago. best wishes to all of us -- Lori 220/147/135 LC since 1/17/03 Oct Challenge 150/145 http://community.webshots.com/user/lorismiller |
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I Feel So Rotten :(
Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 05:37:10 GMT, "Lorelei" wrote: Oh Carol, My heart goes out to you. my DH #1 was a self-medicating bipolar. he drank. he died at age 25. by his own hand. I wish I could give you advice, but the best I can do is give you this {{{{Carol}}}}}. (that was my first hug online). Hang in there, get your meds adjusted or whatever and stop hurting yourself. love lori Aw, now I'm crying. Happy tears, of course. It makes me feel good to know that you care so much. Mental illness sucks, bigtime. But I won't let the gremlins in my brain win, dammit! I never really thought of food as self-medicating, but of course, you're absolutely right. I've never gotten into alcohol or drugs, but food.... yes. I'll let y'all know what the doc says on Tuesday. The man really knows his stuff. I'm terribly impressed by him. Hopefully, he can find a way to help me with this. If not him, one of the therapists. My first priority on Tuesday, though, is to see if there's something that can be done to prevent me from beating the tar out of my SO every night. Apparently, I have a lot of internal anger that comes out while I'm asleep. Yup, I'm one ****ed up bitch. {{{{{Lori}}}}} Gratefully, Carol you know Carol, what it is, is that. I feel so beautiful inside and outside these days that I want to spread the feeling. it's kind of an epiphany for me. long time coming. I find myself being so much nicer to people, more playful which is good because I work in pediatrics in a children's hospital in our state. I get emotional when I work a double or two. : ) -- Lori 220/147/135 LC since 1/17/03 Oct Challenge 150/145 http://community.webshots.com/user/lorismiller |
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I Feel So Rotten :(
"Damsel in dis Dress" wrote in message ... I'll be talking with him later this evening, to try to work out a strategy for dealing with this problem. I don't understand why I'm eating food I don't even like! Has it been gloomier than usual in the evenings? I ask because we've had grey skies for the last few days and I find I'm really having to fight snarfing things that aren't good for me, I don't like the taste of, and don't satisfy anyway (nothing worse than an over full stomach and the niggling whisper of 'feed me' still sounding in the back of your head). I wonder if those home tanning lamps you find sometimes will stimulate the pituitary enough to stop the blues. revek |
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I Feel So Rotten :(
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 01:13:33 -0500, "revek" wrote:
"Damsel in dis Dress" wrote in message ... I'll be talking with him later this evening, to try to work out a strategy for dealing with this problem. I don't understand why I'm eating food I don't even like! Has it been gloomier than usual in the evenings? I ask because we've had grey skies for the last few days and I find I'm really having to fight snarfing things that aren't good for me, I don't like the taste of, and don't satisfy anyway (nothing worse than an over full stomach and the niggling whisper of 'feed me' still sounding in the back of your head). I wonder if those home tanning lamps you find sometimes will stimulate the pituitary enough to stop the blues. Yeah, it's been rainy and grey and just plain icky the past few days. I keep the windows open, so I get as much natural light as possible. Of course, when we moved, I gave my full-spectrum light unit to my sister. I wonder if that's part of my problem. Yet another thing to ponder..... Thank you, Carol -- 226/196/150 October Challenge Goal - 191 http://photos.yahoo.com/carol_arie/ Atkins since January 26, 2003 Type 2 Diabetic since May 15, 2001 |
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I Feel So Rotten :(
In article , damsel-
says... I really don't know why I'm having such a hard time getting back into this. I have a fridge full of lettuce, cabbage, and broccoli, and I'm eating popcorn. I miss popcorn. Not because I'm on Atkins, but because, in the aftermath of 9/11/2001 I somehow managed to crack a tooth root (grinding/clenching). I could barely eat anything until I got it fixed. I already had crowns, and had to get a very expensive 3-crown bridge as a result. I've had to have some other dentalwork done in the last couple of years, too. The thought of cracking a tooth or even just putting too much pressure on it from an unpopped kernel is more than enough to keep me from indulging :-) I've developed something of an aversion to them for this reason, the same way I eventually developed an aversion to walnuts because they give me mouth ulcers. For that matter, I think that my sensitive teeth may have something to do with my general preference for poultry, fish & eggs as opposed to beef and pork, although I never was very big on meat in the first place. -- Saffire 205/187/125 Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 |
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I Feel So Rotten :(
In article , damsel-
says... As a lot of you know, I'm bipolar. One of my ongoing problems is that, nearly every afternoon or early evening, I'm plunged into an intolerable depression. My historical way of dealing with this has been to turn to comfort foods. This has probably occurred to you already, but just in case it hasn't, perhaps you need a natural light source later in the day. People with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) tend to get depressed during winter due to a lack of natural sunlight and are sometimes helped by special lighting. It couldn't hurt to try, anyway. I hope your back heals soon! It can be a real bitch. I remember someone saying once that there are 3 kinds of people: 1) people WITH back problems; 2) people who have HAD back problems; and 3) people who WILL have back problems. Sigh ... -- Saffire 205/187/125 Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 |
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I Feel So Rotten :(
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 22:03:35 -0500, Damsel in dis Dress
wrote: Does anyone have advice for dealing with eating to console my sorrow? It doesn't work. It only makes me feel worse. But somehow, I can't see that when I start shoveling the crap in. What if instead of eating you did something *else* with your hands like knitting or sewing or even crocheting. Ms.Jaime |
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I Feel So Rotten :(
In article ,
Damsel in dis Dress wrote: Yup, I'm one ****ed up bitch. And I loves ya. *bighugs* Miche (p and e) -- If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud. -- Arlo Guthrie, "Alice's Restaurant" |
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I Feel So Rotten :(
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:04:28 -0500, Damsel in dis Dress
wrote: I'll ask him how important it is for him to have popcorn. Maybe he'll give it away. Or, put it on the top shelf. I can't reach the second to top shelf in the kitchen, let alone the very top (the cupboards go all the way to the ceiling, and I'm 5'3"). We'll figure something out. I can't continue on this way. I'll let you know how it goes. Having him put his stash where you cannot reach it is a good idea. I am 5'3" myself and I tell my oldest if he wants certain things in the house then he had better put them where I cannot get to them. He puts things on the top of my 10 foot high china cabinet and even with my stepstool I could never reach them there. Ms.Jaime |
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