Posted by fallsfall on May 13, 2004, at 11:14:05
I'm finding that I am cutting back on my Babble involvement. I stopped reading Admin a while ago. These days I find that I'm not reading all of the posts on Psychological or Social. And I am responding less to those that I am reading.
I'm not quite sure why this is changing for me right now, but I would bet that my therapist thinks that it is a good thing. There are a number of possibilities -
1. My youngest has been giving me a really hard time about getting to school on time. Her dad and I have laid down the law. She must stay with me on school nights, and I will do whatever I have to to get her to school on time. This whole thing is really stressful. (Her principal told me that he thinks she needs counselling, so I'm trying to figure out how to talk her into that, too)
2. My oldest came back from France and was here for only 3 days. Before she came I tried to get some cleaning done (she is allergic to dust and dog hair). None of her friends were around, so when she was looking for company she called me! This was great (I really like her company) and stressful (she has much more energy than I do).
3. Med changes. I've dropped Strattera. I also stopped taking Ativan at bed time. I think that this means that I don't release tension from my muscles at night anymore - so my arms and legs and back have been very stiff and painful. I am trying to consciously relax all day. I also inadverently dropped my blood pressure and thyroid meds for some number of days (I know, my therapist wouldn't agree with the "inadvertently" part).
4. Progress (dare I say it??) in therapy has me looking more outward and forward than I have been.
I wanted to say that Babble has been critically important to me in the past (and will be so again in the future). I really do think this is a special group of people.
So, if I don't answer your post, please know that it doesn't mean that I don't like you or that I don't care. If you want me to read a particular post, either email me the URL (babble fallsfall - a hotmail account) or put my name in the subject - it will be a long time before I stop checking the boards! I also do love to get email (either URLs or just regular email)...
...Now where did I put that ice cream??
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