Posted by galkeepinon on October 7, 2003, at 1:50:22
In reply to Re: ~THANK YOU!, posted by Festus on October 6, 2003, at 22:19:49
Howdy!! How nice it is of you to write this post!
I've been doing some 'house cleaning' so to speak. I'm handling things a lot better AND differently. I'm spending less time on the computer, and really opening up to my psychiatrist/therapist. When I asked him for referrals for a *psychologist* today, he was very kind and wanted to help me, told me not to worry about it right now as he and I have discussed that when I'm 'ready' and stopped resisting, that he would start taking a deeper approach~which I need. He taught me a coping exercise in the session today. My mood has been okay, I take Provera (progesterone) 7 days out of every month to induce a period *cringes* lol and it really makes me weepy. I had an episode last week where I was just crying about everything! I could tell something was 'off' because I wasn't really depressed to cause so much crying, BUT it could have been building up too you never know...
But the Provera worked, so now I'm feeling a little better. Yeah, I'm on Lexapro, Klonopin, Lamictal, and Flexeril~all low doses, but they work for me.
Yes, I have noticed a weight gain, but not by the scale, it's weird. It may have just been the PMS.
I gained a lot on the SSRI Prozac, and Lexapro is an SSRI too, soooooooooo, you get the point.
Send my wishes to your friend, I know the weight gain caused by Depakote~been there done that. I empathize with her!!
I'm doing what 'Femlite' suggested and I'm actually reporting back to her on Tuesday hehehe
Gave me a lot of good advice...
Hope you're doing good, you sound so positive, glad to hear it.
Thanks so much for your post, it means a lot!
Talk to you later,
Kristen
> Howdy Kristen!Told Ya I was gonna check up on you.What has been goin on witcha?Have you"made any moves"?How,s your mood lately?Did you say if you was on any meds?Just could not remember if you were takin SSRI,s or anything like that.They are known for making folks gain extra weight or hinder those trying to lose.One of my clients is on an athletes training regimen,both work-out wise and Diet-wise.She does all the right stuff,but can,t hardly lose any BF cause she has to take Depakote(nothing else works for her condition).Before you try Femlite,s"Diet",PLEASE talk to your doc first!!!I know she,s trying to help you but what works for her digestive tract may not work for yours.See Ya later,Festus
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