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Tag Archives: Depression
Light Box?
The increasingly darkening days have led me into greater depression in winters past. That, and the fact that Northeastern Ohio has very few sunny days in the winter have me thinking about SAD or Seasonal Affective Disorder. Some people brush … Continue reading
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Tagged Bipolar, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Light box, Light Therapy, SAD, Season Affective Disorder
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Health Update
While some of my health issues are getting answered, other questions still remain. At the gynecologist’s, it was determined that my birth control, ParaGard, is the cause of my long, heavy, painful periods and that I need to take it … Continue reading
Depressed…Again
In the middle of all of the tests I have been going through, I find myself in another episode of depression. All I want to do is watch mindless t.v., if that. I can’t concentrate on anything, I feel like … Continue reading
Stupid
The idea for this post came to me about an hour ago and I knew I had to write it quickly for fear it would fall out of my brain. Be it depression, physical symptoms or a combination thereof I … Continue reading
Health Update #352
(In this post I write about specific medications I am taking. I do not endorse any of these drugs for anyone else. You may not have any of the side effects I have if you are taking these medications. What … Continue reading
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Tagged Bipolar, bipolar disease, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Effexor, Emily, Lamictal, Latuda, Zyprexa
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Depression: Here We Go Again
I can’t believe it but I am going through my third period of depression this year. I get a few weeks where I feel good and then the depression comes back. Depression for me feels like I am dragging a … Continue reading
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Tagged anemia, Bipolar, bipolar disease, Bipolar Disorder, BlogHer Conference'13, Depression, diabetes, pre-diabetes
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Lovely In Her Bones
I have been dealing with either Osteopenia or Osteoporosis for four years now. When I had my first bone density test I was classified as having Osteopenia. Despite calcium supplements, my next test (two years later because insurance won’t pay … Continue reading
Fat
Thanks to my psychiatric meds I’ve gained about thirty pounds this year. I feel so hungry all of the time and I never seem to feel full. The worst has been my binges on sweets. I know I have to … Continue reading
My 4th Blogiversary
My fourth blogiversary finds me very introspective with a feeling of uncertainty. It is not like my second anniversary post where I wrote with a feeling of empowerment and excitement of what was to come. Mental illness has been the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bipolar Disorder, Blogiversary, Depression, Emily, Mania, Mental Illness, Tyler
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Back!
My last post on February 11th about how bad my depression was was pretty grim. And things got worse as on February 13th I went in-patient at a Behavioral Health Care facility (that’s what they are calling the mental institutions … Continue reading
