August Ups and Downs Fighting Depression Thread

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    flower123's Avatarflower123 , 08-27-2018 02:23 PM
    Hi all
    i have not been here to read or post in a while. Lisa I am sorry you were having a difficult time. Pain coming up.... Glad you are doing better now. Re: remembering when you took meds, I often have to find creative ways to get around things. E.g. You writing down when you took the pills. I sometimes use a timer for things. When it goes off I have to remember why I set it in the first place, lol. It may take a few seconds, but I always DO remember. Might be something that you can do along with writing things down.

    IBelieveInMe2. So glad your daughter is doing well after the second surgery. Holding good thoughts for her. I hope things worked out well with her school schedule. And I do hope you can get some great help for your hip.

    hi to everyone else.

    I I have been slammed with unusual level of depression and anxiety. More than in decades. Food choices, calories and carbs could be worse. But they are too high for maintenance

    My AC broke. So I will not have that to get me through the current mini heatwave with high humidity. I figure this heatwave will only last 3 days. So I can go for that many nights of sporadic sleep. I have 2 fans. Next year at the beginning of the season I will get a new one when they are lower in price. Right now the remaining ones in stores are too expensive.

    On the the bright side, the birds are chirping. Summer is still summering. Everything outside still colorful. I LOVE growing season when all is full of life!

    I am hoping that everyone is doing well, Pat
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    VermontMom's AvatarVermontMom , 08-28-2018 07:23 AM
    Hello my friends!! Our Internet and phone issue are FINALLY fixed, a technician came out and found that the previous technician had put a metal staple right through a wire and it had rusted...jeez. oh well.


    Panda you are our inspiration for keeping to a workout routine, please tell us how good it makes you feel to help inspire those of us who have slacked so badly Hope you are doing well. I am very grateful to have you here, you are a constant poster for us and that is wonderful!! have a good day!


    Lisa thank you, you made me feel better just by reading that you wanted to make me feel better We finally had a break in the weather, a few days of comfortable-ness. I was able to sit at my desk and unstick all those bill envelopes and sent them off. I hope you get to the thrift store and have good luck! for me it is 'hit or miss' at the secondhand stores sometimes but when you 'hit' it's a score!! Have you had the gyn visit yet?? How is Elvira? My husband uses one of those weekly pill sorting boxes, I think I've seen them at the dollar store, if that would help iwth your meds? Thank you for you loving thoughts Lisa !


    flower oh wow I am so sorry that your a/c is not working, and yeah here we go again with the heat and humidity!! Hang in there!! I forget if I've told you all that again this summer, at work in the kitchen, I used the wet clothes method of staying slightly cooler, i wear black clothes (t shirt, capris) and get them WET and then the evaporation helps alot. Good thing no one hugs me LOL because it would feel like I was drippy wet with sweat, haha! But yes, we love summer don't we! i still haven't posted the pics I mean to, of my flowers, they are going gangbusters!! and we've eating 2 handfuls of cherry tomatoes a day, and getting 1 big tomato a day. Too bad I love the tomatoes most, on toasted bread with mayo and salt!! a big diet no no. Best wishes with your eating, im struggling too.


    Kathleen so glad to hear the operation was (fingers crossed) success!! and hope your daughter's schedule does not have to be changed. and yeah, what are the chances that I would get worse R@t B@stards for employers, haha!!


    Coop how are you my friend???
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    flower123's Avatarflower123 , 08-31-2018 03:00 AM
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    Originally Posted by VermontMom
    Hello my friends!! Our Internet and phone issue are FINALLY fixed, a technician came out and found that the previous technician had put a metal staple right through a wire and it had rusted...jeez. oh well.


    Panda you are our inspiration for keeping to a workout routine, please tell us how good it makes you feel to help inspire those of us who have slacked so badly Hope you are doing well. I am very grateful to have you here, you are a constant poster for us and that is wonderful!! have a good day!


    Lisa thank you, you made me feel better just by reading that you wanted to make me feel better We finally had a break in the weather, a few days of comfortable-ness. I was able to sit at my desk and unstick all those bill envelopes and sent them off. I hope you get to the thrift store and have good luck! for me it is 'hit or miss' at the secondhand stores sometimes but when you 'hit' it's a score!! Have you had the gyn visit yet?? How is Elvira? My husband uses one of those weekly pill sorting boxes, I think I've seen them at the dollar store, if that would help iwth your meds? Thank you for you loving thoughts Lisa !


    flower oh wow I am so sorry that your a/c is not working, and yeah here we go again with the heat and humidity!! Hang in there!! I forget if I've told you all that again this summer, at work in the kitchen, I used the wet clothes method of staying slightly cooler, i wear black clothes (t shirt, capris) and get them WET and then the evaporation helps alot. Good thing no one hugs me LOL because it would feel like I was drippy wet with sweat, haha! But yes, we love summer don't we! i still haven't posted the pics I mean to, of my flowers, they are going gangbusters!! and we've eating 2 handfuls of cherry tomatoes a day, and getting 1 big tomato a day. Too bad I love the tomatoes most, on toasted bread with mayo and salt!! a big diet no no. Best wishes with your eating, im struggling too.


    Kathleen so glad to hear the operation was (fingers crossed) success!! and hope your daughter's schedule does not have to be changed. and yeah, what are the chances that I would get worse R@t B@stards for employers, haha!!


    Coop how are you my friend???
    Holly, Glad they finally were able to dx and fix your internet problem. You went a long time without internet. i never thought about how hot it must be in the kitchen. Restaurant kitchens do not have AC. But they have hot stoves. fryers etc. Great idea re wetting the clothes! I have a small fan on my night stand, a stand fan by the foot of my bed.AND the window fan, lol. Oh it was rough at night upstairs. But now it is nice and cool. No fan in the window. Just the stand fan right now. Ahhhh luxury. The heat is bad enough. But when it is high humidity it gets too much for me without a/c.

    Tomatoes. YES !!! I eat then with low fat feta cheese. My friends live in Hardwick. He works in Williston. And he has a great garden. So he brings me vegetables. Cherry tomatoes on Tuesday and Wednesday,. SO GOOD! Are you harvesting more than tomatoes now? Sorry you too are struggling with the food issues right now. If I just didnt have a bag of peanutbutter puffs every day from Trader joes... And 1/4 cup of callabaut bittersweet chocolate callets every day, this body would be looking much better

    Hoping everyone is doing well. I made a lot of greeting cards today. So I felt somewhat productive. Now I have to force myself to listen to a 2 hour talk replay on the internet. wish me luck
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    VermontMom's AvatarVermontMom , 08-31-2018 06:26 AM
    good morning!! I made myself check here before even going to the bathroom sorry TMI!

    flower, well we wanted cooler weather, didn't we haha!!! IT'S 42 DEGREES HERE. Yeah. A fifty degree difference from 2 days ago! wow. I am gonna have to layer up for the motorcycle ride to work.

    I missed commenting on flower saying she was having higher incidence of depressive thoughts and anxiety lately, I am sorry to hear that!!!! I hope you are feeling better by now? what was the 2 hour talk replay about ? and what are your greeting cards like?? do you sell them?

    and Lisa feeling herself by now??

    virtual hugs to everyone here and hoping your day is good!!
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  •   #35  
    flower123's Avatarflower123 , 08-31-2018 11:14 PM
    Holly, I call it dedication when anyone would go here before heading to the bathroom.

    42 degrees? Ouch. Our predicted low in Burlington was 53. Idk whe the actual temp was. That must have been a big change riding your bike to work. Saturday AM will be warmer. Then, 80s and 90 is in the forecast With high humidity. Night temps, 72 & muggy

    Thanks for asking about the depression etc. lots of old compressed stuff is coming up for many people I know. But it's really part of healing process many people seem to be going through. So... I'm feeling in good company, sort of, lol. Hoping to wake up tomorrow in a poppy field with peanut butter and chocolate (and possibly caramel) within arm's reach.

    you asked about the cards i make. Greeting cards. Some are photographs of flowers and gardens. They are titled on the front. Then there are the smaller ones that are fanciful. Like my enchanted trees collection. Hard to explain. If I knew how to post photos, I would post pics of them, (for 24 hours). I give them as gifts and also for trade for services. But a woman on "the cape" wants to sell them. I hope you have a great weekend.

    I hope everyone has a great Saturday. Must September really come? I prefer a repeat of summer. With less humidity and more rain.

    Lisa, I hope you are doing okay
    waving hi to Panda
    h everyone else.
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    lisaloveshearts's Avatarlisaloveshearts , 09-01-2018 11:06 PM
    Jennifer's hospice rescue doggy passed away today. They had Patty 2 months. She really took a turn overnight so they put her down.

    It was lovely outside today.

    I hope you all are well.
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