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Re: Terribly Depressed....don't know what to do! RachelFrom: Jennifer (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu Feb 26 16:11:10 2004
One more immediate idea, it will seem silly but I got a cat from the pound last May and in the summer became sicker and sicker, more constantly. Honestly, my cat has been a real comfort. And if that is even an option, I would truly suggest it. They can be great company when you are really sick, and more housebound than not. You can get an automatic feeder and water if you are too ill to manage that every day. And if you need to go to the hospital for a few days, they are fine. Just a thought. Jennifer At Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Jennifer wrote: > >Hi Rachel, >Believe me, most of us know how lonely and desolate it can be... >pointless at moments. I'll confess there have been moments I seriously >thought of killing myself, stared at the knife ..I just couldn't take it >anymore.. the pain, the unknowns, the unrelenting nature, the fatigue, >nausea, vomiting, bowel & bladder issues... emotional fits, turning >into someone I didn't know or want to know -- Bite your tongue, and try >to think of the big picture. >1. Start working with your doctor to manage the pain front better... if >you aren't opposed, take narcotics. I do and it really helps. >2. Once it seeps into the emotional side, consider antidepressants.. I >was always rigourously opposed but trying them and think they have made >the difference in the last few weeks (and no I never confessed to my >doctor that I was really at the end of my rope..) >3. are you sleeping? can you sleep through the pain? talk with your >doctor about options, I tried a new pill and realized the difference of >sleeping a solid 6 hours instead of up and down all night with pain and >running to the toilet. >4. try to eat ... I know it is hard esp if you are nauseas or vomit >alot with the pain ... small amounts, even just a cracker. drinking >teas soothes my nerves, it helps me alot in some bizarre way...? (I also >have an anti nausea pill I take when I am vomitting too much... >metoclopramine...helps alot.) >5. failing to find friends to talk to, try writing a journal... just >to get some of the emotional frustration/pain out of you... and most of >us are very open to direct email correspondence... try to hang in >there. >Keep us posted, with care, >JenniferAt Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Lisa wrote: >> >>Julie, >>You are not alone!!!!! All of us have been there more than once. You >>have to find someone to talk to. I do not care if it is a 800 hotline >>or the waitress at Denny's. This forum is great for venting and getting >>info but you really need to get a support system for yourself. Maybe >>you could show this site to someone and then maybe they would understand >>you better. I know I have shut myself off from the world and it took my >>family to pull me back. You gotta let someone in to help you, and if >>you cannot, then please call your local hospital and find a help line in >>your area.You can do this and survive it!!! >>All my support, >>LisaK >> >>At Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Julie wrote: >>> >>>Rachel, >>> >>>I know it is hard, and I have been where you are. The longer you have >>>this disease, the better you will become at handling all the physical >>>and emotional pain. Remember that stress is your enemy, it does amplify >>>all the pain and make the disease worse. What I always try to do is >>>focus on what I can do, and forget about what I can't do. On the days >>>where you can barely get out of bed, take baby steps. Sit up for a >>>while. Take a short shower or bath to wash the grime off of you. Put >>>on clean clothes, pjs if that is all you feel up to wearing. Sit on >>>your porch and read a book, or move to the den and watch tv. Make sure >>>you eat regular meals with a lot of vegetables. Call someone and ask >>>them to bring you something if you can't get it yourself. Don't allow >>>the physical pain to manifest itself into emotional sorrow. Don't ever >>>give up. There are brighter days ahead, sometimes they are just so hard >>>to see when we are in those dark moments. Remember to focus on what you >>>can do, and forget about everything you can't do. Accept yourself as >>>you are, and don't get mad at yourself or the world or anybody else >>>because you can't do what you could a few years ago, or what everyone >>>else thinks is "normal." You will rise above this, it will not defeat >>>you. Don't give up hope ever!! I will pray for you that you find the >>>strength to get through the darkness and the courage to walk in the >>>light. Never give up, endometriosis is NOT worth that. >>> >>>God Bless, >>>Julie >>> >>>At Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Rachel wrote: >>>> >>>>I need to vent, hope you don't mind! I have no one else to talk to. And >>>>I honestly think if I don't figure out how to not feel this way I will >>>>kill myself like I almost did a couple of times a couple of years ago. >>>>It's bad enough being so sick that I can't evne get outta bed (even >>>>though I have been, and making myself terribly sick) and bad enough I >>>>have had absolutely no one to talks to and have on friends whatsoever. >>>>But someone said to me it could be worse, (I hate that phrase with a >>>>passion) And the funny thing, ever since then worse and worse things >>>>have bene happening in my life! I just don't know how to take it! I'm >>>>too phsyically sick to take all these emotinal probelsm, it's probably >>>>just making me sicker! I'm so confused, sick, exhausted (hardly slept at >>>>all lately cuz the pain is so bad) stressed, depressed! I just don't >>>>know how to hanlde it anymore! I woke up absoltely feeling sooooo >>>>horrible this morinng: phsyically and emotinally. And I have been >>>>bawling for the last two hours. I hate feeling like this! I can only >>>>take so much! All I can think about off and on a little the last couple >>>>of days, but non-stop today, is that I just want to be dead! Well if >>>>anyone has some advice, or know how I feel, feel free to write! > >-- >Jennifer >
-- Jennifer
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