Posted by tina on June 12, 2000, at 7:42:46
In reply to Re: NIKKI. JANICE!!!, posted by Janice on June 11, 2000, at 22:29:01
I believe that my dog has been eating too much human food. She's a biggie and gets up on the kitchen counter when we aren't looking. She's a sneaky bugger.
I'm sorry to hear that you are still having a hard time. I wish I could wave a magic wand and make it all disappear for you. I hope the lithium keeps up it's end of the bargain. I'm not sure what you can do for that ever-present OCD though. It's too bad the dexedrine is such a pain in the butt.
Thanks for keeping in touch and I'm sending you huge swords and knives and bows and arrows so you can kill that beast a thousand times over. Actually, the best way to kill those beasts is just to let them near my husbands feet with no socks on. Teeheehee.
I hope you have a good day, many hugs--Tina
> hi tina,
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> thanks for asking. the battle rages on against all the beasts, and I am winning on all fronts except 2.
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> The depression beast (the strongest and mightiest of all the beasts). The lithium is giving me 2 depression free weeks a month (it was giving me 3 a month ago and this worries me).
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> The OCD beast (previously believed to be a dead beast). The Dexedrine that I use for the ADHD (a tamed beast), has exacerbated my OCD ALOT -- I do it hours a day, I'm doing it to a degree that I have never even come closed to before. Constant, non-stop ocd'ing. no control. this beast has resurrected itself.
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> Plan A (the only plan) - Stop the dexedrine on a regular basis, and only use it when necessary (for filling out paper work, business meetings, making small talk at boring parties). The OCD should stop.
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> As for the depression beast, although it's only low grade, and even while depressed I am fully functioning and have great physical energy, it still destroys my life when I experience it. I honestly feel completely powerless over it. I guess I will continue with mood stabilizers (probably more lithium), and keep searching. My hope for killing this beast is low right now, as I am currently under its grips. Oh, how I despise it! It is the most evil and most powerful of all the beasts!
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> I am very homesick lately. I even miss the humidity.
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> Janice
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> ps my family is crazy, but crazy in a good way-- full of adventure and lots of fun.
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> ps I didn't know dogs could get hemorroids. Does this mean she's been eating too much human food?
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