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anxiety strategies
had a fabulous evening with my dear friend who moved away from St. Louis two and a half years ago. she was in town visiting her parents. she's dealt with anxiety more than I have (depression is more my forte) so I asked … -
weight fluctuation and self-love: perspectives from a feminist and child-sexual-assault survivor
I've had disordered eating (probably not severe enough to categorize as an eating disorder, but maybe) since my dad quit sexually abusing me around when I hit puberty. I hated my body for betraying me. (in a twisted way… -
cold & crazy & crying
I was in the mood to get caught up with Facebook. So it's 6 in the morning and I'm still up. I'm wondering if I remembered to take my Abilify (bipolar med) the night before last. I haven't been struck with the stay-up-al… -
warming my heart
I had an amazing tarot reading last week. I have started a post about it - complete with images - but it's not done yet. there was a lot of fire - a lot of wands - a lot of backbone and alignment and action and will t… -
who am I, post [ex-husband]?
I was thinking about this yesterday, who am I after my divorce? I was who I wanted to be in that relationship (not completely, not always, but still in large ways I was) and then, he vanished. (He became a woman and brok… -
44 lbs
That's how much weight I've released since last fall. I'm in utter amazement. It hasn't even been hard. I've made 5 medication changes that have impacted my weight. 1) I started taking Cytomel for low thyroid. 2) I st… -
Lamictal and other muddied waters
In case anyone else was wondering why I didn't tell my psychiatrist about the rash I had that seems like it was caused by the Lamictal, I failed to mention on here that I did actually talk to him about it last Monday.… -
Chicago
I am heading up to Chicago today for a very quick trip, returning tomorrow. I'm going to support the fundraiser for Diana's Grove for the land crisis. My washing machine isn't working. It stopped mid-cycle, full … -
another bad day on medication
Lamictal - I'm still itchy, more itchy actually. The rash has spread. I did more reading about the deadly version of the rash and I'm pretty close to quitting taking it. I'm worried about how we're going to treat the bip… -
wheee!
I just joined FaceBook and am finding lots of people I'd lost touch with. How fun! I took a walk with my mom tonight after dinner. Just around the block but it was good to move. At the reunion, we walked everywhere aro…
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