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Posted by Penny on July 7, 2003, at 13:15:57
I see the substitute therapist tomorrow and then go to the sleep clinic AND my pdoc on Friday.
And my lil' brother comes to visit Friday night. Though it will be nice seeing him, it will also be frustrating because I usually use my weekends to recover from the week (usually achieved through sleep). With him here, I won't have that chance, at least not until Sunday evening.
And I, once again, didn't get a thing accomplished over the weekend. Thought I might be at least somewhat productive yesterday, but then my roommate left the house at about 3 and I laid down to take a nap, even set my alarm so I wouldn't sleep long, but turned off the alarm and went back to bed. Slept until 7:30 p.m. or so. What a waste of my weekend.
It's no wonder I can't get anything done.
Then, still slept pretty soundly last night, but have already taken a nap at work today. Couldn't help it. I am so sleepy...
This sucks.
Hope everyone is hangin' in.
P
Posted by sienna on July 7, 2003, at 14:05:11
In reply to Only Monday and I can't wait for this week to end, posted by Penny on July 7, 2003, at 13:15:57
HI Penny,
I know that feeling realy well to. Sometime it helps me to just do one thing then reward myslef becuase its hard for me to be productve to. I like to sleep a LOT and left to my own devises i can sleep the whole time away. If i stay withmy boyfriend he wakes up in the mornign and makes me get up but at home i just stay in bed.
Im sorry youve got so mcuh stuff goingon.
ANyway its nice to meet you , im sienna i used to post a lot, but havnt latly.
sienna
Posted by fallsfall on July 7, 2003, at 20:07:31
In reply to Only Monday and I can't wait for this week to end, posted by Penny on July 7, 2003, at 13:15:57
Penny,
Wanting to sleep all the time is the pits! I just wanted the world to go away and stop interfering with my sleeping. Finally I added Provigil and Strattera to my combination and it really has helped.
Sometimes I try to motivate myself to do 10 minutes worth of housework by playing computer games for 30 minutes. (Hmmm, does that seem a little backwards?)
Hey, if you sleep enough the week will fly by!
Posted by Penny on July 7, 2003, at 20:57:58
In reply to Re: Only Monday and I can't wait for this week to end » Penny, posted by fallsfall on July 7, 2003, at 20:07:31
> Wanting to sleep all the time is the pits! I just wanted the world to go away and stop interfering with my sleeping. Finally I added Provigil and Strattera to my combination and it really has helped.
See the pdoc on Friday and I may ask him about Strattera. I believe he briefly mentioned it to me last time but didn't see it as a viable option for me - but I'm not sure.
Have tried Provigil which worked wonders for a while, then we increased the dose, then it worked again, then stopped, then we increased the dose to the max, then it worked a while then stopped. Now I'm off of it, b/c it just completely stopped working for me. :-( Very frustrating!!!!!!
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> Sometimes I try to motivate myself to do 10 minutes worth of housework by playing computer games for 30 minutes. (Hmmm, does that seem a little backwards?)Hee hee! That sounds like a wonderful compromise! I go to work in the morning now and say to myself: "Self, do the most unpleasant task first (which is a toss-up b/c I pretty much hate everything I have to do), then you can either (a) take a brief nap or (b) play text twist on shockwave.com." I feel so completely guilty. But at least I seem to be getting SOMETHING done these days.
> Hey, if you sleep enough the week will fly by!
Veeeerrrryyyy true. I keep hoping I'll just go to sleep and wake up one day and all of the bad stuff will be behind me. Hasn't happened yet.
How are you?
Posted by fallsfall on July 8, 2003, at 8:42:38
In reply to Re: Only Monday and I can't wait for this week to » fallsfall, posted by Penny on July 7, 2003, at 20:57:58
Penny,
I found that either Strattera or Provigil didn't do enough on their own, but if I take BOTH it makes a big difference. No idea why... Had to get through some nausea issues (Ginger capsules work well) as I upped the doses.
As I separate from my old therapist (she's going to call today when she finds out I cancelled all of my future appointments - this is a major stresser) I am feeling better. I started the Strattera/Provigil in February and I could tell that it was helpful, but my stress level was so high that I still couldn't do anything. Slowly, as I move on with my new therapist the stress is starting to go down. I know that the dependency problem is my pathology - my old therapist isn't evil, she just couldn't handle my issue.
So the good news is that I have a ton of stuff going on - my college daughter and friends showed up on Sunday, so I had to do some (not all) cleaning and cook for 8 - Trying to get things arranged for my youngest to go to camp 7 hours away (the train looks good to me). My sister will take her for the weekend between sessions (yeah!!!) - My son failed the written part of his driving test (some day he may learn that it is worth studying once in a while), he'll try again today - trying to find out how much my insurance company will pay for my new (out of network) therapist - Change Thursday's therapy appointment so I can go to the make up class for my cake decorating class - Dogs have haircuts on Thursday.
I'm sure there's more. But the good news is that, while this is a ton for me to do, I can actually make a list (that was too overwhelming before), and do stuff on the list.
Oh, yeah, there is one more thing - I will need to TALK TO MY OLD THERAPIST (on the phone) about why I'm not coming in any more. AHHHHHHHHHHHH.
So, there is hope. Hope is a very good thing.
Things will get better for you. You are optimistic and a fighter. You won't let them NOT get better. But wouldn't it be nice if it wasn't such a fight?
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