Guest guest Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 I am new to the group. I have occasional bouts of pain, however the fatigue causes me a lot of stress. I also become anxious and depressed over what it has done to my life. I retired on disability (I'm 57) because I have depression/anxiety and panic disorders. my Dr. said I'd do better with that diagnosis, rather than getting disability for FM I am financially stiffled. I feel so bad because I can't do much of anything. I was a teacher and very active in my former life...I am I get depressed because my 80 year old neighbor has more of a life than I do. Help!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 I may be able to help you in one aspect. The anxiety can be horrific, I know from experience. I started having anxiety attacks at the beginning of this year. It would happen when I woke up and was intense! I wake up several times a night so was having several anxiety attacks. After doing a lot of research I found a substance called GABA that you can get at a health food store. I took one a night, occasionally 2 if I woke up in the middle of the night with anxiety again, though it wasn’t as bad as before. I went through 1-1/2 bottles and haven’t needed it for a couple of weeks now. Bottom line is, it really works. I can’t say that often. The bright side for you is that you got to retire. I’m 51 and have taught most of my life; 11 years as a pre-school teacher, 10 years as a paraeducator for the severely learning impaired while I went back to college to become an elementary teacher. I was also taking care of my mom for 16 years…I’ve only gotten to sub as an elementary teacher and now can’t even do that. I’m working on getting disability and am really scared. I don’t know how we are going to get through this without losing our house. I pray a lot! Like you I was very active, always working on things in the house; painting, putting down flooring, etc. Now, I can’t do anything. I have projects piling up and I just look at them and often cry. It’s so frustrating. The house we moved to brought down our debts but it needs a lot of work. Silly me, I thought I could do a lot of that work. Life gives you thorns, not lemons (I love lemons :-) ) and what do you do with that? Big hugs, Jane _____ From: fibromyalgiacured [mailto:fibromyalgiacured ] On Behalf Of chsojo Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 11:20 AM To: fibromyalgiacured Subject: Fatigue I am new to the group. I have occasional bouts of pain, however the fatigue causes me a lot of stress. I also become anxious and depressed over what it has done to my life. I retired on disability (I'm 57) because I have depression/anxiety and panic disorders. my Dr. said I'd do better with that diagnosis, rather than getting disability for FM I am financially stiffled. I feel so bad because I can't do much of anything. I was a teacher and very active in my former life...I am I get depressed because my 80 year old neighbor has more of a life than I do. Help!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Thanks for you email. GABA sounds familiar. Good suggestion. I thank God every day that I don't have to work although the loss of income is hard. I can say out loud that this is my life and I have to go through it the best I can, however I have a hard time accepting it. Mom is in a nursing home. Taking care of her, going to work and facing my own conditions was to much. god Bless. --- Mike & Jane Gagner wrote: > I may be able to help you in one aspect. The > anxiety can be horrific, I > know from experience. I started having anxiety > attacks at the beginning of > this year. It would happen when I woke up and was > intense! I wake up > several times a night so was having several anxiety > attacks. After doing a > lot of research I found a substance called GABA that > you can get at a health > food store. I took one a night, occasionally 2 if I > woke up in the middle > of the night with anxiety again, though it wasn’t as > bad as before. I went > through 1-1/2 bottles and haven’t needed it for a > couple of weeks now. > Bottom line is, it really works. I can’t say that > often. > > The bright side for you is that you got to retire. > I’m 51 and have taught > most of my life; 11 years as a pre-school teacher, > 10 years as a > paraeducator for the severely learning impaired > while I went back to college > to become an elementary teacher. I was also taking > care of my mom for 16 > years…I’ve only gotten to sub as an elementary > teacher and now can’t even do > that. I’m working on getting disability and am > really scared. I don’t know > how we are going to get through this without losing > our house. I pray a > lot! Like you I was very active, always working on > things in the house; > painting, putting down flooring, etc. Now, I can’t > do anything. I have > projects piling up and I just look at them and often > cry. It’s so > frustrating. The house we moved to brought down our > debts but it needs a > lot of work. Silly me, I thought I could do a lot > of that work. > > Life gives you thorns, not lemons (I love lemons :-) > ) and what do you do > with that? > > Big hugs, > > Jane > > > > _____ > > From: fibromyalgiacured > [mailto:fibromyalgiacured ] On Behalf > Of chsojo > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 11:20 AM > To: fibromyalgiacured > Subject: Fatigue > > > > I am new to the group. > I have occasional bouts of pain, however the fatigue > causes me a lot of > stress. I also become anxious and depressed over > what it has done to my > life. I retired on disability (I'm 57) because I > have > depression/anxiety and panic disorders. my Dr. said > I'd do better with > that diagnosis, rather than getting disability for > FM I am financially > stiffled. I feel so bad because I can't do much of > anything. I was a > teacher and very active in my former life...I am I > get depressed > because my 80 year old neighbor has more of a life > than I do. Help!!!! > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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