Re: Re: NEW MEMBER - HI EVERYONE!!

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The hardest part of bi-polar and fibro is that the medications for one can

affect the meds for the other. My fibro doc took me off one of my bi-polar

drugs to try a different seretonin drug... big mistake, when I went to med

management for bi-polar, she put the drug back as I had changed to a non

seretonin for fibro. I'm having a hard time keeping these things separate.

I ended up in a cardiac unit a week ago - direct entry from an emergency care

center, the stress and pain of what is going on led to a 'muscle contraction in

the heart " ... but they tested me and said I was healhy and to go home and eat

low fat low cholesteral.

It gave me significant pause, though, I never had anything wrong with blood

pressure, cholesteral, etc. I think one of the things I hear from the board

here and one thing that I suffer from is an inability to relax for any length of

time without focusing on the pain. When I feel that depression growing my

interest in doing anything that could naturally improve my mood goes away. I'm

trying to change behavior to focus on anything other than how sorry I feel for

myself. Any clues on how to do this?

I know it's bad, but there is always someone with worse circumstance.

prazsue wrote:

Welcome to the group Leta.

Sometimes it does seem like a catch 22..or as I call it..a vicious

circle.

The bi polar is something I never thought I was untill recently. I

can almost feel the hopelessness wash over me..always when I'm in a

fibro flare and it adds to the depression. The pain causes the

depression for me and then the bleak..hopeless feeling but once the

flare lets up..It's up and away I go!

I'm sorry you have all the other issures to cause you stress. If

you're on disability..you can't get medicaid or medicare? As the

saying goes, only the rich can afford to be sick.

But you're hanging in there..looking for the brighter side..you

daughter!

Good luck and gentle hugs,

Sue

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> Hi, my name is Leta and I live just outside of Richmond, VA. I am

40 and

> I am a single mother of a 10 yr old daughter. I have been

diagnosed with

> fibro and lupus for about 4 years now and I am also bipolar and

have

> hypothyroidism. I won't go into details about all the ups and

downs of

> life before this group, but anyone is free to ask me anything as I

am a

> very open person. Currently, I am taking only plaquenil for

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