Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Zoloft is an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) antidepressant. it's in the same "family" as Paxil, Prozac, etc. If the insomnia is secondary to depression it should be very helpful. Side effects are few and typically mild. Barbara (psychotherapist on board)Babs wrote: Hi Stacey, I did not get to read the messages from yesterday and just read yours and I feel so badly for you. I have heard of Zoloft, ____________________________________________________ IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Sometimes when we concentrate on others, we forget about all of our problems. These are just a few things that I do to keep myself from falling into that depression rut. Believe me, it is not a life when you live it all by yourself I'm not trying to discourage others, but do want people to realize that sometimes you do focus a lot on others and it still happens. I do several volunteer activities, church activities, etc. and it still happened. Just don't want people to feel guilty if they do still fall into a hole--but I do agree that doing these things helps a person a lot! Love, Babs wrote: Hi Stacey, I did not get to read the messages from yesterday and just read yours and I feel so badly for you. I have heard of Zoloft, but have never taken it myself. Have you looked on the internet to see what type of drug it is and the side effects. Whenever I get a new drug I do that just for me. I always feel better knowing all the side effects and how the drug works. Maybe you will too. Also it is hard to not become depressed especially during the winter. Hey all most of us have to do is sit in the house. We have to be afraid to go out for fear of falling. One thing, though, please don't hide yourself in the bedroom away from your kids. They need you no matter how you feel. And in a way, you need them too. That is one of the worst things we can do when we get depressed is shut out the whole world. It is so easy to become in what I call the safe mode when we are depressed. Please don't succumb to that. No matter how much you want to just go and be by yourself, don't do it. You will only sink deeper into depression. Instead start up a conversation with one of your kids. Ask them how their day went. Sometimes when we concentrate on others, we forget about all of our problems. These are just a few things that I do to keep myself from falling into that depression rut. Believe me, it is not a life when you live it all by yourself. If you want to write me, please feel free to do that. Take care and I will keep you in my prayers. Hugs, babs ____________________________________________________ IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 , I looked for a while online last night, and all the things I read seem to point to Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy. They do suggest this for diabetic patients as well, as foot problems have long been associated with diabetes as well. Please, please, ask your Dr. how to start this type of treatment. Hugs, Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 Hi Stacey, Good luck with your block next week. I do hope it works for you. I do believe too that you probably would have benefited more from blocks if they would have been done before this. But everyone is different and they just might work for you. I still get blocks from time to time now when I have a flareup so it is never too late to see if they will benefit you. They may not put you in remission but they could considerably calm down the pain. Take care and have a good night. Hugs, babs ____________________________________________________ IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 Stacey, I know....and thanks. Its just that I've heard the words "I don't care anymore", and "I give up" so many times lately, that the words dance thru my head when I DO actually get some sleep! Most of you on this list that posts, are fairly new to the RSD and the pain...the Mental and Emotional Ups and Downs of it....the Financial losses and problems....and the Treatments that are out there. Then, there are a few of us, that has already been thru the HELL of W/C...and has either won their cases, or, gotten so screwed that sitting down is way too painful! I got screwed over so bad this past summer by W/C, that even NOW, sitting down hurts! I went 2 1/2 years without meds, a doctor, treatments...anything except for being told that I was a malingering liar, that I was More Psychotic than any In-House Patient that this one Hospital has ever had (although 5 minutes later they let me walk out of the doors on my own), that I was just a Druggie (I'm actually not allowed to walk into 4 different ER's in my area anymore)....the works. BUT, I haven't given up! I'm in a group where we go and FIGHT the System....we write letters to the Media, Congress, Reps, the Senate and the House, the President.....WHOEVER that we think needs to have their heads pulled out of their butts, and actually SEE that there ARE Pain Patients out there that will fight for our rights! We write these letters constantly....we keep hounding our Reps, We will literally send hundreds and thousands of letters to those in the Media that decides to call us all Drug Addicts...and even to the DEA, telling them that no matter how many doctors they try to hang...We Will STILL fight to get our Pain Meds, and there is nothing that is going to stop us! Right now, I'm typing out a letter to ALL of those Reps, Senators and Congressmen from Iowa, including the President and Vice President.... The Pain Care Bill 1863 is STILL trying to get enough backing to go thru....and, the only way that is going to happen, is if we ALL wrote to our State Reps and Congressmen/women.... All you have to do, is type up your story, and the reason WHY you want this Bill to go thru...in your WordPad. Then, after you write it, save it! Send it to those people every single week!!! Most of them recieves Emails....and, if we keep hounding them, and harrassing them with the Emails constantly, ONE OF THESE TIMES, THEY WILL HAVE TO LISTEN!!! Now, look at the members here who have been dealing with the RSD, PLUS other medical problems that they have, that they've either had before RSD, or they got from genetics....or, that was Caused BY the RSD...for more than 5 years. Babs is one of them. What, 23 years now? She hasn't given up hope.....she is STILL hoping that one day there will be a cure, or, something that will help our pain A LOT better. is another....10 years now. PLUS Bone Cancer...and is unable to take ANY Pain Meds. Instead of giving up on life...she works security in her building, she helps take food to those in the building that can't get out.....or, she'll just go and try to cheer up someone. She even offered to help Sami for me with the Science homework...since she used to be a teacher. She finds things to keep herself busy and helping others, so that she has a REASON to get up every morning...whether she wants to or not. Deb G....what, 5 years now? And Jo and Felice. Instead of giving up, they started this wonderful group so that others can get help, or give help to those who needs it. Deb would do just about anything and everything she could, to help someone. lol, including putting up with me!! I've messed up royally here and there in the past 3 years....I've opened my mouth at times when I shouldn't of (like right now probably)....and, instead of chewing my ass out like it has needed it....she'll send me an email privately telling me what I did wrong, and, how or what I should do to correct the mistake. Jo has also helped quite a few people out, Financial Advice. With RSD, or ANY kind of Chronic Pain...unless you are as rich as Trump or Bill Gates....we ALL have found ourselves in Financial troubles. And Felice, she is a GREAT listener....which is why she is the Chat Momma. Then, there is also Deb 4++ ( I hope I got that right..) I know that she's been thru the Mill and back so many times....physically, mentally and emotionally, due to things in her life. SHE hasn't given up either. Sharon Roe...she lives in England...but, instead of giving up, she has thrown herself into research to help EVERYONE! She joined up with this older Gentleman, who's granddaughter was Dx'd with RSD years ago....and between the Two....Sharon has sent out Information on RSD, Chronic Pain of all types, PLUS Info she has gotten concerning OUR Health Care...to MILLIONS of People in the World. They have ALL found ways to help others...which, in turn, helps them forget their own pain and troubles at times. I found out while in the Psych Ward, that the BEST feeling in the world, is to help someone else that needs it worse than I needed it. Someone who has their whole life ahead of them....but, because of Drugs, ended up at the bottom of the hole they dug themselves. All you have to do Stacey, is find a way to help someone else.....whether its just one person, or, a group of people! Reach down deep inside of you, and find out what your strengths are. If you know of ways to help teens, make that your project. Single mothers....and ways that they can get help with their children, places to live, etc; I KNOW that deep down, you have the talents to help others out with things.....that you don't have to spend ANY money in doing so. All you have to do is come up with an idea....then, figure out who would be the BEST person that could help out.....talk that person into helping....and then volunteer yourself or time, to help keep the idea going. Tonia ____________________________________________________ IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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