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In a message dated 1/22/03 4:07:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,

cool_mother_of_2@... writes:

> . i feel like shit, i wish i were dead, that type of thing. depression.

> the type that just eats up the medicine, i'm frustrated. i take 's

> successes and lack of

> successess personally. like if david's having a bad day it's my fault.

I've felt just that way. There are up and downs all the time with our kids.

Hope you are feeling better.

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In a message dated 1/22/03 4:07:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,

cool_mother_of_2@... writes:

> . i feel like shit, i wish i were dead, that type of thing. depression.

> the type that just eats up the medicine, i'm frustrated. i take 's

> successes and lack of

> successess personally. like if david's having a bad day it's my fault.

I've felt just that way. There are up and downs all the time with our kids.

Hope you are feeling better.

Hugs wendy

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downy wrinkle release rules...... awesome stuff

sorry i was screaming earlier, but i know what's going on. damn if

my lithium levels haven't bottomed out. i take my medicine

religiously, but my blood levels showed 0.0. (it's supposed to be

around 1.0) when the lithium isn't right, the antidepressants, and

anti anxiety meds don't work. i feel like shit, i wish i were dead,

that type of thing. depression. the type that just eats up the

medicine, i'm frustrated. i take 's successes and lack of

successess personally. like if david's having a bad day it's my

fault. or if david doesn't improve on My time table then it's my

fault. i feel like a coach who's watching a losing team. i know

this is wrong, i know logically that this isn't fair to david or to

me. i'm just so stressed out that i'm about to lose my marbles. i'm

just praying i don't have to go back to the looney bin. i go back to

the doctors tomorrow. i'm sorry to be talking about me me me, but

i'm in serious trouble. it just helps to vent whether anyone reads

this or not. but i'm really scared, this is the most unbalanced i've

ever felt in my life. thanks for letting me take up space in the

cyberworld. Kris

> I rarely ever iron! Marks shirts are all wash and wear. If they

wrinkle in

> the dryer, I toss a pair of clean wet, jockey's in with it and run

the dryer

> a bit longer. Presto!!

> Sue

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downy wrinkle release rules...... awesome stuff

sorry i was screaming earlier, but i know what's going on. damn if

my lithium levels haven't bottomed out. i take my medicine

religiously, but my blood levels showed 0.0. (it's supposed to be

around 1.0) when the lithium isn't right, the antidepressants, and

anti anxiety meds don't work. i feel like shit, i wish i were dead,

that type of thing. depression. the type that just eats up the

medicine, i'm frustrated. i take 's successes and lack of

successess personally. like if david's having a bad day it's my

fault. or if david doesn't improve on My time table then it's my

fault. i feel like a coach who's watching a losing team. i know

this is wrong, i know logically that this isn't fair to david or to

me. i'm just so stressed out that i'm about to lose my marbles. i'm

just praying i don't have to go back to the looney bin. i go back to

the doctors tomorrow. i'm sorry to be talking about me me me, but

i'm in serious trouble. it just helps to vent whether anyone reads

this or not. but i'm really scared, this is the most unbalanced i've

ever felt in my life. thanks for letting me take up space in the

cyberworld. Kris

> I rarely ever iron! Marks shirts are all wash and wear. If they

wrinkle in

> the dryer, I toss a pair of clean wet, jockey's in with it and run

the dryer

> a bit longer. Presto!!

> Sue

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{{{{{{{{{{Kris}}}}}}}}}}

Try to remember that there is nothing wrong with you - - just your

neurotransmitters. I'm glad you are seeing your doctor soon. Hopefully you

can get your brain chemistry straightened out. Think of it as diabetes for

the brain. No one would think any less of, or blame, a diabetic for needing

medical intervention. Ask the dh (and anyone else you can) for help while

you take care of yourself.

Re: Feeling overwhelmed

> downy wrinkle release rules...... awesome stuff

>

> sorry i was screaming earlier, but i know what's going on. damn if

> my lithium levels haven't bottomed out. i take my medicine

> religiously, but my blood levels showed 0.0. (it's supposed to be

> around 1.0) when the lithium isn't right, the antidepressants, and

> anti anxiety meds don't work. i feel like shit, i wish i were dead,

> that type of thing. depression. the type that just eats up the

> medicine, i'm frustrated. i take 's successes and lack of

> successess personally. like if david's having a bad day it's my

> fault. or if david doesn't improve on My time table then it's my

> fault. i feel like a coach who's watching a losing team. i know

> this is wrong, i know logically that this isn't fair to david or to

> me. i'm just so stressed out that i'm about to lose my marbles. i'm

> just praying i don't have to go back to the looney bin. i go back to

> the doctors tomorrow. i'm sorry to be talking about me me me, but

> i'm in serious trouble. it just helps to vent whether anyone reads

> this or not. but i'm really scared, this is the most unbalanced i've

> ever felt in my life. thanks for letting me take up space in the

> cyberworld. Kris

>

>

>

> > I rarely ever iron! Marks shirts are all wash and wear. If they

> wrinkle in

> > the dryer, I toss a pair of clean wet, jockey's in with it and run

> the dryer

> > a bit longer. Presto!!

> > Sue

>

>

>

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{{{{{{{{{{Kris}}}}}}}}}}

Try to remember that there is nothing wrong with you - - just your

neurotransmitters. I'm glad you are seeing your doctor soon. Hopefully you

can get your brain chemistry straightened out. Think of it as diabetes for

the brain. No one would think any less of, or blame, a diabetic for needing

medical intervention. Ask the dh (and anyone else you can) for help while

you take care of yourself.

Re: Feeling overwhelmed

> downy wrinkle release rules...... awesome stuff

>

> sorry i was screaming earlier, but i know what's going on. damn if

> my lithium levels haven't bottomed out. i take my medicine

> religiously, but my blood levels showed 0.0. (it's supposed to be

> around 1.0) when the lithium isn't right, the antidepressants, and

> anti anxiety meds don't work. i feel like shit, i wish i were dead,

> that type of thing. depression. the type that just eats up the

> medicine, i'm frustrated. i take 's successes and lack of

> successess personally. like if david's having a bad day it's my

> fault. or if david doesn't improve on My time table then it's my

> fault. i feel like a coach who's watching a losing team. i know

> this is wrong, i know logically that this isn't fair to david or to

> me. i'm just so stressed out that i'm about to lose my marbles. i'm

> just praying i don't have to go back to the looney bin. i go back to

> the doctors tomorrow. i'm sorry to be talking about me me me, but

> i'm in serious trouble. it just helps to vent whether anyone reads

> this or not. but i'm really scared, this is the most unbalanced i've

> ever felt in my life. thanks for letting me take up space in the

> cyberworld. Kris

>

>

>

> > I rarely ever iron! Marks shirts are all wash and wear. If they

> wrinkle in

> > the dryer, I toss a pair of clean wet, jockey's in with it and run

> the dryer

> > a bit longer. Presto!!

> > Sue

>

>

>

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{{{{{{{{{{Kris}}}}}}}}}}

Try to remember that there is nothing wrong with you - - just your

neurotransmitters. I'm glad you are seeing your doctor soon. Hopefully you

can get your brain chemistry straightened out. Think of it as diabetes for

the brain. No one would think any less of, or blame, a diabetic for needing

medical intervention. Ask the dh (and anyone else you can) for help while

you take care of yourself.

Re: Feeling overwhelmed

> downy wrinkle release rules...... awesome stuff

>

> sorry i was screaming earlier, but i know what's going on. damn if

> my lithium levels haven't bottomed out. i take my medicine

> religiously, but my blood levels showed 0.0. (it's supposed to be

> around 1.0) when the lithium isn't right, the antidepressants, and

> anti anxiety meds don't work. i feel like shit, i wish i were dead,

> that type of thing. depression. the type that just eats up the

> medicine, i'm frustrated. i take 's successes and lack of

> successess personally. like if david's having a bad day it's my

> fault. or if david doesn't improve on My time table then it's my

> fault. i feel like a coach who's watching a losing team. i know

> this is wrong, i know logically that this isn't fair to david or to

> me. i'm just so stressed out that i'm about to lose my marbles. i'm

> just praying i don't have to go back to the looney bin. i go back to

> the doctors tomorrow. i'm sorry to be talking about me me me, but

> i'm in serious trouble. it just helps to vent whether anyone reads

> this or not. but i'm really scared, this is the most unbalanced i've

> ever felt in my life. thanks for letting me take up space in the

> cyberworld. Kris

>

>

>

> > I rarely ever iron! Marks shirts are all wash and wear. If they

> wrinkle in

> > the dryer, I toss a pair of clean wet, jockey's in with it and run

> the dryer

> > a bit longer. Presto!!

> > Sue

>

>

>

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> me. i'm just so stressed out that i'm about to lose my marbles. i'm

> just praying i don't have to go back to the looney bin. i go back to

> the doctors tomorrow. i'm sorry to be talking about me me me, but

> i'm in serious trouble. it just helps to vent whether anyone reads

> this or not. but i'm really scared, this is the most unbalanced i've

> ever felt in my life. thanks for letting me take up space in the

> cyberworld. Kris

Vent away, Kris, it's what we're here for.

If you need to go to the hospital to get things straightened out, well, I'm

sorry things are so bad but I'm SO GLAD you are seeing your doctor and

working to get yourself better, and it sounds like you're going to do what

you have to do. Others here have been there. The way I see it, those

services are available for good reason, and we should use them when we need

them!

I really hope things get better for you fast. Let us know when you can, OK?

I'll be thinking of you.

-Sara.

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> me. i'm just so stressed out that i'm about to lose my marbles. i'm

> just praying i don't have to go back to the looney bin. i go back to

> the doctors tomorrow. i'm sorry to be talking about me me me, but

> i'm in serious trouble. it just helps to vent whether anyone reads

> this or not. but i'm really scared, this is the most unbalanced i've

> ever felt in my life. thanks for letting me take up space in the

> cyberworld. Kris

Vent away, Kris, it's what we're here for.

If you need to go to the hospital to get things straightened out, well, I'm

sorry things are so bad but I'm SO GLAD you are seeing your doctor and

working to get yourself better, and it sounds like you're going to do what

you have to do. Others here have been there. The way I see it, those

services are available for good reason, and we should use them when we need

them!

I really hope things get better for you fast. Let us know when you can, OK?

I'll be thinking of you.

-Sara.

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> me. i'm just so stressed out that i'm about to lose my marbles. i'm

> just praying i don't have to go back to the looney bin. i go back to

> the doctors tomorrow. i'm sorry to be talking about me me me, but

> i'm in serious trouble. it just helps to vent whether anyone reads

> this or not. but i'm really scared, this is the most unbalanced i've

> ever felt in my life. thanks for letting me take up space in the

> cyberworld. Kris

Vent away, Kris, it's what we're here for.

If you need to go to the hospital to get things straightened out, well, I'm

sorry things are so bad but I'm SO GLAD you are seeing your doctor and

working to get yourself better, and it sounds like you're going to do what

you have to do. Others here have been there. The way I see it, those

services are available for good reason, and we should use them when we need

them!

I really hope things get better for you fast. Let us know when you can, OK?

I'll be thinking of you.

-Sara.

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> Hi,

>

> I don't work outside the house, but I am totally with you on this!

I

> am surrounded by people who " have it together " and I most certainly

> do not. I may get it together for a day or two but then it all

falls

> apart again!

>

> Flylady helps a lot here. I don't follow it religiously but I

learned

> how to declutter and how to tackle one room or even one task at a

> time. It's an amazing sense of accomplishment when I get one room

or

> even one task done.

>

> On lazy days I am very bad at doing laundry and dumping the clean

> basket on the couch until you can't tell there *is* a couch there.

> Flylady insists that " laundry isn't done until it's put away " , and

> I've figured out that putting away each small basket of laundry as

it

> comes out of the dryer is much easier in the long run than waiting

> for all of my loads to get done and then trying to tackle it.

>

> I will usually do laundry and then seperate it out between mine and

> hubbys, ds's and dd's. Then I seperate them again into piles in

each

> bedroom between what needs to be hung up and what needs to be

folded

> into drawers. It really helps me to break it up into smaller pieces

> so it doesn't look so huge and time consuming.

>

> I just did this this morning with all the migrant toys in the

living

> room. When I was finished I had two very big bags of toys for each

> room that I just carried back and dropped in the doorway to be put

> away later. It took me 10 minutes to seperate them out. The kids

can

> help with this too. They know what's theirs and what isn't! (I hear

> about it all day long!)

>

> Flylady's site is at http://www.flylady.net/index.asp. She has an

> email list which was helpful for me in the beginning but way too

much

> to keep up with once I got the system down. I read things off her

> webpage now.

>

> Another site I *love* when I'm feeling overwhelmed is A Magical

> Childhood. This mama has it *together*, and she has wonderful

crafts

> and activities for the kids. She's very inspiring even when I'm at

> my worst. She's at http://www.magicalchildhood.com

>

> (((Hugs))) You definitely aren't alone. Just take it one thing at a

> time!

>

> a

>

> " No matter what we do/No matter what we say/We're the song inside

the

> tune/Full of beautiful mistakes/And everywhere we go, the sun will

> always shine/And tomorrow we might wake on the other side. "

> Aguilera- " Beautiful "

Thanks! That helps put things in perspective. Sometimes I just get

so darned frustrated. I can't have the house I wanna have, and am

not yet at a place where I can accept the house I have. I want the

Brady Bunch House. You know, six kids and spotless. Everything has

a place. (Yeah, I know, they had Alice)

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> Hi,

>

> I don't work outside the house, but I am totally with you on this!

I

> am surrounded by people who " have it together " and I most certainly

> do not. I may get it together for a day or two but then it all

falls

> apart again!

>

> Flylady helps a lot here. I don't follow it religiously but I

learned

> how to declutter and how to tackle one room or even one task at a

> time. It's an amazing sense of accomplishment when I get one room

or

> even one task done.

>

> On lazy days I am very bad at doing laundry and dumping the clean

> basket on the couch until you can't tell there *is* a couch there.

> Flylady insists that " laundry isn't done until it's put away " , and

> I've figured out that putting away each small basket of laundry as

it

> comes out of the dryer is much easier in the long run than waiting

> for all of my loads to get done and then trying to tackle it.

>

> I will usually do laundry and then seperate it out between mine and

> hubbys, ds's and dd's. Then I seperate them again into piles in

each

> bedroom between what needs to be hung up and what needs to be

folded

> into drawers. It really helps me to break it up into smaller pieces

> so it doesn't look so huge and time consuming.

>

> I just did this this morning with all the migrant toys in the

living

> room. When I was finished I had two very big bags of toys for each

> room that I just carried back and dropped in the doorway to be put

> away later. It took me 10 minutes to seperate them out. The kids

can

> help with this too. They know what's theirs and what isn't! (I hear

> about it all day long!)

>

> Flylady's site is at http://www.flylady.net/index.asp. She has an

> email list which was helpful for me in the beginning but way too

much

> to keep up with once I got the system down. I read things off her

> webpage now.

>

> Another site I *love* when I'm feeling overwhelmed is A Magical

> Childhood. This mama has it *together*, and she has wonderful

crafts

> and activities for the kids. She's very inspiring even when I'm at

> my worst. She's at http://www.magicalchildhood.com

>

> (((Hugs))) You definitely aren't alone. Just take it one thing at a

> time!

>

> a

>

> " No matter what we do/No matter what we say/We're the song inside

the

> tune/Full of beautiful mistakes/And everywhere we go, the sun will

> always shine/And tomorrow we might wake on the other side. "

> Aguilera- " Beautiful "

Thanks! That helps put things in perspective. Sometimes I just get

so darned frustrated. I can't have the house I wanna have, and am

not yet at a place where I can accept the house I have. I want the

Brady Bunch House. You know, six kids and spotless. Everything has

a place. (Yeah, I know, they had Alice)

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> Hi,

>

> I don't work outside the house, but I am totally with you on this!

I

> am surrounded by people who " have it together " and I most certainly

> do not. I may get it together for a day or two but then it all

falls

> apart again!

>

> Flylady helps a lot here. I don't follow it religiously but I

learned

> how to declutter and how to tackle one room or even one task at a

> time. It's an amazing sense of accomplishment when I get one room

or

> even one task done.

>

> On lazy days I am very bad at doing laundry and dumping the clean

> basket on the couch until you can't tell there *is* a couch there.

> Flylady insists that " laundry isn't done until it's put away " , and

> I've figured out that putting away each small basket of laundry as

it

> comes out of the dryer is much easier in the long run than waiting

> for all of my loads to get done and then trying to tackle it.

>

> I will usually do laundry and then seperate it out between mine and

> hubbys, ds's and dd's. Then I seperate them again into piles in

each

> bedroom between what needs to be hung up and what needs to be

folded

> into drawers. It really helps me to break it up into smaller pieces

> so it doesn't look so huge and time consuming.

>

> I just did this this morning with all the migrant toys in the

living

> room. When I was finished I had two very big bags of toys for each

> room that I just carried back and dropped in the doorway to be put

> away later. It took me 10 minutes to seperate them out. The kids

can

> help with this too. They know what's theirs and what isn't! (I hear

> about it all day long!)

>

> Flylady's site is at http://www.flylady.net/index.asp. She has an

> email list which was helpful for me in the beginning but way too

much

> to keep up with once I got the system down. I read things off her

> webpage now.

>

> Another site I *love* when I'm feeling overwhelmed is A Magical

> Childhood. This mama has it *together*, and she has wonderful

crafts

> and activities for the kids. She's very inspiring even when I'm at

> my worst. She's at http://www.magicalchildhood.com

>

> (((Hugs))) You definitely aren't alone. Just take it one thing at a

> time!

>

> a

>

> " No matter what we do/No matter what we say/We're the song inside

the

> tune/Full of beautiful mistakes/And everywhere we go, the sun will

> always shine/And tomorrow we might wake on the other side. "

> Aguilera- " Beautiful "

Thanks! That helps put things in perspective. Sometimes I just get

so darned frustrated. I can't have the house I wanna have, and am

not yet at a place where I can accept the house I have. I want the

Brady Bunch House. You know, six kids and spotless. Everything has

a place. (Yeah, I know, they had Alice)

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>

>

> > Do any of you have success in balancing parenting, full time job,

AND

> > clean house? If the answer is " Yes " , could any of you give me

tips?

>

>

> I jsut wanted to tell you...I am a SAHM to ONE kid, with a husband

present

> and accounted for, and I can't keep up with all the things you are

expecting

> of yourself.

>

> I don't do " cool " stuff with my kid. I'm lucky if he gets fed,

watered, and

> played with. My house is constantly on the verge of falling apart.

>

> For me, the fact that you are working full time to support your

family on

> your own, and keeping your two kids, one of whom has asd, fed,

watered,

> busy, and clothed is something deserving of just the utmost respect.

>

> You love them and you are doing the very best you can do. There's

nothing

> more you 'need' to do than that. You are a totally positive role

model.

> The hell with the laundry. Good point. Thanks! Why do we always

see the least in ourselves when everyone else can see the most?

>

> JMHO

>

> Jacquie

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>

>

> > Do any of you have success in balancing parenting, full time job,

AND

> > clean house? If the answer is " Yes " , could any of you give me

tips?

>

>

> I jsut wanted to tell you...I am a SAHM to ONE kid, with a husband

present

> and accounted for, and I can't keep up with all the things you are

expecting

> of yourself.

>

> I don't do " cool " stuff with my kid. I'm lucky if he gets fed,

watered, and

> played with. My house is constantly on the verge of falling apart.

>

> For me, the fact that you are working full time to support your

family on

> your own, and keeping your two kids, one of whom has asd, fed,

watered,

> busy, and clothed is something deserving of just the utmost respect.

>

> You love them and you are doing the very best you can do. There's

nothing

> more you 'need' to do than that. You are a totally positive role

model.

> The hell with the laundry. Good point. Thanks! Why do we always

see the least in ourselves when everyone else can see the most?

>

> JMHO

>

> Jacquie

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>

>

> > Do any of you have success in balancing parenting, full time job,

AND

> > clean house? If the answer is " Yes " , could any of you give me

tips?

>

>

> I jsut wanted to tell you...I am a SAHM to ONE kid, with a husband

present

> and accounted for, and I can't keep up with all the things you are

expecting

> of yourself.

>

> I don't do " cool " stuff with my kid. I'm lucky if he gets fed,

watered, and

> played with. My house is constantly on the verge of falling apart.

>

> For me, the fact that you are working full time to support your

family on

> your own, and keeping your two kids, one of whom has asd, fed,

watered,

> busy, and clothed is something deserving of just the utmost respect.

>

> You love them and you are doing the very best you can do. There's

nothing

> more you 'need' to do than that. You are a totally positive role

model.

> The hell with the laundry. Good point. Thanks! Why do we always

see the least in ourselves when everyone else can see the most?

>

> JMHO

>

> Jacquie

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> Do any of you have success in balancing parenting, full time job, AND

> clean house? If the answer is " Yes " , could any of you give me tips?

I jsut wanted to tell you...I am a SAHM to ONE kid, with a husband present

and accounted for, and I can't keep up with all the things you are expecting

of yourself.

I don't do " cool " stuff with my kid. I'm lucky if he gets fed, watered, and

played with. My house is constantly on the verge of falling apart.

For me, the fact that you are working full time to support your family on

your own, and keeping your two kids, one of whom has asd, fed, watered,

busy, and clothed is something deserving of just the utmost respect.

You love them and you are doing the very best you can do. There's nothing

more you 'need' to do than that. You are a totally positive role model.

The hell with the laundry.

JMHO

Jacquie

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> my lithium levels haven't bottomed out. i take my medicine

> religiously, but my blood levels showed 0.0.

Have you been sick, like vomiting or the runs, or have you been exercising

hard or sweating for some other reason? That can seriously fuck your blood

levels.

Did your doc increase your dosage?

>i take 's successes and lack of

> successess personally. like if david's having a bad day it's my

> fault. or if david doesn't improve on My time table then it's my

> fault.

Oh, Kris. That's a sure path to crazyville.

is autistic, yes. needs a lot of support and help, yes. But

is HIS OWN PERSON, nonetheless, and he's going to have bad days

whether you are supermom that day or not. Our kids have a right to their

shitty moods just like the rest of us. It's not your fault.

>i'm sorry to be talking about me me me, but

> i'm in serious trouble. it just helps to vent whether anyone reads

> this or not.

You're right. It does help. And around here, we know where you're coming

from. Vent all you want to.

but i'm really scared, this is the most unbalanced i've

> ever felt in my life. thanks for letting me take up space in the

> cyberworld.

Kris, you know I'm rapid cycling too. If you want to write me offlist and

really vent on BP, PLEASE DO. Because I've been there, and I'll be there

again, and I would be glad to listen and do whatever I can to help you

through a bottomed-out lithium level.

Jacquie

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