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<blockquote data-quote="bertie" data-source="post: 176643" data-attributes="member: 965"><p>Oh jisduit, I'm so sorry - someone once said that God only gives these children to people who can handle it, but I begin to wonder - at what price?</p><p></p><p>Yes, the calls and text msgs from girlfriend's family can greatly add to my stress. Her mom is VERY understanding, has been quite supportive and at times when I tell her I can't take it, she tells her dtr not to contact me. </p><p></p><p>Re Klonopin - I started taking that 15 years ago when my first son died (prescribed by my doctor at the time, aargh) and have been taking the same dose - one pill - every night since then. However, I have been slowly getting off of several medications over the past few months (Gabitril, Benadryl and a couple others) and made up my mind last month that I am going to BEAT THE KLONOPIN HABIT. So I've slowly been weaning myself off of it, am going down to half a pill every night starting next week and four weeks after that, I expect to be DONE with it! Yah! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> What's helping me with this process is Trazodone, newly prescribed by my psychiatrist - it's been a life-saver - I take 50 mg at 7 PM, then another 50 mg before I go to bed - that way I don't have a Trazodone hangover in the morning plus I sleep very well.</p><p></p><p>I digress.....I do have several hobbies that keep me very busy. I've found all of my relatives thru genealogy (I started with zero), discovered two years ago that I'm Jewish (yeah, what a trip! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />) and am now writing a book about my experience, but still doing some research on my Jewish roots and Judaism. I also paint botanicals....so at night I go home, feed the animals, feed myself, turn off my cell phone, turn on the TV, and do my genealogy until I go to bed. That's "my" time, and no one can bother me (it also helps that I live alone). <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bertie, post: 176643, member: 965"] Oh jisduit, I'm so sorry - someone once said that God only gives these children to people who can handle it, but I begin to wonder - at what price? Yes, the calls and text msgs from girlfriend's family can greatly add to my stress. Her mom is VERY understanding, has been quite supportive and at times when I tell her I can't take it, she tells her dtr not to contact me. Re Klonopin - I started taking that 15 years ago when my first son died (prescribed by my doctor at the time, aargh) and have been taking the same dose - one pill - every night since then. However, I have been slowly getting off of several medications over the past few months (Gabitril, Benadryl and a couple others) and made up my mind last month that I am going to BEAT THE KLONOPIN HABIT. So I've slowly been weaning myself off of it, am going down to half a pill every night starting next week and four weeks after that, I expect to be DONE with it! Yah! :D What's helping me with this process is Trazodone, newly prescribed by my psychiatrist - it's been a life-saver - I take 50 mg at 7 PM, then another 50 mg before I go to bed - that way I don't have a Trazodone hangover in the morning plus I sleep very well. I digress.....I do have several hobbies that keep me very busy. I've found all of my relatives thru genealogy (I started with zero), discovered two years ago that I'm Jewish (yeah, what a trip! :)) and am now writing a book about my experience, but still doing some research on my Jewish roots and Judaism. I also paint botanicals....so at night I go home, feed the animals, feed myself, turn off my cell phone, turn on the TV, and do my genealogy until I go to bed. That's "my" time, and no one can bother me (it also helps that I live alone). :) [/QUOTE]
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