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How much can one mind really take. It's been a whopper of a month, Rant
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 370252" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I am sorry things are so rough right now. It really stinks. </p><p> </p><p>You NEED to go to social services to apply for food stamps. Also check to see if your income is low enough to apply for TANF and check with social security to see if you are eligible for SSI. Contact various churches in your area for help. You do NOT have to be a member for many of them to help you. See if there is a Catholic Church or Jewish Synagogue anywhere near you. Both have very well established programs to help those in need, regardless of faith. I know the Catholics don't ask if you are a member, and I don't think the Jewish programs ask, but I could be wrong about them. </p><p> </p><p>You need antidepressants to help with the depression - trust me, the right one can work miracles. You also NEED a migraine prevention medication as well as a migraine treatment medication. One of the most effective migraine preventatives is beta blockers - dirt cheap medications that lower blood pressure and pulse rates and by doing those things work to prevent migraines. You also may need other types of preventatives and blood pressure medications. MANY blood pressure medications also prevent migraines AND are dirt cheap. Ask the docs to rx the cheapest medications possible. There are quite a few on the Walmart cheap rx list. The first triptan that was sold to treat migraine pain (the most effective migraine treatments are triptans) was imitrex. It is now available in generic as sumatriptan. While it does have side effects, they are manageable for most people. You have probably already had this, but if you haven't the side effects that have been the worst for me are the feeling of pressure on my chest/neck area, like someone has put hands there and is pressing down, and nausea. The pressure does go away after an hour or so. After about a year of taking imitrex the nausea stopped happening unless it hit with the migraine like being hit by lightening. There will NOT be samples of imitrex, but it generally is fairly inexpensive. If you end up needing it often, see if your doctor will rx the 100 mg tablets and you can break them. Many people do not need 100 mgs to get rid of a migraine. The earlier you treat the migraine the less medication you will need. If I catch mine right away I can still get away with 50 mgs. (I was the first person in my TOWN to get a dose of imitrex, back when it was only available as a shot given by a doctor - almost twenty years ago. Even after using it every month, often every WEEK, I can still get relief from just 50 mgs.) The docs may have samples of other triptans - amerge, frova, zomig, maxalt, relpax, and even treximet. Treximet is the newest migraine medication. It is from the makers of imitrex and is actually imitrex and naproxen sodium. If you can take aleve you can get much better relief from imitrex by taking it with 2 tablets of over the counter naproxen sodium, aka aleve. </p><p> </p><p>Hopefully your daughter will be able to get the help she needs as a ward of the state. Letting her go has to be very hard, but it is also likely to be the best thing for her. Right now you are in no shape to take care of her, even if she was not a difficult child. The added stress of having the difficult child behaviors is part of why your body is in crisis right now. Allow yourself to grieve, work hard to forgive yourself regardless of what other people think or say. Their opinion of you is NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!!!</p><p> </p><p>Many gentle hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 370252, member: 1233"] I am sorry things are so rough right now. It really stinks. You NEED to go to social services to apply for food stamps. Also check to see if your income is low enough to apply for TANF and check with social security to see if you are eligible for SSI. Contact various churches in your area for help. You do NOT have to be a member for many of them to help you. See if there is a Catholic Church or Jewish Synagogue anywhere near you. Both have very well established programs to help those in need, regardless of faith. I know the Catholics don't ask if you are a member, and I don't think the Jewish programs ask, but I could be wrong about them. You need antidepressants to help with the depression - trust me, the right one can work miracles. You also NEED a migraine prevention medication as well as a migraine treatment medication. One of the most effective migraine preventatives is beta blockers - dirt cheap medications that lower blood pressure and pulse rates and by doing those things work to prevent migraines. You also may need other types of preventatives and blood pressure medications. MANY blood pressure medications also prevent migraines AND are dirt cheap. Ask the docs to rx the cheapest medications possible. There are quite a few on the Walmart cheap rx list. The first triptan that was sold to treat migraine pain (the most effective migraine treatments are triptans) was imitrex. It is now available in generic as sumatriptan. While it does have side effects, they are manageable for most people. You have probably already had this, but if you haven't the side effects that have been the worst for me are the feeling of pressure on my chest/neck area, like someone has put hands there and is pressing down, and nausea. The pressure does go away after an hour or so. After about a year of taking imitrex the nausea stopped happening unless it hit with the migraine like being hit by lightening. There will NOT be samples of imitrex, but it generally is fairly inexpensive. If you end up needing it often, see if your doctor will rx the 100 mg tablets and you can break them. Many people do not need 100 mgs to get rid of a migraine. The earlier you treat the migraine the less medication you will need. If I catch mine right away I can still get away with 50 mgs. (I was the first person in my TOWN to get a dose of imitrex, back when it was only available as a shot given by a doctor - almost twenty years ago. Even after using it every month, often every WEEK, I can still get relief from just 50 mgs.) The docs may have samples of other triptans - amerge, frova, zomig, maxalt, relpax, and even treximet. Treximet is the newest migraine medication. It is from the makers of imitrex and is actually imitrex and naproxen sodium. If you can take aleve you can get much better relief from imitrex by taking it with 2 tablets of over the counter naproxen sodium, aka aleve. Hopefully your daughter will be able to get the help she needs as a ward of the state. Letting her go has to be very hard, but it is also likely to be the best thing for her. Right now you are in no shape to take care of her, even if she was not a difficult child. The added stress of having the difficult child behaviors is part of why your body is in crisis right now. Allow yourself to grieve, work hard to forgive yourself regardless of what other people think or say. Their opinion of you is NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!!! Many gentle hugs. [/QUOTE]
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