Swandattur
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I have been wanting to start some sort of log, but couldn't decide how or what to start with. I think I will start with some health background. My major health problem that has driven me to try to help myself through diet is depression, (or desperation?) I haven't had a major depression in years, but ever since the last one I have been pretty fragile. Heck, recovery from the other ones was no piece of cake either. The thing that got me on to diet, besides the fact that doctors seem to be blind and deaf to anything outside certain parameters, was being diagnosed with mild diabetes. I went on pretty low carb for about a year. It did seem to help with blood sugars and I did lose weight, and my allergies got better for a while, but then the allergies got worse, and I started getting worse night sweats and getting chilled, and other things.
Today, I woke up feeling better, than I have for quite a while, before coffee. I have been off my Wellbutrin XL for three or four weeks, and I took a 150 bupropion yesterday and the day before, because I noticed a downturn in mood. I felt kind of depressed for the last two or three days. Yesterday, I ate some squid. So, maybe that helped. Also, I went and visited my parents. I feel bad when I wait too long between visits. I should probably just go see them more often for short visits, but sometimes I don't feel very social. Too anxious. I noticed Epsom salts baths helped on mood. People with diabetes are supposed to have a problem with magnesium loss. Also, stress is supposed to use it up fast. So, double whammy! I got lots of stress often enough. When I feel better, it doesn't bother me nearly so much. When I feel low, things bother me a lot more.
My husband's PTSD has been a major stressor in my life. Sometimes I feel marooned on a tiny island with him, because I feel so alone. Nutty as a fruitcake might be a good description of him a good part of the time. Maybe I am just overly sensitive, though. At least he's feeling better these days, and not wrecking any cars, or going on any middle of the night Walmart forays. He does mow the lawn late at night. It is just lonely when the person you live with seems so out of it a good part of the time. Of course, I expect I don't seem entirely fully rational all the time, either. Depression can skew your thinking. Okay, so he does have some nutty behavior, but it doesn't bother me so much when I'm feeling stronger. Now that he feels better, perhaps we can communicate a little better.
Well, I guess I'll get to the "curious events" as I go along.
Today, I woke up feeling better, than I have for quite a while, before coffee. I have been off my Wellbutrin XL for three or four weeks, and I took a 150 bupropion yesterday and the day before, because I noticed a downturn in mood. I felt kind of depressed for the last two or three days. Yesterday, I ate some squid. So, maybe that helped. Also, I went and visited my parents. I feel bad when I wait too long between visits. I should probably just go see them more often for short visits, but sometimes I don't feel very social. Too anxious. I noticed Epsom salts baths helped on mood. People with diabetes are supposed to have a problem with magnesium loss. Also, stress is supposed to use it up fast. So, double whammy! I got lots of stress often enough. When I feel better, it doesn't bother me nearly so much. When I feel low, things bother me a lot more.
My husband's PTSD has been a major stressor in my life. Sometimes I feel marooned on a tiny island with him, because I feel so alone. Nutty as a fruitcake might be a good description of him a good part of the time. Maybe I am just overly sensitive, though. At least he's feeling better these days, and not wrecking any cars, or going on any middle of the night Walmart forays. He does mow the lawn late at night. It is just lonely when the person you live with seems so out of it a good part of the time. Of course, I expect I don't seem entirely fully rational all the time, either. Depression can skew your thinking. Okay, so he does have some nutty behavior, but it doesn't bother me so much when I'm feeling stronger. Now that he feels better, perhaps we can communicate a little better.
Well, I guess I'll get to the "curious events" as I go along.