Good news that Robert was able to finish the bike


M

I'm sorry that you're not feeling well :hug::hug::hug:

I'm so glad that Robert wasn't upset with you, and that he finished putting the bike together for you. 4 minutes is a good start. I know I couldn't do that.

Your pulse may be getting high due to anxiety. Robert being there probably relaxed you, so that's probably why it went down while he was there.

I really, really, really hope you see some improvement in your depression after you've been taking the Cymbalta for a while :hug:

I think the cymbalta is making me a bit nauseated and giving me stomach problems besides not helping my depression.

I am sorry to hear this.
((((HUGS)))))
bizi

Cymbalta was one drug I definitely had to eat a small amount of food
with. So wondering if you are eating with it. I am thinking without
remembering I needed milk with it too.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

yesterday I had fruit and started feeling better. I get meals on wheels now and they gave me fish and kale and couscous -I threw it out.I don't know what they will give me today. I don't feel like eating anything but ice cream which I had yesterday too. I don't feel like having milk. I threw that out too.

I don't understand why you threw the food away. IT sounded good. You can always add spices to make it taste better.
sorry you did not like it.
bizi

I usually don't like fish and now that my stomach is upset I really don't like it. I despise kale. I just ordered some pepto bismol

When do you take the cymbalta? have you taken it with food?


bizi

I take it in the morning with coffee and half and half.You can take Cymbalta with or without food.

Bobby

You might want to try taking the cymbalta at night. And even with a cracker or a piece of bread and butter. That might help with the upset stomach.

I started my cymbalta at night when I started taking it. And then went to twice a day. So you might want to try that and see if that helps the upset stomach.

Also not sure, but could you give the kitties the fish. Just a suggestion.
When it comes from meals on wheels. I would not eat the kale either. Or
what ever it was.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

I wasn't depressed today. I wasn't happy or energetic but I wasn't depressed. I didn't feel close to God. When I am suffering I usually have no trouble feeling closer to God. I am trying. I wonder if the cymbalta is beginning to work. I think it is too soon. I ordered more ice cream and fruit. I watched federrer play tennis today and today was my last p.t. session. I might start again in Jan.

Cymbalta works at different paces for each person. I realize that
sounds odd. But I know for me it worked really fast. And its not
supposed to. SO I just took that gift and let it work for me.

I also know that at times, my pain would return for a little while.
Because with my fibromyalgia and other issues the cymbalta at that
point didn't always work. But it was still better than none.
Because at one point I ran out for a few days, and had no prescription
because I forgot to call and get it. And had to wait. And I saw the
difference. I never made that mistake again.

Please just take it easy, work with your bike as much as you can,
and try walking with your walker since there is no more pt.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

I hope that they Cymbalta works for you.



:)

thanks. I am not as depressed. I don't know if it is the cymbalta. I am not in a good mood and don't feel well.

I am sorry you are not in a good mood and are not feeling well. I hope you feel better soon.

I got terrible nausea from the Abilify, and taking it at night really helped, but I woke up with it for a couple of days. No more nausea now.

You may be able to adjust to the nausea if your pdoc was adamant about you taking it in the morning tho.

Peanutbutter and graham crackers is a good snack to have, if that is something that appeals to you. You don't have to eat a lot. It would probably be a tasty breakfast snack with your morning coffee :)

I remember taking one med, I think it was Latuda, where I had to eat "X" number of calories with it... about 360... the same number of calories in a Twinkie, so that's what I ate it with every nigh ;).

I hope you start feeling better soon, Bobby :hug::hug::hug:

That is so funny!

I am depressed. Watching the funeral didn't help.

"Depression affects between one- and two-thirds of stroke survivors. It’s characterized by feelings of overarching sadness, lack of pleasure in activities that were previously enjoyed, or changes in eating and sleeping patterns."
I wonder if this is also where my sadness and depression are coming from.

You have suffered for a long time, it surely could contribute to your on going depression.
sorry you suffer with depression.
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi

I definitely think that your stroke has contributed to your depression in more than one way... I've noticed that you think more about death now, as well as your relationship with Myra, which tends to bring up mixed and unhappy memories :hug::hug::hug:

I wish you hadn't watched the funeral, Bobby :hug:

I think you are right on. I am not reading as much which is my form of escape.
I have tried to watch the U.S. Open. Now I am realizing I wish I had a sister and not that I miss Myra who was never close to me and who always disliked me. She used to call me the fool on the hill. I just remembered when my father defended me against her when I went out with somebody and then she went out with the guy and my father thought that was bad of her.

I wish for easier days for you,
(((((HUGS)))):grouphug:

bizi

Bobby

You have lots of adopted sister's. Us.

Not the same. But we are here

Donna :hug::grouphug:

that was so sweet. Thank you so much Donna!
Fondly
Bobby

That WAS very sweet, Donna :hug::hug::hug:

Thanks, but it is true.

I think of us as sisters. And the guys as Brothers. Which is really awesome for me, I don't have any real brothers. Just brother-in-laws and my brothers here are different than the brother in laws are. Weird as that might sound.
Maybe not of the same mother and dad.

My mother used to say. We may not have family that is close physically to us.
But we have friends, that are family that is close to us here were we live. As the years went by its those same friends that came from far away to honor my mother at her showing and funeral. Because they always felt like family. Along with all the close friends that felt like family close by.

My mother blessed us with the thought to grow our family with others that would help us when we needed it. To help others when they needed us.
And to always care for our neighbors.

So that is how we all try to live now.
I guess its why I'm like I am. Its also how my sister's had others to stay with while I spent a week at Riley for many years during my growing years for testing. They stayed with what my mom and dad considered family.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

We are like a family of sorts.
((((HUGS))
bizi

I feel like we are family. I wish we all lived close to each other... I love hugs... and sometimes we all need them :hug::hug::hug:

I have been so depressed that I haven't be able to read or post. I love you all and thank you so much! I finally was able to read just a little. Once I am able to start reading more I think my depression will get better.
love
bobby

Bobby,

I hope that your depression lifts.

M

my nephew added to my depression. I didn't hear from him all year. then he sent me a form letter wishing me a happy new year. then he sent me another personal letter asking if I was going to the Chabad. I wrote back and said I don't feel comfortable and and said money was tight and can only walk two blocks so only take cabs to doctors. just wrote another letter saying I am a spiritual Jew and not a ritual Jew and the rabbis who visited me really enjoyed talking to me and I them but I was embarrassed about my family.

my nephew just wrote me and said he understood the difference between ritual and spiritual, He said we might get together for lunch or dinner after the holidays. I said he didn't have to.

I'm sorry that your nephew added to your depression :hug::hug::hug:

Which one is this? Not that it matters... they're all little s***s.

this is the oldest one.

I have no purpose

immediately the thought came tomy mind...who is going to take care of your kitty cats?
(((((HUGS)))))
you are loved here and would be missed terribly.
bizi

Well then lets find a purpose. Your kitty cats are one.

To come here and talk to us is another.

To talk to Robert and the other friends of your is another.

So now lets see if we can find you another one.
What can we find for you to do that you think is a purpose.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

Thank you so much. Last night I took my friend out to dinner for her birthday. she is my best friend and pays my rent. what a friend. she says she is happy she is in a position to do it and she is not rich. I tried not to talk about my depression and let her talk. She never had a weight problem but has become a vegetarian and has lost 15 pounds and is now thin and looks great. She has acid reflux so can't eat a lot of foods. she loves cheese but cannot eat it etc.
she realized last night that she could drink lol.
I called my friend who I hadn't spoken to in 23 years and when I was speaking to her I wasn't depressed. As I said she looks beautiful and looks in her fifties or sixties with her blondish hair and beautiful body. She told me she only sleeps four hours a night and has IBS and has to have a colonoscopy on Friday for them to see if anything else is going on. I told her how xanax is helping me get six hours of sleep whereas until recently I was only getting three or four hours. she says she has xanax but hasn't been using it. the ibs is giving problems leaving the house. Her daughter and son take klonopin. I told her I had four lovely dreams about her and she said she was going to call me in another week if she hadn't heard from me. I am really attracted to other people's problems. I was an excellent listener when I was a psychologist and still remember so much from the past. I am really f@#ked up big time. She said she would call me later. Right now I am still not depressed because I feel connected with her and not isolated. I don't understand it really. I can be supportive.