Posted by LynneDa on November 4, 2003, at 9:16:47
In reply to Re:for LynneDa, posted by helenag on November 3, 2003, at 20:24:53
Hi Helen - I'm happy to hear you are connecting with lots of support! I have a group of friends from high school and we get together every 6 weeks or so - been doing it for almost 25 years! I don't talk to them much in between times, but they are my touchstones and help keep me grounded. I'm so glad you're keeping in touch with your groups.
Lack of sleep makes it so much harder to cope under normal circumstances, let alone when you're under stress in several areas of your life! I take Melatonin almost nightly and that helps.
Your last statement rings very true to me!! I occasionally get these little feelings of panic or uncomfortableness in my own skin when I feel what is supposed to be *normal*. It's like I miss my depressed, bitchy, moody self - or I miss those ways of reacting? Maybe it gave me an adrenalin surge I needed that made me feel powerful or more in the moment than this sort of dull feeling I get sometimes from meds. Is it a form of grieving for the old self? I know I'm happier getting better, but it definitely seems foreign sometimes. I guess it's the old "take it one day at a time" thing - all change is difficult even if it's good change. I feel like I want to stubbornly hold on to some of my old ways. Very weird :-).
Hope you have a good day!
poster:LynneDa
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