23rd January 2006
Hey Karen,
Yes my life is just as crazy as yours! My mom is a chronic alcoholic and smoker. She has peripheral neuropathy do to her alcoholism and it makes her walk crooked, she can't get her balance and she's always depressed but believes she's not depressed. It's so apparent to all of us that she's treating her pain and depression with alcohol.
My sister was born deaf and my brother was born deaf and blind. My baby brother has decided now after 10 years of marriage and a baby that he is gay. Now the doctors tell us my sister needs a kidney transplant very soon and we can't find a match for her.
My life is a bit crazy too!!!!!!
I'm a recovering alcohol and addict and I've been in A.A. for 20 years. Clean most of the time with a few slips. One of the slips was really bad and I lost my house and dog. I had allowed myself to get involved with a man in a.a. who was also a recovering crack addict. I found a pipe in his house and confronted him about it. He said it was a very old pipe and swore he was still sober. Well a couple of days later I caught him smoking crack and instead of running the other way I smoked a hit. I had never tried it before and didn't stop to think of the ramifications. What a huge mistake. It took everything from me, that was 3 years ago. Today I'm clean but still deprressesd. I know from experience that drinking or using will only make my depression worse.
As for the menopause symptoms I get night sweats, anxiety, depression, foggy brained, mood swings, bloating.
I take 300mg zoloft, 600mg prometrium for depression and perimenopause.
Just because you're still ovulating doesn't mean you're not in menopause, menopause can last 10 years. Once you completely stop having periods then you are considered to be through menopause. Menopause is a gradual decline of our sex hormones.
I would say get a good female gynocologist who's up on the latest in women's hormones. Suzanne Sommers book The Sexy Years has some great info about hormones.
Do you take any meds or do you know anything about effexor?
l.o.l. whirlgirl
Yes my life is just as crazy as yours! My mom is a chronic alcoholic and smoker. She has peripheral neuropathy do to her alcoholism and it makes her walk crooked, she can't get her balance and she's always depressed but believes she's not depressed. It's so apparent to all of us that she's treating her pain and depression with alcohol.
My sister was born deaf and my brother was born deaf and blind. My baby brother has decided now after 10 years of marriage and a baby that he is gay. Now the doctors tell us my sister needs a kidney transplant very soon and we can't find a match for her.
My life is a bit crazy too!!!!!!
I'm a recovering alcohol and addict and I've been in A.A. for 20 years. Clean most of the time with a few slips. One of the slips was really bad and I lost my house and dog. I had allowed myself to get involved with a man in a.a. who was also a recovering crack addict. I found a pipe in his house and confronted him about it. He said it was a very old pipe and swore he was still sober. Well a couple of days later I caught him smoking crack and instead of running the other way I smoked a hit. I had never tried it before and didn't stop to think of the ramifications. What a huge mistake. It took everything from me, that was 3 years ago. Today I'm clean but still deprressesd. I know from experience that drinking or using will only make my depression worse.
As for the menopause symptoms I get night sweats, anxiety, depression, foggy brained, mood swings, bloating.
I take 300mg zoloft, 600mg prometrium for depression and perimenopause.
Just because you're still ovulating doesn't mean you're not in menopause, menopause can last 10 years. Once you completely stop having periods then you are considered to be through menopause. Menopause is a gradual decline of our sex hormones.
I would say get a good female gynocologist who's up on the latest in women's hormones. Suzanne Sommers book The Sexy Years has some great info about hormones.
Do you take any meds or do you know anything about effexor?
l.o.l. whirlgirl