Diabetes Talking

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Hope I don’t sound too hopeless, I just feel completely useless at the mo.

You sound like me tonight Pangolin. I’m kind of just waiting to see how I screw this job up… mind you, at the moment it doesnt particularly worry me if I do. Would be easier.. wouldnt have to care! Well… we’ll get there.. both of us and the rest. Hang in there mate. Elf

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Hi there, just introducing my sad self.

Hi! Just lost my job AGAIN after years of screwing things up. Finding it difficult to dig myself out from this hole, feel like I never learn anything, just go round and round and end up in the same place. How can I stay focussed on the long term and not let every stupid thing get me down and make me give up? Hope I don’t sound too hopeless, I just feel completely useless at the mo.

Nope you don’t just frustrated, down and well heck like a lot like how I feel a lot of the time. Welcome to ASD, stick around. — Helen

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Hi there, just introducing my sad self. Just lost my job AGAIN after years of screwing things up. Finding it difficult to dig myself out from this hole, feel like I never learn anything, just go round and round and end up in the same place. How can I stay focussed on the long term and not let every stupid thing get me down and make me give up? Hope I don’t sound too hopeless, I just feel completely useless at the mo.

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I’ve reached a point where meds are the only solution, not permanent meds, but shortterm to allow me to work things out without the constant chatter of my mind. No shame it it. Some people need to take insulin, some take prozac, if it helps you lead a normal life (ie healthy and happy) then go for it. Don’t feel bad about it, many refuse medication and simply get worse, or just never get better… You don’t want to join them. Good luck, Moses

| | Thank you so much for your concern. | | It has been an awful time. The pdoc said he had no choice but to | put me back on a low dose of a new AD, Ciprimal. | | To say I am disappointed is an understatement. Although we | haven’t given up and talk therapy is the next step once I get | back to normal. He said the AD may be temporary. | | Whatever I have isn’t just going to go away. I can’t handle it on | my own, that is obvious. | | I don’t feel much like posting but just wanted you all to know I | am safe. | | Take care. | — | "I do not know" – GlennT | Learning… | | http://people.A2000.nl/gthomas/GlennHome.htm

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Thank you so much for your concern. It has been an awful time. The pdoc said he had no choice but to put me back on a low dose of a new AD, Ciprimal.

Cipramil = Celexa, by the way (or rather both of them are brands of Citalopram). — Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).

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    Thanks for letting us know Glenn. Ed "GlennT" wrote – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Thank you so much for your concern. It has been an awful time. The pdoc said he had no choice but to put me back on a low dose of a new AD, Ciprimal. To say I am disappointed is an understatement. Although we haven’t given up and talk therapy is the next step once I get back to normal. He said the AD may be temporary. Whatever I have isn’t just going to go away. I can’t handle it on my own, that is obvious. I don’t feel much like posting but just wanted you all to know I am safe. Take care. — "I do not know" – GlennT Learning… http://people.A2000.nl/gthomas/GlennHome.htm

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Thank you so much for your concern. Hello Glenn with two N’s!! It has been an awful time. The pdoc said he had no choice but to put me back on a low dose of a new AD, Ciprimal. To say I am disappointed is an understatement. Although we haven’t given up and talk therapy is the next step once I get back to normal. He said the AD may be temporary. Whatever I have isn’t just going to go away. I can’t handle it on my own, that is obvious. I don’t feel much like posting but just wanted you all to know I am safe. Take care. ok. I used to not really understand this……. but now I understand it very intimately…. There is something wrong with me.  My body no longer produces a hormone that is critical for me to simply *stay alive*. So I must use medicine to replenish it.  "falsely". Is that a character flaw? If you call if "depression" lots of people think it is a character flaw. If you call it "diabetes", people accept that it’s NOT a character flaw. I have both. Neither are character flaws. And yes, insulin is a hormone.  You didn’t know that?  Neither did I. Before.

Yes, I knew. I agree completely with what you say. I really have no specific problem with medication. I am a ‘use anything that works’ kind of person. The problem I have is that I am not going to get better. Even though something stupidly strong in me keeps telling me I will. This is yet another indicator that no matter how strong I get, it will never be strong enough. This seems pretty soul destroying. Then, when I get back to normal, I will learn to shrug it off. But for now I am totally and completely fed up with it all. — "I do not know" – GlennT Learning… http://people.A2000.nl/gthomas/GlennHome.htm

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Thank you so much for your concern. It has been an awful time. The pdoc said he had no choice but to put me back on a low dose of a new AD, Ciprimal. To say I am disappointed is an understatement. Although we haven’t given up and talk therapy is the next step once I get back to normal. He said the AD may be temporary. Whatever I have isn’t just going to go away. I can’t handle it on my own, that is obvious. I don’t feel much like posting but just wanted you all to know I am safe. Take care. — "I do not know" – GlennT Learning… http://people.A2000.nl/gthomas/GlennHome.htm

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