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damwinston

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damwinston
Profile Created
5/8/2005 8:25 AM
Last Seen
10/27/2006 12:07 PM
Total Posts
122

Last 50 Posts

Lost and hopeless...

Thank you all so much. Suicide isn't really a concern because that would take energry - sounds stupid but it is true. My father (I moved back in with my parents) just GOT IT today. He understood...

9/25/2006 8:00 PM

Depression
Drivers licence and EP

Been there, done that, bought that T-shirt. I lost my license in 10/04 and just started driving in April of 2006. It was the worst because I don't really feel all that comfortable driving anymore...

9/22/2006 8:11 AM

Epilepsy
Lost and hopeless...

Sometimes it is just all too much to deal with and I have taken every medication that there is on the market (I think). [b] all of this but that is also a problem. I am not good at being counseling....

9/22/2006 7:57 AM

Depression
Just really sad

No advice but I feel your pain. I am in the same mood. Sorry to hear it....

9/20/2006 2:50 PM

Depression
Lost and hopeless...

I have been off and on Healing Well for about[b] a year now but I think that I have reached my lowest point. I am often depressed but normally I care and try and get help. This time I don't care -...

9/20/2006 2:47 PM

Depression
Relationship Questions

I don't even know where to begin - especially after reading the post before mine as my issues seem so trivial. First, I haven't been on this site in a year and I don't know why. It is not like the...

9/16/2006 8:41 PM

Depression
I need help. I can't do this much longer...

thanks randy. i appreciate you all thinking of me. dammy...

10/10/2005 10:58 AM

Depression
I need help. I can't do this much longer...

DeAnn _ I went to that website and was turned down. Figures. Joy about being a mystery shopper I have some sort of seizure disorder and am unable to drive. I just don't know what to do anymore....

10/9/2005 5:33 PM

Depression
I need help. I can't do this much longer...

DeAnn and all - Thanks. Much of my problem is that I am very depressed and just started a new seizure medication (Keppra) which makes me sound like I am on drugs all of the time. I was hoping for a...

10/9/2005 9:49 AM

Depression
I need help. I can't do this much longer...

Thank you all for your help but BUMP!!!...

10/9/2005 3:27 AM

Depression
I need help. I can't do this much longer...

I live in Texas in the Dallas/Fort Worth area so if anyone knows of anything there then PLEASE let me know!! thanks so much, dammy...

10/8/2005 4:44 PM

Depression
I need help. I can't do this much longer...

thankks sadsunshine...

10/8/2005 2:39 PM

Depression
I need help. I can't do this much longer...

I am sorry to dump this all on you but I don't know where else to turn. First, I apologize if this turns into a book but it is a long story. I was dating this boy for 6 years who I loved and still...

10/8/2005 2:08 PM

Depression
Grandma Passed Away.........

He did fine. They removed 3 polyps. No big deal. Thank goodness. love, dammy...

10/6/2005 4:11 AM

Alzheimer's Disease
Underarm Pain?

Sorry had to post on this one. When I was in college I fell and hurt my armpit and I kept saying "I broke my armpit." Now, 10 years later every once in a while I say the same thing "I think that i...

10/5/2005 4:13 AM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Grandma Passed Away.........

Sorry LYN. I am thinking of you, especially today when my 85 year old father is going in for a colonoscopy right this minute. I am sorry for your loss. Please take care, dammy...

10/5/2005 4:09 AM

Alzheimer's Disease
new seizure

Rowdy - I understand your plight because I too had a seizure while driving but I was not aware I had a seizure and was charged with and consequently now have a DWI. Weird as it is to say you are...

10/5/2005 4:04 AM

Epilepsy
Keppra update...

So I called the doc today and told him that I was a zombie. He is angry at me (kind of) for reducing my dose without talking to him but he has changed it to 500mg at night only. I can be dopey at...

10/3/2005 1:41 PM

Epilepsy
still on porzac and feel NOTHING!

no, sorry. all prozac does for me is make me not eat and have no sexual desire. I dont even know if it really helps with my depression. wish I could help more, dammy...

10/3/2005 12:52 PM

Depression
Medical, Legal and General Dementia Advice Needed

My degree is in Gerontology and I might (not sure) but might be able to be of some assistance. I know of a company out of Tennessee that provides excellent care from everything I have ever seen. Feel...

10/3/2005 12:44 PM

Alzheimer's Disease
Is this Normal??

Daisy - I too am on Keppra and, although seizure free I hate the way it makes me feel. I am supposed to be taking 500 mg two times a day. I went down to 250mg two times a day. Otherwise I sleep all...

9/29/2005 3:45 AM

Epilepsy
I have a stupid question...

Remember I am on Keppra and irrational so forgive my stupidity. dammy...

9/28/2005 2:50 PM

Epilepsy
Keppra????

OK. First, I have not had a seizure since August 26th (good thing) and was put on this new drug - Keppra. So far I have been through zonegran (zonegram, whatever it is called) which I didn't do so...

9/28/2005 2:25 AM

Epilepsy
post abortion depression

Thank you luvmdo. Honestly it has gotten worse but I guess I will survive - he sure as hell is!!! Seriously thank you for the concern. I just can't take much more of this. dammy...

9/25/2005 5:03 PM

Depression
post abortion depression

Hi and I am sorry - I can honestly say that I have never had an abortion; however it appears that I did have a miscarriage a couple of weeks ago. What makes it even harder is that the person who is...

9/6/2005 9:29 AM

Depression
please help...

Thanks for your responses. I am going to the doc today to talk about disability and a new med for the seizures hopefully. Yes I have been under a lot of stress but I really do think that the seizures...

8/30/2005 6:21 AM

Epilepsy
please help...

I meant thumbs down, not up!!...

8/27/2005 1:36 AM

Epilepsy
please help...

hi all - i don't normally post here but i am lost, literally. the docs have decided (and i actually agree on this one) that my seizures are caused by stress. problem is that i seem to like stress. so...

8/27/2005 1:36 AM

Epilepsy
I don't want to take any more steps....

yes i agree lefty - helping each other would be better. problem is that i don't know how to help me, let alone anyone else. dammy hope that your mil is doing better...

8/2/2005 6:34 AM

Depression
DEPRESSION & DISABILITY

honestly I don't know. i am 29 and think that with both depression and seizures i should probably be getting disability but they will never approve me. anyway, i can't answer any of your questions...

8/2/2005 4:58 AM

Depression
I don't want to take any more steps....

broke up with boyfriend of 6 years. i was interested in this other guy. was honest about it and now ex-boyfriend has made this break up ALL my fault when he has been planning it. had to move back...

8/2/2005 4:40 AM

Depression
I don't want to take any more steps....

I want to lay down and go to sleep and someone to wake me up when my life is in order. Problem is that I don't think that will work - but hell I have tried everything else to no avail so maybe that...

8/1/2005 3:40 PM

Depression
What in the heck is going on with this group

thanks for your concern lefty. right now it is nice to know that someone cares. dammy...

8/1/2005 3:31 PM

Depression
MIL in coma*Please pray for her

I am thinking of you Lefty. Don't forget to take care of you. dammy...

7/31/2005 8:04 AM

Depression
Hi all... not so good...

I have not been on here in a while and I am sorry. Things have been very hectic and I am not sure what to do now. Since I have last talked to you all my life has totally flipped upside down. First,...

7/31/2005 7:55 AM

Depression
Call me ..Don't Let This Happen to you....

Just bumping up again. Thank you for sharing with us. I wish I knew how I help. let me know if I can. Take care of yourself, love, dammy...

6/18/2005 10:55 PM

Depression
A Happy thought that often helps me...

[color=#008000>I] [b][color=#008000>Years] Then DRUNK comes up with a perfect plan. He very quietly and politiely (well as politie as you can be while doing this) proceeded to urinate over the...

6/18/2005 10:33 PM

Depression
What happened to StumpyTroll??

OH Maybe I made a Boo-boo. SC had the bad experience in chat, Stumpy has a badger living in her head. I am sorry. I got confused. Love to all. dammy...

6/18/2005 10:09 PM

Depression
MOM passed away

It is a hard disease. I am thinking of you. dammy...

6/4/2005 7:04 AM

Alzheimer's Disease
Good News....

We got the results from my mom's cat scan back. It is just scar tissue. Now, of course, I wonder how in the hell she got scar tissue in her chest. She never had heart surgery - she only lost her leg...

6/4/2005 6:16 AM

Depression
Don't know what to do....

Red - Thanks for the answer. Yes, half my fault because I smoke around her. But my Dad is not "old." He mows the lawn, he volunteers, he only "retired" in March. The doctor didn't really help me -...

6/3/2005 6:05 AM

Depression
Don't know what to do....

Again this could get long and I am sorry. First, last night my dad ended up in the ER (in California while I am in Texas). He was released and everything is fine but he is 85 and, this sounds stupid,...

6/2/2005 4:45 PM

Depression
My glass is 1/2 empty

hi - you can do a search (like google) on depression and there is a questionnaire to see if you are "clinically depressed" you have to met 5 out of the 9. I think I have the link. Here:...

5/31/2005 9:53 AM

Depression
What happened to StumpyTroll??

I have not seen her for a while (since she got mad at the people in the chat room, understandably). Has anyone heard from her?? Is she OK?? Just wondering, dammy...

5/31/2005 5:44 AM

Depression
Update on my weekend dilemmas....

Teri - It blew my mind as well - asking for money for your honeymoon!! I wonder what Emily Post would say about me buying her a present for her wedding and the she disinvited me. Shouldn't she have...

5/29/2005 7:56 AM

Depression
Depressed with seizures

Thanks Graffixx and Glenda. I don't know what kind of warnings I get. That sounds funny but it is true. I just say "my head feels funny" and my family knows that I am going to have one within the...

5/29/2005 12:09 AM

Epilepsy
Calling Lefty...

Thanks Lefty. Read my last post on the weekend dilemmas. It will make you laugh. love, dammy...

5/28/2005 6:15 PM

Depression
Update on my weekend dilemmas....

SC - I forgot the best part. The registry was amazing. Waterford Crystal. $300 Power Tools. Donations to charities (that was kind of nice). And then they asked for money for their "dream" honeymoon....

5/28/2005 6:13 PM

Depression
Calling Lefty...

I wonder if you live in the UK. If so I might need some help getting an obituary if you don't mind. I may be totally off and maybe you live in Nebraska, but if you do live in the UK is there any way...

5/28/2005 1:17 AM

Depression
Update on my weekend dilemmas....

P.S. My mom is doing great. She is even back at work and everything. Besides the two of them I am a lucky girl. love, dammy...

5/27/2005 10:23 PM

Depression
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