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Tim Tam

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Tim Tam
Profile Created
5/31/2016 1:17 PM
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11/18/2023 3:39 PM
Total Posts
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Last 50 Posts

Blocking Out

Blocking Out I haven’t seen my grown son in almost a year and he and his wife live here in town. We haven’t gotten along since he walked in on an argument between my wife and myself which left the...

10/16/2023 11:13 AM

Bipolar Disorder
Frequent bathroom trips

Lanie: I haven't had a PSA test for colon problems. The two top causes I thought might be responsible for frequent urination was diabetes and age, both of which I have. The last colonoscopy I had was...

10/12/2023 8:49 AM

Diabetes
Frequent bathroom trips

Because of my diabetes, I might use the bathroom 6 or 8 times a night. I once read of a summer camp trick where they would put the sleeper's hand in warm water and it would enrouage bathroom use. I...

10/11/2023 2:58 PM

Diabetes
Gaslighting

I was gaslighted by my mother who sexually abused my older sister and brother. My mother, herself, was sexually abused by her father. My mother’s sister was one of the most quietly mean people I’ve...

9/27/2023 4:11 PM

Bipolar Disorder
Anxious….

You say: "No chest pain. I have been on sertraline for quite a few years now. I know it’s only because this has been a very stressful few days but it’s getting the best of my anxiety. sad" webmd.com...

8/11/2023 3:30 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Anxious….

Are you on any medicine for anxiety? I'm on Lithium (stabalizer) and Mirtazapine (anti-depressant) for my bipolar, and if I wasn't on any medicine I would be all over the place because I was before I...

8/10/2023 10:37 AM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Zoloft and Heart Arrythmia?

Yeah, Dan. How's it going. Been wondering where you were. I'm having so many problems I can't even begin to list them. Let us know how it's going....

8/3/2023 8:44 AM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Who You Gonna Call For Help?

In this thread, "Who you gonna call for help?" I've been trying to figure out how I could have solved my latest problem of having a difficult time with the doctor. I've suggested having a list of...

6/30/2023 9:56 AM

Bipolar Disorder
Life gets in the way

Trina may be going through some tough times, she may not be feeling well, her computer and phone may be shattered. But not her spirit which has survived all of that and has been awakened. That is all...

6/16/2023 12:11 PM

Depression
Lamotrigine

I looked through the net and under NAMI.org it said about Lamotrigine: “Lamotrigine is a mood stabilizer medication that works in the brain. It is approved for the treatment of bipolar disorder (also...

6/10/2023 5:18 PM

Bipolar Disorder
Lamotrigine

Have you ever been manic? Have you ever had trauma? As a Bipolar I, I have been manic, and without medicine, my anger can be through the roof. I take Mirtazapine for the depression, and Lithium for...

6/9/2023 10:21 AM

Bipolar Disorder
Healthy foods for diabetics

Lanie, I came across a story on the net that talked about foods that lower our blood sugar and in some cases blood pressure: 1.Tomatoes. Diabetics who ate 1 cup of tomatoes a day had better blood...

6/5/2023 9:31 AM

Diabetes
Who You Gonna Call For Help?

In my list of possible people to contact should a problem arise, I forgot to list one person: ourselves. In a column I often advocate on first being positive when trying to solve a problem, and only...

5/29/2023 7:19 AM

Bipolar Disorder
Who You Gonna Call For Help?

I wrote yesterday about two difficult problems and in the first one being upset that no one had come to my rescue. How could I come to my rescue when I was the one having the problem, was my...

5/28/2023 10:53 AM

Bipolar Disorder
Who You Gonna Call For Help?

I‘ve come across some telephone cards my counselor gave to me some months ago. One says Crisis Line for help with serious problems and Warm Line for less serious ones. I think those are very good...

5/27/2023 9:36 AM

Bipolar Disorder
"Let Them Eat Cake!!!"

Thank you, UA. Public Broadcasting TV was thinking about Marie Antoinette. I was thinking about the redhead. I was off topic. How is the child situation going?...

5/12/2023 8:35 AM

Bipolar Disorder
Zoloft and Heart Arrythmia?

You said you were on Zoloft and had this chest reaction and then you slowly and with a doctor's help went off of Zoloft and then everything went OK and then an unusual event caused the chest problems...

5/10/2023 4:29 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
AIC is lower

Went to my general practitioner about my blood sugar and he gave me a test which showed my AIC had dropped from 6.9 to 6.1 in the last few months. I’m thinking, wonder what caused that improvement? I...

5/6/2023 9:36 AM

Diabetes
Anxiety over TIA

I would suggest you keep your appointment and tell us what the doctor said....

5/5/2023 9:14 AM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
So anxious waiting…

I've been there, only about 6 months ago. It was a place on my forehead that had been there because 4 years ago my skin doctor removed a place there and it left some sort of mark. She was retiring...

5/3/2023 10:36 AM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
"Let Them Eat Cake!!!"

I was flipping through the TV channels last night and saw on public broadcasting a dramatization about Marie Antoinette who was something like the queen of France many years ago. Someone told her the...

4/24/2023 10:15 AM

Bipolar Disorder
constipated for nearly a month!

Mayoclinic.org says, "Treatment for chronic constipation depends in part on the underlying cause. However, in some cases, a cause is never found." It's good that you had a colonoscopy 2 years ago....

4/19/2023 8:27 AM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Phone work

You're having trouble calling on the phone. I’ve have that to a certain degree. I once postponed calling someone for probably 5 years or more. I tried to analyze that and I believe it was because I'm...

4/10/2023 1:53 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Life gets in the way

Yeah, so I’m reading a Depression post yesterday titled “Can’t sleep…strange dreams” And I get down to about the 10th entry and lo and behold it’s by Trina. It says, “ I take melatonin. Can't had...

3/28/2023 3:48 PM

Depression
Yeah, but where is Trina?

Yeah, but where is Trina? Trina, Moderator - Depression "...when the gift of sight is cause enough for jubilation." Billy Collins-poem. HIGH DX: RevrsTNA Cmplx Migraines:C-PTSD MDD I looked for her...

3/27/2023 4:39 PM

Depression
Better b/s numbers

At the first of this month of March, I quit eating cold oat cereal as a midnight snack and just ate the fruit and milk. I had already recently quit eating wheat crackers and cheese for lunch. It...

3/27/2023 10:43 AM

Diabetes
Panic disorder relapase after 10 years. Spike in blood pressure and mental confusion.

Akhi: You keep referring to “mental confusion.” It was a term I had never heard of but I looked on the net and now I see what you are talking about. Webmd.com says: “Sudden confusion, sometimes...

3/19/2023 9:30 AM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Panic disorder relapase after 10 years. Spike in blood pressure and mental confusion.

I don’t know what your reasoning is but I was stuck in a situation where I looked at medicine as the enemy. It wasn’t my choice. And my brain went through a lot of turmoil because of it. I’ve read...

3/15/2023 4:46 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Panic disorder relapase after 10 years. Spike in blood pressure and mental confusion.

I am Bipolar and have had panic attacks. You say: “Post 3 yrs of therapy and medication was completely cured (of panic attacks). Once I realized that symptoms are anxiety related and they have no...

3/13/2023 1:25 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
General anxiety

pvct: You said hip replacement surgery was rescheduled for Feb. 14. How did that go?...

3/11/2023 11:37 AM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Anxiety of flashing lights

You said: "I have terrible anxiety and recently it’s been about flashing lights and it only gets really bad when I’m constantly worried about flashing lights." ..."However I have been diagnosed with...

3/5/2023 10:34 AM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Going Low Contact with Toxic, Narcissistic Relative

I had that problem for a long time then they all died off. Naturally of course. I had that with my older sister, older brother and my mother. My brother and sister may still be around but I don't...

2/24/2023 11:39 AM

Depression
Help :(

You say: "No I have not (eaten any leftovers). I’m a teacher and sooo much is going around school right now between the flu & norovirus. 😭 I just feel like my anxiety is making it worse by worrying...

2/16/2023 5:35 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Help :(

You say: "I woke up this morning vomiting and diarrhea...." It sounds like your body is trying to reject something and is using every means possible. Mayoclinic.org says: "The most common way to...

2/16/2023 4:36 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
How I cured myself of social anxiety

You discussed social anxiety which nih.gov says is “fear in situations where they may be scrutinized, evaluated, or judged by others, such as speaking in public, meeting new people, dating, being on...

2/11/2023 11:27 AM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Coping with depression due to chronic pain at a young age

I do have back pain. On my chiropractor’s chart of 12 pictures showing deteriorating back problems, my chio said mine was the worst. I go to the chio about once every week or two. To get in and out...

2/9/2023 1:00 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Feeling or not feeling my mental illness

When I’m alone, I don’t feel my serious mental illness, which is bipolar, for which I am taking 7.5 mg of Mirtazapine and 600 mg of Lithium. It’s only when I’m in certain situations when it hits me...

2/8/2023 6:08 PM

Bipolar Disorder
General anxiety

You said: "went to preop tests today..so far all labs came back okay…EKG was good enough for the preop nurse..MRSA test came back negative..but the anxiety attack (anticipation I think) was whacking...

1/31/2023 5:18 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
General anxiety

pvct: Good to know the tests are turning out OK for the Feb. 14 procedure. I learned to play folk guitar when I had a roommate who played the guitar. At that time folk music was in style, so I would...

1/30/2023 11:55 AM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
General anxiety

You said the hip replacement surgery was due on Nov. 8. How did that go? For a chest situation, I often use a heating pad which expands the blood vessels and puts less stress on the heart, is what I...

1/29/2023 4:49 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Vibration/rattle in chest when inhaling laying supine?

You said, "For the past year or.so, I have experienced a strange phenomenon. When I lay on my back, I feel a vibration in my chest when I breathe in deep through my mouth. It goes away after that...

1/24/2023 5:30 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
anxiety and trapped wind

As a bipolar, my offerings from reading the net are: You say you are 53 and have "bad anxiety caused by stress as hubby been unwell … " And "since the anxiety started I’ve had burning in my chest &...

1/23/2023 1:03 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
General Anxiety/Mild Depression

It was good that you got a psychiatrist and have an appt. for Feb. 15. You said you have been taking Wellbutrin which net says is an anti-depressant. Your new health care provider wants to add...

1/22/2023 2:34 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
General Anxiety/Mild Depression

You say, "is the staying at home helping you or going to office makes u feel better? does going outdoors help u besides the medication" I think that is a very good question, and as for my views on...

1/16/2023 9:50 AM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
General Anxiety/Mild Depression

As a bipolar, I take Mirtazapine anti-depressant (7.5 mg) and Lithium (600 mg) stabilizer which keeps the antidepressant from throwing me into mania. These meds from my psychiatrist keep me level...

1/11/2023 5:12 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
I Give Up On Everything...

Karen: Good luck with your operation. I had a skin place on my forehead about 3-4 months ago and I made sure I didn't tell anybody. I figured I'd wait until after the procedure. Then when it went OK,...

1/10/2023 11:58 AM

Depression
back after long time

Welcome back. What is the mess with your health conditions?...

12/9/2022 7:00 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Help adjusting to cymbalta again

You said: "I had severe panic attack first thing this morning so not sure cymbalta is working after 3 weeks but it's my LAST CHANCE of help via meds due to my ckd." (Chronic Kidney Disease.) I've had...

12/8/2022 1:33 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Help adjusting to cymbalta again

You said, "I go to neuro on the 28th." That's good. I'm glad you made sure it was safe to take Cymbalta with Xanax. I took hydroxaine a few times and I've written "no sleep" on the bottle which I...

12/7/2022 7:21 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
Help adjusting to cymbalta again

Webmd.com says: "Alprazolam (Xanax) is used to treat anxiety and panic disorders. It...produces a calming effect." . "If you have any questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist." As noted, you might...

12/7/2022 6:15 PM

Anxiety & Panic Disorders
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