soulful sepulcher: feeling better

Friday, January 09, 2009

feeling better

the enormous fatigue has lifted. i went on a long walk today and i'm not tired! that fatigue is just ridiculous when it hits. it feels good to feel good.

11 comments:

Cheryl said...: It does feel good...to feel good. So glad your fatigue is lifting. Taking a walk is most definately a good sign. I hope tomorrow I can follow your lead! I've been in bed since Tuesday. I really can't move. I feeling like this.
XXXXXX; January 9, 2009 4:40:00 PM PST
Stephany said...: Cheryl, I hope you feel better soon. I've been going on short walks this week at night, but today i actually felt "like I am here" not overwhelming fatigue taking over. I know what it's like to not be able to move and when we have to, it takes a lot of energy to do simple tasks.; January 9, 2009 4:50:00 PM PST
Gianna said...: I'm glad you're feeling better...
my fatigue hasn't lifted in months now...still very scared...don't even know what my next move will be...

sometimes I feel like I'm dying. really...my body just sapped of energy...

hope things keep on staying up for you...; January 9, 2009 7:54:00 PM PST
Stephany said...: thanks Gianna, i hope you feel better soon that's for sure. i have to say the back muscle relaxant has been a lifesaver allowing my muscles to relax and i've been able to sleep. it;s one drug i have no complaint about!; January 9, 2009 8:15:00 PM PST
Chunks of Reality said...: I'm so glad to see that you are feeling better.

I just voted for ya in the MedGadget and Wellsphere awards! I hope that you win because you certainly deserve it!; January 9, 2009 9:45:00 PM PST
Not Very Anonymous Mom said...: so good to hear stephany. but so sorry to hear that you're still having such difficulty gianna, and cheryl.

oh for that magic wand to wave, right?; January 10, 2009 2:03:00 AM PST
Ana said...: I hope you get better and better.
Love,
Ana; January 10, 2009 6:51:00 AM PST
Andy A said...: Hiya, Stephany. Thanks for stopping by my site and leaving a comment. I would have been around sooner but I'm putting my efforts to stay off the computer as much as possible to help with some physical pain I've been having. Of course, I'm only partially successful at resting, and after reading an article in TIME a little while ago, I wanted to make a mention. A comment I'm leaving on a few blogs in the "network:"

Maybe I'm getting excited (or anxious) again for no reason, but here is an admission that came from a mainstream news publication:

From TIME magazine: The Mystery of Borderline Personality Disorder By John Cloud / Seattle Thursday, Jan. 08, 2009

"[...]
BPD treatment has improved dramatically in the past few years. Until recently, a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder was seen as a "death sentence," as Dr. Kenneth Silk of the University of Michigan wrote in the April 2008 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. Clinicians often avoided naming the illness and instead told patients they had a less stigmatizing disorder.
[..]
Borderline patients are often overmedicated--partly because therapists see them as difficult--but for Lily, as for most borderlines, the meds did little. "Drug treatment for BPD is much less impressive than most people think," Paris writes in Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder.
[...]"; January 11, 2009 12:45:00 PM PST
Stephany said...: Hi Andy! great article reference here. You'd be amazed how AstraZeneca reps were plugging Seroquel (antipsychotic!)for Borderline treatment at staff/doctor lunch and learns at one of the psych hospitals my daughter was at. I seriously doubt Seroquel is a match for DBT or therapy!; January 11, 2009 4:41:00 PM PST
Andy A said...: Stephany, I agree about Seroquel being unevenly matched with DBT (or CBT). Unless it was a staged wrestling match, DBT would kick butt and Seroquel would be forced to retire, suffering from being split in half, crushed into powder, and subsequently cast out upon the winds of eternity.

Or maybe I'm wrong; I've never used Seroquel. But sometimes I read things.; January 13, 2009 1:23:00 PM PST
Stephany said...: Hi Andy,

I was rx'd Seroquel for insomnia! (2 years ago i think) it drugged me up like a train wreck in the morning, and when I went off of it I was shocked at the withdrawals being equal to Prozac I experienced.

The number one search term that brings ppl to my blog daily is "seroquel withdrawals" because I wrote about it (a series) while I was in withdrawals.; January 13, 2009 4:33:00 PM PST