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by LyndaLu
Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:45 pm
Forum: Session 13 - Time Management: 12 Steps Toward a Balanced Life
Topic: Purpose
Replies: 10
Views: 16546

Re: Purpose

I know that the last post here was quite a long time ago. I have absolutely been going through this every single day recently. The questions I ask are these: Who Am I ? What Is My Purpose ? I suffer from depression so very little things bring me joy. I am trying to bring joy back into my life. I am ...
by LyndaLu
Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:30 pm
Forum: Session 5 - Eat and Exercise to Minimize Anxiety and Depression
Topic: addicted to caffeine
Replies: 6
Views: 6953

Re: addicted to caffeine

I have not had a cup of coffee in 2 1/2 months. I gave up candy 2 1/2 months ago too. I recently had a psychiatrist visit and he asked me about coffee and sugar during our visit. I don't drink sodas because I have never been a soda drinker. Today I DID drink some iced tea. I gave up candy, but that ...
by LyndaLu
Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:20 pm
Forum: Chronic Disease Sufferers
Topic: Excessive Weight loss
Replies: 11
Views: 12345

Re: Excessive Weight loss

I have found another reason for excessive weight loss..... Ulcerative Colitis. I have had Ulcerative Colitis for 17 years but was not diagnosed until 2006. Back in 2006 I HAD lost 60 pounds due to mental health issues alone. But the past three months I have been extremely CONSTIPATED instead of havi...
by LyndaLu
Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:11 pm
Forum: Chronic Disease Sufferers
Topic: Ulcerative Colitis
Replies: 4
Views: 5101

Re: Ulcerative Colitis

I have just started participating in a website

for Crohn's and Colitis and each time I log on

I find out some more information about the disease

that I never knew about.

www.crohnsforum.com

Check it out. I hope I got the website address right.

Lynda :)
by LyndaLu
Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:00 pm
Forum: Depression
Topic: Is anyone out there unemployed.......
Replies: 12
Views: 10282

Re: Is anyone out there unemployed.......

It has been a couple of years since I posted here. In 2012 I had no health insurance and my Unemployment Benefits expired. I had to stop taking my psychiatric medications because I could no longer afford them. My sister was supporting me financially for about 9 months. The year 2012 really sucked an...
by LyndaLu
Mon Jul 21, 2014 9:31 pm
Forum: Chronic Disease Sufferers
Topic: hypothyroidism causes depression, chronic pain, IBS, cardiovascular disease...
Replies: 7
Views: 6709

Re: hypothyroidism causes depression, chronic pain, IBS, car

My doctor raised my dose of my thyroid medication just recently. Recently I had a thyroid ultrasound. The ultrasound showed that one of my three thyroid nodules was growing. I had to have a needle biopsy of that growing thyroid to get cells from that thyroid nodule. The tests came back negative for ...
by LyndaLu
Sun Jul 20, 2014 10:36 pm
Forum: Session 2 - Six Steps Designed to Put an End to Panic Attacks
Topic: Hard to think happy thoughts...
Replies: 4
Views: 5758

Re: Hard to think happy thoughts...

I was hospitalized last year and I am still trying to find joy in my life. The only thing that I enjoyed before my hospitalization my watching basketball games on television. I did continue doing this during the entire recent basketball season. I watched almost every game that my team played. But ot...
by LyndaLu
Sun Jul 20, 2014 10:25 pm
Forum: Depression
Topic: How Badly has Depression affected or screwed up your Life?
Replies: 66
Views: 41277

Re: How Badly has Depression affected or screwed up your Lif

Mark: I know that your post was in May and it is July now, but I thought I would write anyhow. I was just thinking about this. Do you have physical disabilities that could add to your depression ? Sometimes physical health issues go hand-in-hand with mental health issues. One seems to lead to anothe...
by LyndaLu
Sat Jul 05, 2014 5:25 pm
Forum: Session 5 - Eat and Exercise to Minimize Anxiety and Depression
Topic: anyone else having a hard time finding sugar free items?
Replies: 3
Views: 5722

Re: anyone else having a hard time finding sugar free items?

There is a documentary that just came out called "Fed Up". I have not had a chance to see the documentary yet, but I have heard some information about it on the Internet. They say that 80% of the food sold in the grocery store has sugar ADDED to it. I tried the "Fed Up" challenge in May and it was v...
by LyndaLu
Sat Jul 05, 2014 5:13 pm
Forum: Chronic Disease Sufferers
Topic: hypothyroidism causes depression, chronic pain, IBS, cardiovascular disease...
Replies: 7
Views: 6709

Re: hypothyroidism causes depression, chronic pain, IBS, car

I know that these posts are old, but they sure have opened up my eyes about thyroid issues. I just started taking thyroid medication and I am going through menopause and I have MANY physical health issues in addition to depression and anxiety. I have arthritis and colitis and physical pain, and thyr...