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23 Jul 2019, 10:08 am

Having a really miserable day after another sleepless night :(


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23 Jul 2019, 12:22 pm

5. I don't feel much, just tired. My employer apparently doesn't want to renew my contract.



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23 Jul 2019, 12:25 pm

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Some good news ... but I'm generally in a vortex of stress.

Also, my right arm and hand won't stop shaking. Is that bad?


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23 Jul 2019, 7:35 pm

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I'm sort of just... stuck. I'm really not doing anything more than simply letting each day pass, and I really don't know how to change that. Trying to get a job is not a possibility right now and may never be, I feel like I have basic life skills and stuff down enough that I could probably live on my own if it weren't for money and my memory issues, and I just don't know what else I can do to try to move on to the next stage of life, which I should've been at several years ago. Really, I just want to actually be doing something worthwhile, and I don't know what I can do. It's really making me depressed, all the time I've just been wasting, and continue to waste.


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23 Jul 2019, 7:51 pm

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I'm sort of just... stuck. I'm really not doing anything more than simply letting each day pass, and I really don't know how to change that. Trying to get a job is not a possibility right now and may never be, I feel like I have basic life skills and stuff down enough that I could probably live on my own if it weren't for money and my memory issues, and I just don't know what else I can do to try to move on to the next stage of life, which I should've been at several years ago. Really, I just want to actually be doing something worthwhile, and I don't know what I can do. It's really making me depressed, all the time I've just been wasting, and continue to waste.


is there any sort of volunteer work you would enjoy and could even for just an hour or two per week? i did a few types of volunteer work as my only work for ten years. it gave me something to put on my resume and let me be useful. the one job with the most freedom was reading the editorial page of the newspaper over the phone into a recording blind folks could access on thursdays. i found out about some of the available volunteer jobs through the united way. if not, might you look at some of the support you give others in this forum as contributing. i know i felt good about something as simple as picking up dropped grocery list and giving it to the dropper who would have lost it had i not been paying attention.



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23 Jul 2019, 8:30 pm

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dragonsanddemons wrote:
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I'm sort of just... stuck. I'm really not doing anything more than simply letting each day pass, and I really don't know how to change that. Trying to get a job is not a possibility right now and may never be, I feel like I have basic life skills and stuff down enough that I could probably live on my own if it weren't for money and my memory issues, and I just don't know what else I can do to try to move on to the next stage of life, which I should've been at several years ago. Really, I just want to actually be doing something worthwhile, and I don't know what I can do. It's really making me depressed, all the time I've just been wasting, and continue to waste.


is there any sort of volunteer work you would enjoy and could even for just an hour or two per week? i did a few types of volunteer work as my only work for ten years. it gave me something to put on my resume and let me be useful. the one job with the most freedom was reading the editorial page of the newspaper over the phone into a recording blind folks could access on thursdays. i found out about some of the available volunteer jobs through the united way. if not, might you look at some of the support you give others in this forum as contributing. i know i felt good about something as simple as picking up dropped grocery list and giving it to the dropper who would have lost it had i not been paying attention.


Part of the problem I have is a lack of transportation. I can't drive, my parents both work all day on weekdays, and we don't have convenient public transportation in my area, except for Uber and related things. I had something in high school that I needed volunteer hours for and I did volunteer at a local animal shelter, but I had to constantly nag my parents to get them to take me even only every other Saturday. I do feel good about doing simple little things that help others, but it only lasts for a little while. But it didn't occur to me until you mentioned it that I haven't been doing as much of giving support to others here and things like that recently. I haven't been dispensing my dragon hugs as much as I used to, because I feel bad that I don't have any real advice or anything to offer, but I need to remember just how much it can help just to know that someone cares.


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23 Jul 2019, 9:58 pm

dragonsanddemons wrote:
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dragonsanddemons wrote:
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I'm sort of just... stuck. I'm really not doing anything more than simply letting each day pass, and I really don't know how to change that. Trying to get a job is not a possibility right now and may never be, I feel like I have basic life skills and stuff down enough that I could probably live on my own if it weren't for money and my memory issues, and I just don't know what else I can do to try to move on to the next stage of life, which I should've been at several years ago. Really, I just want to actually be doing something worthwhile, and I don't know what I can do. It's really making me depressed, all the time I've just been wasting, and continue to waste.


is there any sort of volunteer work you would enjoy and could even for just an hour or two per week? i did a few types of volunteer work as my only work for ten years. it gave me something to put on my resume and let me be useful. the one job with the most freedom was reading the editorial page of the newspaper over the phone into a recording blind folks could access on thursdays. i found out about some of the available volunteer jobs through the united way. if not, might you look at some of the support you give others in this forum as contributing. i know i felt good about something as simple as picking up dropped grocery list and giving it to the dropper who would have lost it had i not been paying attention.


Part of the problem I have is a lack of transportation. I can't drive, my parents both work all day on weekdays, and we don't have convenient public transportation in my area, except for Uber and related things. I had something in high school that I needed volunteer hours for and I did volunteer at a local animal shelter, but I had to constantly nag my parents to get them to take me even only every other Saturday. I do feel good about doing simple little things that help others, but it only lasts for a little while. But it didn't occur to me until you mentioned it that I haven't been doing as much of giving support to others here and things like that recently. I haven't been dispensing my dragon hugs as much as I used to, because I feel bad that I don't have any real advice or anything to offer, but I need to remember just how much it can help just to know that someone cares.



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23 Jul 2019, 10:03 pm

It doesn't matter how I feel superficially. Inside I always feel like s**t.


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23 Jul 2019, 10:31 pm

+7. My first tech job!



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23 Jul 2019, 11:10 pm

IsabellaLinton wrote:
3 Some good news ... but I'm generally in a vortex of stress. Also, my right arm and hand won't stop shaking. Is that bad?

some questions for you, por favor - have you recently started on a new Pmed? are your tremors when resting your arm/hand, or actively using it in some way? not legally able to dx you in any way but there is at least one medical disorder which can manifest a tremor in response to voluntary arm/hand movement during stressful periods, so if i were you and this continues any longer, i'd ask an MD about it.



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23 Jul 2019, 11:20 pm

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IsabellaLinton wrote:
3 Some good news ... but I'm generally in a vortex of stress. Also, my right arm and hand won't stop shaking. Is that bad?

some questions for you, por favor - have you recently started on a new Pmed? are your tremors when resting your arm/hand, or actively using it in some way? not legally able to dx you in any way but there is at least one medical disorder which can manifest a tremor in response to voluntary arm/hand movement during stressful periods, so if i were you and this continues any longer, i'd ask an MD about it.


Thanks, Blabbs. It's been going for the better part of 12 hours now, very subtly like an electrical tremor from my elbow through my hand. It's visible but not overtly so. It comes in waves but when it's happening, it goes for about 20 minutes whether I'm using my arm or not. I've also has a pins and needles feeling on the right side of my head. It's a shame because I just saw my GP yesterday but it wasn't happening then. I feel fine physically, but yes I'm under a lot of stress. I'm not on any new meds, psych or otherwise. I'll take note if it continues! Hugs and thanks again.

PS I was on Risperdal for harmful stimming, but tapered off a few months ago. I know some people develop tics while on it, but I didn't.


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23 Jul 2019, 11:42 pm

IsabellaLinton wrote:
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3 Some good news ... but I'm generally in a vortex of stress. Also, my right arm and hand won't stop shaking. Is that bad?

some questions for you, por favor - have you recently started on a new Pmed? are your tremors when resting your arm/hand, or actively using it in some way? not legally able to dx you in any way but there is at least one medical disorder which can manifest a tremor in response to voluntary arm/hand movement during stressful periods, so if i were you and this continues any longer, i'd ask an MD about it.


Thanks, Blabbs. It's been going for the better part of 12 hours now, very subtly like an electrical tremor from my elbow through my hand. It's visible but not overtly so. It comes in waves but when it's happening, it goes for about 20 minutes whether I'm using my arm or not. I've also has a pins and needles feeling on the right side of my head. It's a shame because I just saw my GP yesterday but it wasn't happening then. I feel fine physically, but yes I'm under a lot of stress. I'm not on any new meds, psych or otherwise. I'll take note if it continues! Hugs and thanks again. PS I was on Risperdal for harmful stimming, but tapered off a few months ago. I know some people develop tics while on it, but I didn't.

you're welcome :flower: i hope you do get this looked at sooner rather than later. the combo of pins/needles on heat and the shaking arm worries me more than either one alone.



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23 Jul 2019, 11:51 pm

auntblabby wrote:
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IsabellaLinton wrote:
3 Some good news ... but I'm generally in a vortex of stress. Also, my right arm and hand won't stop shaking. Is that bad?

some questions for you, por favor - have you recently started on a new Pmed? are your tremors when resting your arm/hand, or actively using it in some way? not legally able to dx you in any way but there is at least one medical disorder which can manifest a tremor in response to voluntary arm/hand movement during stressful periods, so if i were you and this continues any longer, i'd ask an MD about it.


Thanks, Blabbs. It's been going for the better part of 12 hours now, very subtly like an electrical tremor from my elbow through my hand. It's visible but not overtly so. It comes in waves but when it's happening, it goes for about 20 minutes whether I'm using my arm or not. I've also has a pins and needles feeling on the right side of my head. It's a shame because I just saw my GP yesterday but it wasn't happening then. I feel fine physically, but yes I'm under a lot of stress. I'm not on any new meds, psych or otherwise. I'll take note if it continues! Hugs and thanks again. PS I was on Risperdal for harmful stimming, but tapered off a few months ago. I know some people develop tics while on it, but I didn't.

you're welcome :flower: i hope you do get this looked at sooner rather than later. the combo of pins/needles on heat and the shaking arm worries me more than either one alone.


Just checked my BP: 129/91 . Pulse 81. That's the best it's been in ages!


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IsabellaLinton wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
IsabellaLinton wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
IsabellaLinton wrote:
3 Some good news ... but I'm generally in a vortex of stress. Also, my right arm and hand won't stop shaking. Is that bad?

some questions for you, por favor - have you recently started on a new Pmed? are your tremors when resting your arm/hand, or actively using it in some way? not legally able to dx you in any way but there is at least one medical disorder which can manifest a tremor in response to voluntary arm/hand movement during stressful periods, so if i were you and this continues any longer, i'd ask an MD about it.


Thanks, Blabbs. It's been going for the better part of 12 hours now, very subtly like an electrical tremor from my elbow through my hand. It's visible but not overtly so. It comes in waves but when it's happening, it goes for about 20 minutes whether I'm using my arm or not. I've also has a pins and needles feeling on the right side of my head. It's a shame because I just saw my GP yesterday but it wasn't happening then. I feel fine physically, but yes I'm under a lot of stress. I'm not on any new meds, psych or otherwise. I'll take note if it continues! Hugs and thanks again. PS I was on Risperdal for harmful stimming, but tapered off a few months ago. I know some people develop tics while on it, but I didn't.

you're welcome :flower: i hope you do get this looked at sooner rather than later. the combo of pins/needles on heat and the shaking arm worries me more than either one alone.


Just checked my BP: 129/91 . Pulse 81. That's the best it's been in ages!

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24 Jul 2019, 4:53 am

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I'm still alive at the moment, and feel like screaming my head off.
My mouth is clenched in my sleep.



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I'm still alive at the moment, and feel like screaming my head off.
My mouth is clenched in my sleep.

can you go somewhere to scream? i have, out in the woods. i'm sure some body distant from me heard and thought it was a monster out there. but i felt better.