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Depression or exhaustion.
This time of year can be a challenge at the best of time for me, with the darker mornings, the lack of sunshine, and the…
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Time for an update. I GOT MARRIED !
So, since we last spoke I have been to Florida, got married. In the past month I have had surgery, come off my Sertraline meds,…
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Aaah, that’s better.
After two weeks of respite following the surgery on my arm to remove the lump, it feels great to be back at it. And by…
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Unsettled and agitated.
The past week or so I have really been fighting to get to sleep. Once I am asleep I seem to do OK, albeit waking…
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Sidenote on medications…
I feel it is important to add that this is not my first rodeo coming off SSRI’s, and have been in control of it in…
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Today is a big decision day!
For the past couple of months, as you may know, I have been reducing the dose of my meds. Sertraline, an SSRI, basically works by…
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The year ahead – 2023
2022 was one heck of a year. A lot happened, I feel I achieved a lot, and grew as a person both physically and mentally.…
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So, what now? What’s happening?
Fresh from being discharged from CBT, I am now flying solo again. Just me and my meds, getting by each day, doing my own thing,…
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The fine line defined
On my current journey with anxiety and my mental health, I have once again made some interesting discoveries. The first being with the medication. I…
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My history with anxiety. Pt 2
In the last entry about this subject I focused on the first thing I can look back on, and identify as a coping mechanism for…
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