Re: Fighting Depression
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- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:43:30 -0400
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On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:34:55 -0500, "CatNipped"
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"Zombywoof" <Zomby-Woof@xxxxxxx> wrote in messageChange what you can change, and either accept or ignore what you
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On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:32:40 -0700, "Tes" <withcamera@remove this
comcast.net> wrote:
Cat,While there is always help, sometimes it just doesn't come in a pill
You don't begin to even know how much this note touched me.
I am so familiar with ALL of the things you have described.
I have suffered from depression most of my life.
One thing I STRONGLY suggest, is if the meds you are now taking for
that aren't working, get back to your Dr and try a different one.
I have tried just about all of them and I have only found 2 or 3 that
actually
work for me. Don't give up Sugar, there is hope I promise ya!!!
or a patch. I've tried about every AD on the market at one time or
another and about the best I get is a lessening in the intensity of
symptoms. Even the ones that seem to work only do so for a while
prior to petering out and I'm off chasing something else.
Part of me just doesn't want to put any more chemicals into the mix
I "think" I would only call a non-kill rescue place as opposed to
Your cat story hit so close to home I could have written it.
I currently have 4 cats outside and 2 inside. Every single one a rescue
that
showed up at my door one way or another.
My biggest buddy named Ratboy because he was so malnourished
when he was found that his tail resembled that of a rat), was injured
severely once. He came home with a totally swollen and messed up foot.
The vet said we pretty much had 2 choices to put him down, to amputate
the
leg. I did not have the income to do that, but after some calls around
to
various
cat rescue places and Vet, I was informed of a huge organization here in
town,
that rescued cats and also occasionally would help with finances of a
rescued cat.
So I called them and they picked up the entire bill for the amputation
and
everything. I will add that now Ratty, is a very happy healthy 12
pounder,
who gets around perfectly.
The name of this place here in our town is "Puurfect Angels. I'm sure
you
have
low price spay and neuter clinics and such in your town.
I would start there and see if they know of anyone who can help.
committing Kitty to the gas-chamber. Many of them can make it on
their own. Not easy, not pretty, but they do.
But too many of them meet a cruel and painful death. I know I can't help
all of them, much less all the children in the world who are in harm's way
(sadly, often put there by their parents). But the world just doesn't
make
any sense to me any more and my helplessness to change any of it just adds
to my sadness.
can't.
--
Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms should be aisles in a
convenience store; not a Government agency!
Ah, the Serenity Prayer...
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
the courage to change the things I can;
and the wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
I *SO* wish I had the courage or the wisdom to follow this advice. As soon
as I woke up this morning the tears started (try putting on mascara while
water is pouring out of your eyes - that takes skills! ;>). As I was
driving to work the pain in my arm and neck kept building and building (I
don't take my breatk-through pain pills until I'm at work - downtown Houston
traffic is dangerous enough, especially on a rainy morning like this one,
without adding even the least amount of opiate disorientation into the mix).
I know it's going to be a bad pain day (this time of year in Houston is
horrendous for cpp's - the weather seems to change from one minute to the
next).
I know as soon as the pain killers start kicking in (as they're just
starting to now) that some of that depression will lift a bit. So I'll give
myself that little bit of time to try and just cry it out and be done with
it. It's early yet and most of my co-workers won't be in for another half
hour or so - time enough, I hope, for the red to leave my eyes and nose.
Which reminds me...
...I used to have this great philosophy on life. "Bad things happen to
people, and you have two choices to make when they do - you can either cry
about it or laugh about it. Neither response will make the bad thing any
better, but laughing is more fun and it doesn't make your nose red."
I'd dearly love to know what happened to that me - what made me into this
pitiful, whining mess? I *REALLY* don't like the new me even one little
bit. This *&$%# pain has done so much more than just limit my physical
activities - it's crippled my mind and my heart as well.
OK, that's all the time I'm going to take on this, it's time to zip it up,
stick on a shelf in the back of my brain and worry about dealing with it
later. Of course, life being ironic, my first task to do this morning is to
enter into a database and file death notices. ;>
Hugs,
CatNipped
Great minds think alike.
--
The best thing you can give your children can't be bought.
.
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