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Tag Archives: depression
The One with The Parentheses
Happy anniversary to my body!!! Four years now. My surgery anniversary is always a special day for me. I like to reflect on the magical man who came into my life to change it forever (Dr. Mangal) and how he … Continue reading
Posted in Endometriosis, My Life, Travel
Tagged anxiety, aqaba, blood sugar, chronic illness, cystic fibrosis, depression, digestion, Dr. Mangal, ein gedi, endo, endo sister, endomet, hypopressive breathing, israel, jerusalem, jordan, korean skincare, low pressure fitness, nursing, petra, spoonies, spoons, surgery, tel aviv, TWU, UT Health, UTMB, wadi rum, zoloft
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Happiness is a choice!….and Cake Suicide (part four)
Turns out, Zoloft was the magic pill. It took about 3 weeks of dosage adjusting to completely stabilize and I’m now a different person. I haven’t been depressed since early February. This is SENSATIONAL for me. I can’t believe I … Continue reading
Posted in depression, Endometriosis
Tagged african dance, cake suicide, danca ma mi kizomba, dancing, depression, GI, happiness, insomnia, kizomba, mental illness, psychiatry, serotonin, suicide, voldemort, zoloft
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Happiness is a choice!….and Cake Suicide (part three)
I was very hopeful that the meds would work. 2 weeks later, I’m still sobbing uncontrollably every day. I feel like there is someone sitting on my chest – this heaviness that I can’t explain, like a vice of sadness … Continue reading
Posted in depression, Endometriosis
Tagged cake suicide, depression, endo, endometriosis, happiness, psychiatrist, sadness, serotonin, zoloft
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Happiness is a choice!….and Cake Suicide (part two)
But, where to begin? I remember from one of my Ginsberg tests that I produce very low levels of dopamine and serotonin, so the first thing I did was look up what low levels do to your body and brain. … Continue reading
Posted in depression, Endometriosis
Tagged cake suicide, depression, dopamine, endo, endometriosis, ginsberg, happiness, lexapro, memorial hermann, psychiatry, serotonin
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Happiness is a choice!….and Cake Suicide (part one)
…and other lies we are always told… Finally I’m back! There is a reason I’ve been gone. Not just because I felt like ignoring my 5 readers. I love you guys! I would never push you away. Unless I am … Continue reading
Posted in depression, Endometriosis, My Life
Tagged depression, endo, endometriosis, insomnia, st. maarten
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Endometriosis wrap up – December
After 7 weeks on the Loestrin and 4 weeks on Wellbutrin, I throw in the towel. Mathias had a last minute cancellation so I went in and told them it wasn’t working. They switched my birth control again to Minastrin, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, 2015, anxiety, Christmas, depression, doctor, endo, endometriosis, hormones, hospital, insomnia, kizomba, lexapro, loestrin, mangal, mathias, minastrin, nausea, prescriptions, SSRI, surgery, wellbutrin
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Endometriosis wrap up – November
I retired my laugh pillow this month. It was like losing an arm, not carrying it around with me. Didn’t realize I was getting so attached to a pillow. A million high fives to Melissa Gilson, the angel who lent … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, depression, endo, endometriosis, exhaustion, food, fort worth, india, Mexico, nausea, sadness, Thanksgiving
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Endometriosis wrap up – October
If I thought September was bad, I had no idea October was about to hand my ass to me, then slap me in the face to make sure I understood. This is the month shit got real. And by real, … Continue reading
Posted in Endometriosis, My Life
Tagged anger, anti depressants, big yoga, birth control, depression, driftwood, duchman winery, endo, endometriosis, ganglion cyst, gildess, jealousy, loestrin, mathias, Montreal, nausea, panic, paranoia, physical therapy, sadness, serotonin inhibitors, SSRI's, surgeries, surgery, wellbutrin, wimberley, yoga
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Endometriosis wrap up – September
This disease is complicated, delicate, fickle and endless. I haven’t posted for months because things got really dark for a while. But hmmm. How do I fill you in? Let’s do a 4 month wrap up, rap rap rap up! … Continue reading
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Tagged depression, endo, endometriosis, exhaustion, mathias, naproxen, nausea, pain, period, september, sleep
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Recovery….sounds like a typical bastard
Recovery blows. Like, for real. I’ve been in some foul moods. I mistakenly thought this would be the last step in my journey. I think most people thought that. I realize now it isn’t. It isn’t the beginning, or the … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, anger, birth control, depression, Dr. Mangal, frustration, health sabbatical, hopelessness, hormones, insomnia, laparotomy, lupron, meditate, melancholy, migraines, netflix, recovery, surgery, surrender
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Erin's Guide to Living 