Chronic Illness, Stress and Depression
Image via Wikipedia Depression has been a huge part of my life for so long that if it was suddenly taken away, I honestly wouldn’t know how to live. Even on the good days, it’s a constant, hovering...
View ArticleFibromyalgia Increases Suicide Risk – Chronic Illness, Stress, and Depression...
Image via Wikipedia According to a recently released research study (Mortality in fibromyalgia: An 8,186 Patient Study Over 35 Years,) having fibromyalgia increases the chance that someone will commit...
View ArticleKilling Me Softly – The War on Drugs Becomes a War Against Adequate Treatment...
The war on drugs has become a war against chronic pain patients and the few remaining doctors who are willing to treat them. . . . → Read More: Killing Me Softly – The War on Drugs Becomes a War...
View ArticleShe’s BAAAAAAACCCCKKKK . . .
Image via Wikipedia I’ve been pretty much offline for about two weeks now, since our router died and we were down to sharing the single network cable coming from the main house. Hubby gets super...
View ArticleGraceful Agony Blog Carnival – Depression & Chronic Illness
Image via Wikipedia I’ve been seriously slacking lately. Between the router issues (see my previous post,) work stress, and depression; I haven’t been able to write nearly as much as I’d like in the...
View ArticleMaking My Own “Medicine”– Part 2
Chronic illnesses tend to wreak havoc with family finances. Between the cost of treatment, and the reduction in the ability to work; having an illness like fibromyalgia, bipolar disorder, myalgic...
View ArticleSuicidal? It May Be Your Medication . . .
The clinical warning on prescription medications is so bland that it gives no real understanding of what it means to have suicidal thoughts, what kinds of feelings come with them, or how to recognize...
View ArticleStarting Over is a B**ch
I'm not sure what keeps me going, or why my hope hasn't died completely; but once again I'll be starting over. I'll be hoping against hope that this time it will get better; that we'll find a way to...
View ArticleFighting the Five “Ds” of Fibromyalgia
Like your most annoying relative, the five "Ds" of fibromyalgia tend to show up over and over. No matter how positive you try to be, there are days when it really gets to you and you go tumbling back...
View ArticleStill Fighting the Five “Ds” of Fibromyalgia – An Update
New developments in the fight against depression, despair, and defeat. I'm winning (sort of,) and have some exciting projects in the works. . . . → Read More: Still Fighting the Five “Ds” of...
View ArticleWhen the Light at the End of the Tunnel IS the Train
Donner Train Tunnels and Snow Sheds (Photo credit: ChiefRanger) Note: This post may sound pretty negative. I’ve been running with my blood sugar very low because of the financial situation, and that...
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