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hummingwolf) wrote2003-10-09 02:28 pm
hummingwolf) wrote2003-10-09 02:28 pm
Quick update
On Monday I turned 34, which felt pretty much exactly like 33. Spent the day running errands, with my time at home either playing with fractals on my computer or collapsed in bed.
Tuesday I went to the doctor, then ran errands.
Wednesday I ran errands.
Today I should be running errands, but I can't. I'm wiped. And there will be consequences for not doing what I'm supposed to be doing, and I don't know if I'll ever have the energy to deal with those consequences.
Every time I have to fill out a form detailing the extent of my disabilities, there's always a section asking if I can keep track of my finances all by myself, a section asking if I can do my own personal hygiene, a section asking if I can do housework. I always answer those questions in the affirmative, but it finally hit me today that I can't. Not now. I don't know if it's the physical problems or the depression--or how much of the depression has physical causes--but I haven't been able to balance my checkbook since sometime in the spring, my room hasn't had a good cleaning since January, and even my ability to brush my own hair has gone seriously downhill in the last month or so. I can't do all of these things without assistance anymore, and I don't have the energy to find out how I can get that assistance. I don't even have the energy to prove to anyone that I don't have the energy, and how screwed up is that?
I used to be motivated by dreams, goals, and plans. Even after my health went seriously downhill, I had goals and dreams and attempted to find ways to make them all reality. But my only real goal these days is to keep myself alive for one more week and frankly, that thought is not very motivating.
Tuesday I went to the doctor, then ran errands.
Wednesday I ran errands.
Today I should be running errands, but I can't. I'm wiped. And there will be consequences for not doing what I'm supposed to be doing, and I don't know if I'll ever have the energy to deal with those consequences.
Every time I have to fill out a form detailing the extent of my disabilities, there's always a section asking if I can keep track of my finances all by myself, a section asking if I can do my own personal hygiene, a section asking if I can do housework. I always answer those questions in the affirmative, but it finally hit me today that I can't. Not now. I don't know if it's the physical problems or the depression--or how much of the depression has physical causes--but I haven't been able to balance my checkbook since sometime in the spring, my room hasn't had a good cleaning since January, and even my ability to brush my own hair has gone seriously downhill in the last month or so. I can't do all of these things without assistance anymore, and I don't have the energy to find out how I can get that assistance. I don't even have the energy to prove to anyone that I don't have the energy, and how screwed up is that?
I used to be motivated by dreams, goals, and plans. Even after my health went seriously downhill, I had goals and dreams and attempted to find ways to make them all reality. But my only real goal these days is to keep myself alive for one more week and frankly, that thought is not very motivating.
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Perhaps some meds and talking might help the depression.
And every little bit that you get done pushes the dark back a little more.
Heck, you got me a fractal in record time. Can't be entirely unmotivated.
Anyways, I am here for you. So are lots of other people.
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As for meds: I still need to get my Ritalin refilled and start taking a new painkiller. Again, haven't had the chance to do that. Standard antidepressants are out of the question (unless you count Ritalin, which is sometimes prescribed for atypical depression) since all the meds I've ever taken which raise serotonin levels have made my fibromyalgia symptoms worse. Since my physical problems are a big reason for the depression, making those worse would not be a helpful thing.
I know you're there for me, Un. But I need someone here for me. As in, someone who can help me find a way to deal with local bureaucracy, someone who can help me pick up prescriptions, someone who can make appointments for me, someone who can help me balance the dang checkbook... doing (or trying to do) all this stuff on my own is wearing me out in a big big way.
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Sorry that I can't really help.
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::hugs::
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