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16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 14

I have gone to the local public health clinic to ask them for help, as well as going though the yellow and white pages in the phone book.

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1288

rangerkoala, Have you tried talking to someone at your local Health Unit? Sylvie, Bilingual Health Educator

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 14

trying to find a support group is easier said than done. I have tried to ask the hospital, the MS Society and the mental health in the Local area. They don't have support groups that you can just go to. You have to be refered. My psychiatrist is at the next city at the other end ... 2 hours from me and he is more into research than problem solving. He has written 6 books and is attached to the major university. Ijust can't find real help

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1890

Amanda, Hi. I agree with Danielle that you might do very well in a support group, say, once a week where you can see and hear and contribute to a discourse about making changes in one's life. I'd say that you should try to sit your manager/boss down at the end of the next workday and just tell him how you are feeling about your self and your abilities and capacities on the job so that he knows what's going on with you. He needs to be aware that you are struggling. Think deeply about what changes you want to make in your life and start with one bit at a time - not to think of radical alterations all in one fell swoop! Patrick

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 8760

RangerKoala, It sounds as though you would really benefit by having someone to talk to. Have you looked into a support group, peer counseling or one-on-one counselling? It's obvious you're having a rough time! Let's start cultivating some resources you can use! Danielle, Bilingual Health Educator

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 14

As much as the doctors think it is easy to turn off the negative problems and focus on the positive, they don't know it all. In a 30 minute conversation, we talk about symptons, medication and touch on what you like and a few concerns and before you get into what else is wrong, the grab onto a simple statement and jump to the wrong conclusion. At the first visit with him, I told him I try and spend time with my girl friend. GIRL Friend. My best friend is a girl ... get it. He jumps to the conclusion "oh, girlfriend ... your gay! That explains it." I had to correct him ... I call my best friend, my "girl" friend. Makes me wish I had never mention the fact that I have a friend that sticks with me with all my troubles. I think my main problem is that I don't tell people what is bothering me. At home or at work. Work right now is hard for me because on person I can no longer work with is pushing me to get back to the regular me, who does anything that they are told and let everyone walk over them. I shake constantly at work, have trouble breathing and I have only been back 3 weeks after a 7 week leave. I am so tired after work I fall asleep right after dinner and wake up 2-3 am. 2 hours before I am suppose to. I can't really talk to my boss because he is getting ready for another major change at work, but sometimes I wish he would see the trouble I am in. Sometimes I have to go outside and freeze to calm down - go outside without the jacket, in minus degree weather and high winds,(Ontario has been having a rough winter), and freeze myself calm. With the current medication, I feel like a walking zombie sometimes. I will have to wait and see what happens. Amanda

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 14

The problem is now I don't enjoy anything anymore. It is like I am walking outside myself. I do because I have to. Not because I want to. I want nothing this life has to offer because I don't like my life. I can't change it. With restrictions I have with MS, the way I was raised and expections, I do because I have no choice. Celexa is making me feel numb ... no feelings ...except I want to escape ...

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1288

Rangerkoala, You should continue taking your medication as your doctor has perscribed. When you are feeling down, try to stay positive. Make a list of the things that you do enjoy and try to focus on them. This may help you to put a perspective on things. Sylvie, Moderator

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 14

I went to a Neuropsychiatrist today. Both my neuro and family doc think the dizzy spells, and panic attacks that I am having now, are all in my head. My brain can't cope with everything and are creating physical symptoms that have an impact on my everyday life. These attacks stop me in my tracks, make it hard to breath or make me unable to move. I fall and pass out sometimes or I have to leave where I am and make myself uncomfortable so I can focus on that instead of the panic attack. The Neuropsychiatrist has decided to increase my Celexa and told me that, the atavin which I only take when I am having a panic attack, that I should also take it when I am starting to have a dizzy spell. I try and limit myself to only taking the atavin when I really can't talk myself out of a panic attack. He wants me take it when I am having dizzy spells as well. Up to 3 times in 24 hours. I am trying to not take them, but he says that to take them right now until I can get a handle on everything that I am going through. Life is really not that bad for me, right now, so I am wondering what my mind is trying to cope with. A great job, a family that helps when they can, and 2 niece's that I try to live a full life for them. I dawned on me last week that I was dx'ed 11 years ago this year and I feel like I am going backwards … not forward. I am losing focus on enjoying life and don't want to continue volunteering with the Girl Guides. I am losing interest in life. But I am trying to hold it all together.

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