Archive for the ‘Mental Illness’ Category
Reflections on a Year
Well…over 13 months. Anyway, as Adam and I gear up for our next big adventure, him starting day nursery and me having free time away from him on a regular basis, I’ve started to reflect on the past year. As this year has gone by there have been some truly horrible moments. Moments when I’ve [...]
July 17, 2010
Posted in: Adam, Being a Mummy, Fibro, Mental Illness, Thoughts 
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I Felt Like Such A Bad Mother The Other Day
Anyone who reads this blog for anything more than 2 seconds knows that I have quite a few health problems. Fibromyalgia. Type II diabetes. Anxiety Disorder. Borderline Agoraphobia. Early Degenerative Disease. And I do everything in my power to not let these things affect the care of my son. I had a horrible fibro flair [...]
January 18, 2010
Posted in: Adam, Being a Mummy, Diabetes, Fibro, Mental Illness, me 2 Comments
Yesterday I Woke Up With Very Few Spoons
What that means. It actually started at about 330am when either I was awoken by Adam needing me or I woke Adam because I moaned in pain in my sleep. My upper arms and my thighs hurt with every move. I was having the worst Fibro flare I’ve had since having my son. Lucky for [...]
November 12, 2009
Posted in: Adam, Being a Mummy, Fibro, Mental Illness, daily No Comments
I May Have Ranted About This Before
but I am going to rant about it again! I take two meds for my mental health issues; Xanax, for anxiety and Trazodone for depression. Each of these meds has been mentioned on TV shows I watch. And misrepresented. Trazodone was mentioned on NCIS once. Abbey claimed that someone on it would be so knocked [...]
September 19, 2009
Posted in: Mental Illness, Thoughts, daily No Comments
Six Weeks Old…
as of today, Little Man is six weeks old. Time is flying by. Tomorrow is my 6 week postnatal appointment with my GP. This is the conversation we will be having: me: I feel like crap. All meds back, please. her: Okey dokey!!
July 23, 2009
Posted in: Adam, Mental Illness No Comments
Letter to My Baby – Gestational Age 26 Weeks
Dear Baby This has been another really hard week for mummy. Her depression has come back. And this makes her worry about you. I mean, I will always worry about you, since you’re my baby. Its my job! And Daddy’s job! But I do worry about being able to take care of you when I [...]
March 16, 2009
Posted in: Baby, Letters, Mental Illness No Comments
Well, Was Feeling Better…
and now I’m not. Today I am totally nauseaous. And depressed. And just generally feeling BLAH! Did go out yesterday and see Watchmen. It was pretty good, if very violent. And my second foray into slow cooker use was successful! I made chicken caccatori. Was a bit watery, but very very tasty. We will be [...]
March 16, 2009
Posted in: Baby, Mental Illness, daily 2 Comments
On Infections and the Possiblity of PND
So, woke up this morning. Had breakfast. Took a shower. Threw up. Went to Doctor. Being investigated for a possible infection. Or could be the vomiting bug that’s going around. She is sending a referral to psych for me, just in case this antenatal depression turns into post natal depression (PND). Its not guaranteed that [...]
March 13, 2009
Posted in: Baby, Mental Illness, Pregnancy, Work, daily 4 Comments
Random Thoughts on a Thursday…
Somewhere in this crowd is my husband. Heartburn sucks. Especially at 2am. Yes, I am depressed. Very depressed. And I’m not at work. Yesterday the baby was playing footie. Today? Its studying ballet.
March 12, 2009
Posted in: Baby, Belfast, Mental Illness, Pregnancy, Simon, Thoughts, daily One Comment
I’m Feeling Much Better
Definitely going to work on Monday. Not much going on really. Just getting a bit bigger every day. Went through a lot of my work clothes this week and retired them to the spare room closet for the duration. I told them I hoped to see them again in about a year or so. Maybe [...]
December 5, 2008
Posted in: Derry, Mental Illness, Pregnancy, daily One Comment