Posted by M on March 25, 2000, at 0:49:55
In reply to Beating Noa to the punch ..., posted by bob on March 24, 2000, at 23:55:40
> > > I may sound like a one track record (gee, now isn't that kind of an outmoded expression), but your immobility, which sounds so much like my day to day experience of life these days, makes me wonder whether you have had your thyroid function evaluated.
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> ... Noa, you promote the thyroid, I'll do the ritalin.
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> > Now, having said all that, about a year ago my gynecologist DID run a thyroid test because even with erratic periods and hot flashes he didn't believe I was menopausal. The results were normal.
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> Normal may not be good enough for someone with depression.
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> That said, Noa can say a helluva lot more than me about when normal isn't normal.
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> As for the getting stuck ... well, if you're anything like me, the enormity of the tasks make me balk and do things like signing on to Babbleland for hours and hours.
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> Pick one thing. Forget the rest. Get that one thing done, then give yourself a short break or a reward.
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> my one cent
> bobThanks, Bob. The "pick one thing, get that one thing done" trick has, in fact, worked pretty well for me on some days. Over the last couple of weeks, however, it just doesn't seem that anything is working very well. Even the smallest task seems not only difficult but impossible...even sorta pointless.
Must be in a rut, eh?
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