Posted by fairywings on December 24, 2005, at 6:00:57
In reply to Re: I want therapy so much (*****trigger*****) » Tamar, posted by Dinah on December 20, 2005, at 16:02:09
Hi Tamar and Dinah,
I know both of you have diabetes, and as far as I know I don't, so take it for what it's worth. I had blood sugar problems with my last pregnancy, but was never diagnosed as having g.d. I kept an eye on my b.s. with a monitor and tried to keep it under control bec. my older son was over 10# and got stuck in the birth canal, didn't want a repeat of that. Anyway, you might already know this, but I couldn't, and still can't, eat any carb. w/o a protein to balance it out. I took to eating Luna bars for breakfast and lunch bec. even when I just ate 1 egg/1 slice of toast my blood sugar would shoot up. On the protein bars my blood sugar never rose when I ate them, often it fell just slightly, and I didn't get that energy crash after I ate. Hope that's helpful in some way. I still eat Luna bars for breakfast - love the chocolate peppermint, and anything w/peanut butter.
Tamar, as far as the SI and SSRI's, I didn't react well to the SSRI's either. They made me less anxious - kind of flat, but far more depressed. I didn't self injure, but I did have suicidal ideation when I was on them, and I didn't have it in the period b4 I took them. Have you tried Stattera or Wellbutrin? Those don't target just serotonin.
fw
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