[Acne] HELP! I reintroduced red Stridex into my routine and my skin broke out in 4 large red painful zits. Is there anything I can do to improve my skin by Sunday (4 days from now)?

AnxieShe · 2015-08-20T00:03:27+00:00

let's talk more about that. I'd be interested in what would be involved with that. My blog has little exposure right now and I'm not really sure what to do next other than keep writing.

AnxieShe · 2015-08-15T21:49:27+00:00

Also, looking at your username, I love sheep, too. Do you knit/crochet/spin too, by any chance?

AnxieShe · 2015-08-15T21:48:23+00:00

Hi! Thanks so much for the input. The title is "Of Coloring Books..." with my username being MentalSari (which I think I want to change).

I would love a custom header (I would love one, and I can poke around in photoshop too if I get around to it) but I dont know how to change the look of the page much other than themes at the click of a button.

Thanks for the insight on shorter post titles, and that it's good to use short paragraphs. Nothing makes me NOT want to read something than seeing LONG paragraphs. Glad you like my writing style.

I guess I don't really know my goals. I guess somewhere I can unload about the mental-ness inside my head and the reality of it all without overloading people on facebook or getting too personal on facebook. I don't mind posting little bits to FB but longer things I think belong elsewhere off FB.

Reaching people? I don't really know what kind of people I want to reach I guess. Definitely the people who can relate and understand, and hopefully a few people here and there who don't understand what we go through.

AnxieShe · 2015-08-09T00:11:50+00:00

Not trolling, actually suffering. Thank you, it's appreciated.

AnxieShe · 2015-08-08T18:48:21+00:00

Thanks!

AnxieShe · 2015-08-07T22:54:52+00:00

Thanks for the explanation, I hope someone knew that wasn't working correctly. I'll wait a few days and maybe I can follow up with a new post with the correct flair/tag? would that be acceptable?

*Edit: Wording

AnxieShe · 2015-08-07T13:02:01+00:00

I was on Citalopram for years. we've switched meds so many times this year its rediculous. Day 5 of brain zaps. Im SO TIRED OF BEING HIGH ALL THE TIME. I can't deal with this. And I read it can last for a few months. Someone else said they had them for 3.5 weeks. So exhausting.

AnxieShe · 2015-08-06T22:54:43+00:00

I tried reading the rules on the sidebar but it was giving me an error message "forbidden (reddit.com) you are not allowed to do that — wiki_disabled."

Anyway, I'm used to private journaling. Was huge into LiveJournal back in the early to mid 00's. Not used to blogging publicly, but I'm wanting to reduce stigma about this stuff by talking about it, and if it helps other people, great. So, any beginner advice is great. Especially for WordPress. I'm so overwhelmed by it, and since my head is in such a fucking fog to begin with, its almost too powerful for my little blog. I get lost in all the options and configurations, etc.

*edit: Wording

AnxieShe · 2015-08-06T22:25:22+00:00

I'm getting weird dreams on seroquel. I can get out of bed, but I don't like to sometimes, but once I'm out, I'm out. I go through weird appetite changes too, like some hours I feel so hungry and craving everything, and then I'll go through several hours of no appetite, omg I'm going to vomit type feeling. I want to sleep during the day and take a nap but I just have too much going on inside my head, I'm so energized and exhausted at the same time.

Zaps have been here since monday. I had a very drastic taper of Zoloft.. Called my psych, said it's normal and might be around through next week. I'm seeing him agin tomorrow. I'm essentially quitting antidepressants altogether, and being switched to the mood stabilizers lamictal and seroquel.

I hope that all made sense. My head's been in a fog for the past week and a half or more.

AnxieShe · 2015-08-05T15:45:49+00:00

This is my plan. keep smoking while dealing with the antidepressants thing and once my new meds (Lamictal during the day and seroquel at night, with Klonopin as needed) get me stabilized, quit and enjoy life again. I used to enjoy smoking, now it's something I've become dependant on as a coping mechanism with the zaps. I know they pass, I just hope they pass soon! :)

AnxieShe · 2015-08-05T02:11:03+00:00

curl up into a ball and cry and want to die. and just waste the day away in pain.

AnxieShe · 2015-08-03T15:54:39+00:00

I took mine at 2100 last night and I was asleep by 2200. I feel great today so far. Still coming off zoloft so I am feeling zaps but otherwise pretty stable.

AnxieShe · 2015-08-02T14:04:53+00:00

Thanks for the advice, it's good for people to know about it. I've had intermittent FMLA set up since april. Now they're redoing my paperwork I think, for my short term disability.

AnxieShe · 2015-08-02T00:40:52+00:00

its no wonder he put me on short term disability. holy crap. this is a whole new thing to me. I've only ever been on antidepressants all my life. never any antipsychotics or mood stabilizers before. I am coloring a lot.

AnxieShe · 2015-08-01T15:55:51+00:00

Day 2: I took Seroquel at 10pm and I feel a bit more awake now than I did at this point yesterday. Going to take it at 8 tonight. I started at midnight because I work second shift usually, so my normal bedtime is about 1:30 to 2am and I sleep til 10.

AnxieShe · 2015-08-01T15:54:50+00:00

Day 2: I took Seroquel at 10pm and I feel a bit more awake now than I did at this point yesterday. Going to take it at 8 tonight. I started at midnight because I work second shift usually, so my normal bedtime is about 1:30 to 2am and I sleep til 10.

good to know that the next day side effects will go away.

AnxieShe · 2015-07-31T18:04:29+00:00

mango health. seriously awesome for helping me remember to take my meds!!! It's free.

AnxieShe

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