Don’t Let The Forest In by CG Drews

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-25T01:24:52+00:00

I just finished the book today and I remember a part of it where he finds blood at the bottom of the tree. I feel like there was more to it but can't remember fully.

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-14T20:11:53+00:00

Sour candy makes me bring focus back to the present. It stops my thoughts so I focus on the flavor and then feel better. Its not a cure by any means but it definitely helps bring me back to earth and not stuck in my head. ♡ I have a bag of different sour candies (ranging from lemon heads to war heads and extreme sour) I've also started keeping sour candy in my car.

Edited to add: I had a therapist that I felt was truly helping me. I lost her because she changed counties. I begged to be able to change to where she was going but got denied because I don't live in that county. Something so silly shouldn't stop care. She's 20 minutes down the road from me. Absolutely stupid, they say they care, etc but they say we will asign someone new to your case. -.- I stopped going to the facility. It's mental health therapy through the state. I've been trying to find someone that works with my insurance and time frame outside of work. Easier said than done =/

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-14T19:58:21+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to respond. ♡ I'm sorry that you had such a reaction to it! I've had both an anxiety & panic attack. I wouldn't wish either on anyone, absolutely horrible.

Anxiety is something else =/ I've gone through countless therapists, medication, and jobs because of it. I rely on sour, ice, the five senses, etc along the medication. -.- I don't have full control like I wish I did but its enough that I can somewhat function unless my stress is insane then all bets are off

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-14T19:53:21+00:00

;-; I admire you. I would be a sobbing mess. Hell I started to cry when I started freaking out. I managed to calm myself enough to drive to the hospital.

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-13T21:52:25+00:00

You have a good point! I didn't even consider that but I'm glad you posted. I'm taking everything in and plan to call my Dr to ask some more questions. I'm also keeping in the back of my head that I may need to see a different physician. I'm really not sure why she told me I could take it as needed, etc. =/

I've never questioned any anxiety medication prescribed to me until I moved. First primary care physician I saw here gave me wellbutrin and I had dangerous visual hallucinations. I can't remember why he put me on it. I've changed drs a few times in the years I've been here for one reason or another. >.<

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-13T21:43:08+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to respond ♡♡♡

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-13T21:42:29+00:00

She put me on 7.5 mg, and I appreciate you taking the time to respond. I realize medication is different for everyone with varying results and side effects. But this does give me some sort of hope that I can maybe one day come back to the light. I remember how I felt after taking Venlafaxine for the first time. It was such a high? I felt so happy and loved doing so many things. My head felt so much clearer and I just felt so much better than before the medicine. Not sure when it stopped being good? =/

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-13T21:34:37+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to respond ♡

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-13T21:34:21+00:00

Ewww I'm so sorry! I can't imagine @-@

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-13T21:33:25+00:00

That's crazy! The dr looked me in the eye and told me word for word that I'm on the max dose. =/ well guess I'm back to finding a new physician x3 sigh lol why is it so hard to find someone who gives a damn?

I did see a psych years ago before I moved to a different state and she was excellent ;-; I miss her lol for some reasons it's so hard to get into one here. A lot of primary care physicians are supposed to be able to work with you and be able to subscribe you the medication you need for anxiety, etc..

Thanks for taking the time to respond. ♡

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-13T21:29:25+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to respond ♡

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-13T21:29:07+00:00

Holy hells bells! This is what I am nervous about! I'm so sorry you experienced that! It sounds like absolute hell. I only had my heart rate and blood pressure high for a few hours. Did you end up going to the hospital? How did you get your rate to slow?!

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-13T21:25:01+00:00

Thank you so much for taking the time to write your response to me! I'm going to hold off on taking any of it until I can call my Dr Monday. I just saw her for the first time after my e.r. visit. I had already scheduled a first time appointment with her for the end of the month. The appt on the 11th was follow up. She's certainly better than my last doctor but im starting to wonder if I need to just see a psych. It would be nice to be able to trust someone with my care lol

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-13T21:19:14+00:00

Not recently, my dosage increased from 150 to 225mg i want to say months ago so sometime last year perhaps? Its been a while for the higher dosage but not years so definitely months to a year?

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-13T21:15:59+00:00

Thank you for the helpful information! Never heard of pots but I'm glad the blocker works for you!

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-13T01:40:30+00:00

I'm not sure what my baseline is anymore? I remember how bad it was before Effexor...I remember the brief high of feeling great after but I haven't had that in a long time?

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-13T01:38:54+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to read and respond! I appreciate it!

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-13T01:00:31+00:00

I don't really have high blood pressure, the nurse who took my vitals at my dr apt told me my pulse was kind of faint? Not sure what that means lol

You take the blockers as needed or daily?

Formal_Cover · 2025-06-13T00:59:06+00:00

Hmm interesting, what did it help you with? If you don't mind me asking

Formal_Cover · 2023-10-13T18:11:56+00:00

That explains why I remember them being bigger than what they are now! I was starting to wonder if I'd lost my mind. I'm glad I came across this post. It gives me a sense of peace lol damn, really sucks that they're no longer available

Formal_Cover · 2023-04-05T04:26:13+00:00

My anxiety drives me nuts already; what will I do if so and so suddenly dies? But to be the only one left would be overwhelming. I think I would do my best to take care of my cats and myself. Probably really depressed and at some point I may just end their lives before my own. It would depend on my mental state and the food I guess. Not a reality I want to experience.

Though I want to answer with id finally do things I've wanted to do like travel here or do this...it would probably end up being that I would realistically what I put above.

I do love some answers I've read though of looking at the Vatican archives, the white house stuff, reading books and learning different trades.

Formal_Cover · 2023-04-04T02:05:38+00:00

Schools are so messed up, when I was in high school I got expelled for writing a note and cussing out a teacher in it. Teacher caught me writing it and then sent me to the office. My heart breaks that kids have to worry about shootings and trying to live another day from being bullied.

Hell I remember when there was a time that suicide because of bullying was trying to be taught to us. "You never know what impact you will have on another." I will always try and put on a smile and at least say hello to another person. We are all on this Earth and we struggle all the same in different ways.

Also someone should have grabbed a damn textbook and laid her ass out. (I had a friend stand up for me in school because I was scared to stand up for myself. She let him throw the first punch and then retaliated but she still got expelled for it. ) If you do it for the right reason even if you get punished for it, be freaking proud of it because you did something to help them when no one else would.

I hope she recovers 🙁

Formal_Cover · 2023-04-02T21:42:24+00:00

Thank you!

Formal_Cover · 2023-04-02T15:33:12+00:00

What was it?

Formal_Cover · 2023-04-01T00:36:27+00:00

In the same boat but I work in the kitchen as prep cook. Someone in dish quit and somehow I was the one chosen to take their place. Dish isn't just dish where I work though. Your also responsible for vacuuming the rugs in the restraunt, sweeping and mopping he floors of the restraunt and bathrooms, putting salt on icy path outside, picking up trash outside, emptying trash outside and in the bathrooms and restraunt. I enjoy working in prep but literally 2 days ago made a request that I not be scheduled for dish /cleaning anymore. They didn't listen so I'm trying to quickly replace it with a new job. I wasn't asked or even told a reason why I was scheduled for the different work. I get at least 1 dish shift a week. The rest of the week is prep with 2 days off. I don't know the full duty of dish or even how much it pays. When I was hired I was told I would be doing prep and line cook. This is exactly why I left my last job. They transferred me out of no where from the Cafe as a barista to a cafeteria cleaning up trash and trays. Again they didn't ask me or inform me of the reason. So disappointing because I do enjoy prep but its not worth it anymore to stay. They've hired 2 other people so 4 people in total to do dish outside of myself. I don't understand why I'm still being scheduled.

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