Oh, my meds are Lamictal, Geodon for bipolar and Ativan and Propanalol for anxiety. I just came off of Trileptal and Cymbalta, but if I'm beginning to cycle again, she'll put me back on those. 😒

Thanks ladies. I honestly would have never thought I was beginning to cycle again, so thanks for putting it into my mind. I really don't want to go back on those two meds I just got off, but I might just have to do so.

My psych doc said it could be a contributor but no one can say one thing is causing it. I've consulted my psychiatrist, primary care physician and gynecologist. I'm in perimenopause and I really feel it's that more than anything else. It was my PCP's recommendation that I get a sleep study which resulted me in getting a CPAP machine, but that doesn't keep me asleep. I did notice a difference in the time it took to fall asleep though. I fall asleep more easily when I first go to bed and DH says I don't snore anymore, nor do I toss and turn. However, I am still waking every 1 to 1.5 hours. I just get up because I hate that feeling of laying in bed unable to sleep. My work hours are perfect. The earliest I have to be in is 3:00 pm so as long as I don't have a morning appointment, I can sleep as much as I want to be until 1:00 pm.

Argh! Thanks for the warning. That's the last thing I need. My therapist won't be pleased if I start gaining again. She freely admits she doesn't know meds but she's on top of helping me to watch mine. I gained about 25 lbs. in 2 months because of binge eating disorder and was unable to lose any of it on my own. I rejoined Weight Watchers but am only down 2 lbs. after a month. I've been trying my best to not binge but I lost control yesterday. I hope it doesn't set me back too far. I'm hoping for a 1 lb. loss this week. I'll email my psych doc about the weight gain concern before I begin taking them.

Could be. Today I'm feeling quite depressed, whereas yesterday I was on top of the world. I just can't bring myself to do anything. I've been sitting here for a couple of hours and my thoughts are spiraling down. I finally got on my computer hoping to shake this depression off. I just came off two meds, a mood stabilizer and an anti-depressant. I guess I need to report these feelings to my psych doc.

When I was homeschooling my children, I was constantly buying and selling curriculum and books. We rarely did one program from beginning to end. The kids learned a lot though. The only topic I didn't cover that I never even thought about was fairy tales. I learned this a few years ago when I mentioned The Little Red Hen to one of my children and they stared blankly at me. A quick conversation led me to realize that we didn't read any of those kinds of children's books. None of them cared and their adulthood doesn't seem to be impacted. I told them wait until they have kids. They might feel differently. Oops! I got off topic. Anyway, now that I have time to focus on myself, I'm homeschooling myself using curriculum that I like. I'm not satisfied with what I have though and continue buying more. Well, changing math was necessary. MUS is working much better for me than Saxon did. Bummer too because I'm not doing well trying to recoup my losses by reselling. So last night, DH confronted me with how much money I've been spending. He told me how much was on our credit card for the past month and I was stunned. Did I really spend that much? So I promised I'd stick with what I had and stop buying. Unfortunately, there is so much more I want. I'm going to do my best to finish a level of something before moving on to something new though. Math was an exception. I like everything else. The jury is still out on my American Literature course from Apologia though. I got such a great deal on it at Christianbooks.com that I couldn't pass it up, but I have no idea how I'm going to fit it in to my day. I schedule 4 days a week so I'm not overwhelmed but I end up working on something the other 3 days of the week simply because I'm interested and am enjoying myself. There just isn't enough time in the day!! I actually want to quit my job I love so much so I can devote my hours awake to learning. Yet, I need the job to pay for the books I'm buying! 😂

They only did a sleep study for apnea. I have very mild sleep apnea but enough that I use a CPAP machine. It's helped me sleep better when I'm actually sleeping but it does not keep me asleep. When I wake up, rather than staying in the bed and going back to sleep, I pop up because I know there are good things I can get into, i.e. my studies and watching sermons online. I fight sleep. My brain wants stimulation, not rest. My body is saying otherwise. For example, it's 3:00 am right now and I'm looking over a new literature program I just received, eager to jump in. My eyes feel heavy but I don't want to go to bed. I do not understand why I can't sleep more than 1.5 hours at a time though. I sleep better in the daytime even thought I have the same interesting things that I want to do. My husband says I just have my days and nights mixed up. It's frustrating, honestly. Part of me wants to get back to a normal sleeping pattern, but try as I have, I just fail every time. I'd say I average 4 hours a night. Yesterday I slept 8 hours over 3 separate sleep periods. That's an unusual occurrence for me!

She did not mention that, no. I'll ask her Monday.

No. I've worn good supportive shoes for about 4 years now. I got fitted at two specialty running shoes stores and got the same recommendation. I also wear PowerStep inserts for my high arches. I first started wearing this set when I was working at the thrift store several days a week (while I was still volunteering) because I was having back pain. My chiropractor sent me to both stores to get fitted and the results were remarkable. My back pain went away fast, although I don't remember exactly how long. I remember being amazed that shoes could really make a difference. I like running shoes because the toe box is large. I love my Toms slip ons but they feel so snug even though they fit. I've gotten very used to wearing my good running shoes.

The thrift store floor concrete. That's when I discovered how important shoes and good inserts were for my feet. CVS has carpeting but I'm sure it's thin industrial carpeting.

It's a movie about fairies who live in a forest that is being cut down by big business. One of the workers is this young adult man who isn't really think about what he's helping to do. A fairy tried to give him fairy sight but ended up shrinking him down to fairy size. He saw how the animals and fairies needed the forest to exist. The fairies had a wise woman, like Gaia I think but without the religious aspect. The villain was an entity that presented as a glob of oil who wanted to move the great big machines and chew up all the trees. It had some musical numbers in it. We thought the music was good. Robin Williams voiced a bat who escaped from a laboratory. He had a wire antenna coming out of his head and he did goofy things like flying erratically and acting silly, i.e. the experiments done on him affected him mentally. Overall it was a good movie but I doubt my kids actually picked up on any great message.

I had an MRI of my leg but I was in the machine completely. They really made an effort to plug my ears because that machine was loud! I worried about feeling claustrophobic because it seems a common issue for MRI's but it really didn't bother me. I just kept my eyes closed and used the time to think about how my life was going. 😋 I can't help with the anti-anxiety question. I am on a regular anxiety med that I am addicted to in a controlled way. Well, my mom took Xanax for the first time in her life as her husband was deteriorating and bedridden in their home. She was just doing so much that she was on edge all the time. It took the edge off and allowed her to slow down. She had no side effects except it calmed her.

Sounds good. I'll give it a try. My doctor said to take it in the morning but if it really will have a drowsy effect, and no medication with drowsiness listed as a side effect ever has, I'd be willing to try it in the late afternoon. I'm have been on a string of sleeping meds and nothing really helps. At most I sleep no more than 1.5 hours at a time if I get in bed at night. In the morning I will sleep 2 or 3 hours, like if I stay up all night and go to bed around 7:00 am.

I loved my Brooks but I love my Hokas better. Yes, I spent $200 on shoes and inserts just two weeks ago. The pain hasn't diminished. Ugh.

It is only a little pain on the inside, mostly on the outside of the knee. Not below at all. Above it is sore all the way up to my hip.

I take Simvastatin but have been on it for years and years.

Yes, I'm trying to be encouraged by the idea I am not suffering from arthritis but my hypochondriac brain is playing out worse case scenarios like some kind of weird muscular disease. It's only my legs that hurt though. I have not tried magnesium. Could you give me an idea of how much to take and I'll go buy that today. I'm getting desperate! I must be considering I let my PT stick needles into my muscles. That felt like little earthquakes in my legs. It also caused my anxiety to shoot through the roof.

Is anyone familiar with Intuniv ER? My psych doctor is finally giving me an ADHD med. My therapist has wanted me on it for about 6 months now. I haven't been on ADHD meds in 12 years and don't remember what I took back then anyway. The problem is I have bipolar 2. I just came off of Trileptal and Cymbalta. My therapist wanted me on Strattera but my psych doctor said that was known to be mood altering and if I become depressed and/or with suicidal ideations again, she won't know if it's the Strattera or me coming off a mood stabilizer and anti-depressant. I do not know anything about Intuniv ER except she said the only side effect was really sleepiness and if I was affected that way, to take it at night. She said it has nothing to do with appetite which makes me sad because my therapist feels there is a connection between my ADHD (her specialty and focus of her dissertation) and my overeating and binging. She was hoping my psych doctor would put me on something that suppresses my appetite. My psych doctor just wants to make certain I am not on any kind of stimulant which might kick me into a hypomanic phase from my bipolar diagnosis. No, I don't want that! Any experience with Intuniv ER?

So, about early January, a couple of weeks after I started physical therapy for my back and had also started my new job at CVS, I started having aching knees. At CVS, I'm on my feet for a 6-hour shift but that's nothing. I did that at the thrift store as well, although I did sit down sometimes so maybe they can't be compared. Anyway it started off as a stiffening aching knees. It hurt to squat down but also hurt just standing, walking and sitting. After a while, I emailed my doctor and told her about it because I was wondering if I had developed arthritis. I'm 54 years old and am in perimenopause. The first day of my LMP was December 1st. She didn't want to do x-rays but instead sent orders to the physical therapist to add in leg exercises. Before I could start that, my knees started calming down but the rest of my legs hurt, most especially my thighs. When the PT examined my legs she said my muscles were super tight and she felt the knee pain was due to that. She couldn't answer why the knee pain came first. So I got a referral to an orthopedist from my regular doctor and they did an video visit to discuss my symptoms. He ordered x-rays and we made an in-person appointment. That is on March 1st. He also gave me a note asking CVS to allow me to sit down during my shift if my legs were hurting. So my muscles have been hurting much more than my knees but the knee pain hasn't gone away completely yet. At my last PT visit, she decided to work on my muscles with dry needling. She worked on my left thigh muscle down to my knee and while it felt weird and sometimes a little painful, the results were awesome. The pain in the muscles disappeared for a few days. That was Monday. Then yesterday I was in enough pain that I had to sit down almost my entire shift at work. This is getting frustrated. Any idea what could be going on? Sore, really tight muscles? Aching knees? First right knee was worse now it's the left. I did not do anything to my legs to cause this pain. No injury. At PT we focused on my back. The only thing I did with my legs was ride the bicycle for 10 minutes. At work, I walked up and down aisles straightening product or helping customers with purchases. Nothing strenuous. No lifting of anything heavier than a big bottle of shampoo. I have arthritis in my right big toe of all places. That was actually diagnosed by a foot doctor quite some time ago. A year or two? I can't remember. I hate the aging process. I won't even go in to my chronic insomnia. At least my hot flashes are more like warm flashes. I'm not complaining about them. At work I just go stand in front of the cooler where the cold drinks are kept. I must look ridiculous with my arm all the way in and my head leaning against the sodas. 😋 Oh! The x-rays showed absolutely nothing wrong.

We loved that movie! My kids and I watched it when they were little. Batty was hilarious. We all wanted a pet bat afterwards but only if it could be like Robin Williams' character.

Actually an old account. I have 168 feedback comments so I've sold many things. I started homeschooling in 2001 and bought/sold curriculum for years. I think I stopped buying/selling around 2012 when my kids no longer needed materials. One was using an accredited online high school program and the other went to public high school. As for wording it, I didn't say anything out of the ordinary. Only there are no marks in books, what edition, the name of the books and one picture of them. I got the same error message whether or not I did an auction and a buy it now feature. At first I thought it was really wanting me to do an auction which I do not want to do, but that wasn't the problem.

I tried listing my Saxon Math Algebra 1/2 set for $40 and it told me I exceeded the limit. There were 3 books in the listing. Apparently I'm only allowed to list 1 item and it has to be under $10? Is that right? I listed my Grade 7 R&S English book for $8 and it had only 1 item in the listing. It told me I could list up to $2.00 more for this month. What am I supposed to do? Sell books less than $10, one per month for a certain number of months before they'll allow me to sell more? or something at a higher price? It's changed a lot from when I used to sell curriculum. I deleted my R&S listing and listed all my stuff here. I know the traffic isn't as much here but I don't know what else to do. I just want to recoup a little of the costs I paid out to get these items that won't work for me. I don't want to donate them to a thrift store which is my only other option.