Tag: depression

A Year Since My Fracture

I’ve honestly been tip-toe-ing (literally) this entire month leading up to October 27th, which is when I broke my stupid ankle in 6 places last year. I’m attributing that to PTSD and just having bad luck for the past couple of years. But my anniversary came and went. I haven’t broken anything else, thank God. But these days I only wear flats and am constantly looking at the ground when I’m walking. I’m telling you–PTSD.

But I managed to lose 30 lbs. since March, thanks to sticking to Keto.

Although I’m still not working out, I feel better about myself these days and I was able to go from pre-diabetic during my July 2021 labs (6.3 A1C) to 5.3 A1C this past August 2022. My goal is to further lower that number. I’ve recently been denied physical therapy (ever since the staff changed, things just aren’t the same. I miss Lynnette!), so I need to start using my treadmill and stationary bike.

As for my mental health: my new meds seem to be doing better for my depression and anxiety (but that could also be because things seem to be falling into place for me lately). I’m no longer experiencing those weird brain zaps or leg twitches and I haven’t gained weight, thank goodness.

I’m also hoping to make more changes to get further in my career with the government, so that’s kind of what I’m focused on right now. Work has been great, even though Julianna promoted to a supervisory position in Laredo and she’s leaving šŸ˜„ .

And speaking of: Eenan is now working and Jaylen just switched jobs/careers. I’m so proud of them!

And the girls: well, they’re too busy being teenagers with social lives but they are both doing great in school so I’m fine with driving them around. Sometimes LOL.

Seeing my friends lately has been a challenge. Everyone’s busy or have things going on in their own lives. But I finally got to catch up with Sally this past Friday. It was nice and she’s always a wonderful hostess.

It’s Sunday and I have errands to run and stuff to study so this will be all for now. I’m only blogging because I reformatted my hard drive yesterday and wiped it clean and it’s actually working! On to my next cup of coffee 8) .

How Do I Make it Stop?

Today is one of those days that, no matter how many meds I take, the sadness is here to stay. I donā€™t think itā€™s withdrawals from weaning off the Paroxetine like it was a couple of weeks ago. I just feel SO sad. Iā€™m over my period, so I donā€™t know wtf is going on. I think everything is hitting me all at once.

First, I canā€™t spend the birthday of probably the guy Iā€™m closest to (actually loving right now) with him and that started the whole thing. Even though we spent all day yesterday together, I still feel so sad about it.

Money. Money is always, always, always one of the biggest triggers for me. I got paid, I sold some stuff and yet, my rent is coming up NEXT WEEK and Iā€˜m flipping out about whether I should just pay it all now and stay broke. Or wait till next week and possibly not have the full amount. Plus birthdays are coming up and I have to pay for that, too. Plus Briana wants to go to the beach with the girls on Sunday. A come-and-go trip. But going on those reminds me about how we canā€™t even rent a room because Iā€™m broke. Which gets me thinking about how my girls are going to have a shitty summer because I canā€™t afford to take them anywhere. So I bring this up to my person because Iā€™m venting and he brings up the shootings in Uvalde and how those parents would rather have their kids instead of some trip somewhere and that just threw me over the edge. I had been avoiding the news because I knew if I started reading and seeing the photos of those little babies it was going to send me into a spiral. I asked him not to do that and not compareā€”I know Iā€™m grateful to have my childrenā€”I KNOW THAT. Itā€™s not about that at all. So I got lectured. And then I cried at work. Even after taking meds. Iā€™m sure they gave me a fucking placebo just to shut me up.

Iā€™m always praying for the time that I can finally come home from work and be with my kids and tend to my plants. But even tending to my plants is depressing sometimes because some of them arenā€™t doing too good. Then I start feeling like a failure, which really doesnā€™t help things at all. And Alaethia is at a party with her friends. I took Emily to get Caneā€™s and I didnā€™t get anything because I feel fat and they donā€™t have anything there thatā€™s Keto. Ugh. So I come to my bedroom after tending to my struggling plants. Then I look around my room and I know I should put the neat pile of clothes thatā€™s on my computer chair in my closet, but I remember how crowded my closets are and I would rather not. Maybe I should just go to sleep.

Ah, the Itchy Stage

Day 5, Post-Op. Iā€™m not feeling as much PAIN in my ankle, per se. Iā€™m feeling a lot of stretching and discomfort and ITCHINESS! I just want to reach something in there and scratch above the right side of my ankle but thereā€™s some iron-clad splint all up in there. The back is getting itchy, too, but Iā€™m thinking itā€™s because either the incisions are starting to heal, or they already have and my weird, jerky, involuntary movements are causing the scabs to stretch and tear. *shudder* Just thinking of it gives me the heebee jeebees. But yes. I think my anti-depressants are causing me to develop Tardive dyskinesia (this is my hypochondria speaking) or I have restless leg syndrome, because even before surgery I was getting these weird spasms and jerks in my legs, usually around 11pm. And now itā€™s apparently happening when I sleep, because Iā€™ll wake up from sleep with a bad pain. Iā€™m just praying itā€™s my imagination and that my incisions are healing perfectly.

Iā€™m also feeling quite tender and bruised towards the top of the splint/cast, sort of near my shin and calf. Itā€™s the weirdest pain ever. Jorge said itā€™s probably because of them shaving my muscle off of the bone to make repairs. Just thinking of that makes me want to faint.

My face still has the weird scabs I noticed when I woke up Wednesday morning, the day after surgery. I think I had old zits or some that were forming and they didnā€™t give a fuck when they ripped the intubation tape off my face šŸ˜† . Now I have these scars and a cut and itā€™s taking all the power within me not to mess with them when my anxiety strikes. I already managed to chew the inside of my cheeks and some of my lips. Why canā€™t I just stop doing that!?

Iā€™ve spent the day finishing up ā€œThe Hook Up Planā€ on Netflix and now Iā€™ve started ā€œValeriaā€. Theyā€™re pretty good! I also finally opened and started using my AirPods I bought for a good deal on Target.com. I gotta say, I love how they make phone calls sound. I swear, sometimes I think Iā€™m going deaf like mom. It really frightens me.

I ventured out into the house today! Emily pushed me in my computer chair LOL. But I immediately regretted it because my Halloween decorations are out and my Thanksgiving ones are not D: . There were old cups and dirty dishes on the dining room table and on the counter in the kitchen. The kitchen nook table had a juicy, rotting banana on it *aherk*. Emily cleaned that up. And threw the moldy, fermented apple juice down the drain. I was trying not to have an anxiety attack. She was supposed to make spaghetti because that was the deal if I got us Raising Caneā€™s for lunch, but because the pots and pans she needed were dirty, she refused to cook. Same, kid.

So she made me a sandwich instead. I am SO nervous about gaining weight while Iā€™m thrown in this bed. I swear, I will not take being active for granted once my ankle is healed. I couldnā€™t imagine being stuck to my bed like this. This is a huge reminder about eating better and not going full Type 2 Diabetes (I was pre-diabetic during my last check-up). I think of dad and his amputations. I think of Mom and her now using a wheelchair most of the time. I think of grandma and the 61 years she spent confined to her bed.

Donā€™t get me wrong, the resting and downtime is great, but itā€™s frustrating not being able to clean, or do laundry or dishes (even though I hate it), or organize my bedroom or my desk. Iā€™d like to move my Cricut machine to where itā€™s more functional and I can use it better, but there are too many Knick-knacks on my desk and shelves and I can already hear the girls whining if I ask them to help. The little time I spent in my computer chair in the kitchen really made my leg sore, so I came back to my room.

I guess Iā€™m done whining for now šŸ˜† . Going to get back to watching ā€œValeriaā€. And figuring out how not to lose my shit with the itchiness happening in my foot.